Pickering recorded 688 crime incidents in 2025, a dramatic rise from just five incidents in 2024, representing a 13,660% increase. Assault was the leading category with 212 cases, followed by auto theft (147) and theft from vehicle (123). The year’s total accounts for 48.4% of the city’s overall archive of 1,422 incidents. Other offences were limited to traffic and motor vehicle collisions, contributing 64 incidents, and the data are collected by the Durham Regional Police Service.
Pickering recorded 688 reported incidents in 2025, representing a 13,660% rise from the 5 incidents logged in 2024. This figure is the full‑archive calendar‑year total for 2025, based on the Durham Regional Police Service data.
The page summarises the 2025 dataset with category counts, the city’s share of the overall Pickering archive, and its rank (second highest) among nine years of records. It also notes that the “Other” category consists entirely of Traffic & MVC incidents. Assault leads with 212 incidents, followed by auto theft (147) and theft from vehicle (123). The “Other” category, accounting for 64 incidents, is fully explained by traffic‑related offences.
Compared with 2024, Pickering’s 2025 incident total jumped from 5 to 688, a 13,660% increase. While the prior year’s figure reflects a very limited reporting window, the 2025 count represents the full‑archive calendar year and accounts for 48.4% of the city’s overall 1,422 incidents on record. The surge places 2025 as the second‑largest yearly total in the nine‑year series, trailing only 2026’s 721 incidents. This sharp rise underscores a substantial and significant change in reporting volume rather than a per‑capita risk shift.
2025 stands out for its massive jump in reported incidents, largely driven by 212 assaults and a strong property‑crime component (147 auto thefts, 123 thefts from vehicles). The “Other” category is fully explained by 64 traffic‑related offences, showing a clear focus on vehicular incidents. With 688 cases, 2025 is the second‑largest yearly total in Pickering’s nine‑year record, contributing nearly half (48.4%) of the city’s cumulative archive. The contrast with the minuscule 2024 total suggests a reporting expansion rather than a sudden crime wave.
Pickering recorded 688 reported incidents in 2025. This figure accounts for 48.4% of the city’s overall archive of 1,422 incidents and places the year as the second‑largest total among the nine years of data available. The count reflects a full‑archive calendar year and follows a modest 5‑incident total in 2024.
The 2025 total of 688 incidents is dramatically higher than the 5 incidents recorded in 2024, representing a 13,660% increase. While 2024’s figure reflects a very limited reporting window, the 2025 count is a full‑year total, making the change a matter of reporting volume rather than a proportional rise in crime.
Assault was the leading category with 212 incidents, followed by auto theft at 147 incidents and theft from vehicle with 123 incidents. Break and enter accounted for 108 incidents, while the “Other” category—entirely Traffic & MVC offences—contributed 64 incidents. Robbery recorded 29 incidents.
The dataset is sourced from the Durham Regional Police Service and published through the Ontario open‑data portal (province code ON). It reflects full‑archive calendar‑year reporting for Pickering and is part of the city’s cumulative crime‑data archive.
Data sourced from the Ontario open‑data portal (province code ON) provided by the Durham Regional Police Service.