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Mischief in St. Thomas

⚠ St. Thomas's open-data feed stopped updating on 2019-02-19 (7 years ago). The numbers below are a frozen snapshot, not current. More recent data may be available from the local police service.

St. Thomas recorded 26 mischief incidents in 2019, making up 3.2% of the city’s total of 817 reported crimes. The mischief count placed the category third out of six categories, behind Other (695) and Theft (71) and ahead of Break and Enter (13), Assault (11) and Auto theft (1). Year-over-year, mischief rose from 18 incidents in 2018, a 44.4% increase.

Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering St. Thomas.

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Mischief in St. Thomas

This page presents the open‑data record of mischief incidents reported in St. Thomas for the full calendar year 2019. The dataset captures each recorded event with its occurrence date and classification as mischief, following the city’s police reporting standards. The period covers all incidents filed during 2019, providing a complete view of this offence for the year. No neighbourhood‑level breakdown is available for this category.

In 2019, 26 mischief incidents were recorded, accounting for 3.2 % of the city’s total of 817 reported incidents across all categories. This places mischief as the third most common offence out of six categories, behind Other (695 incidents) and Theft (71 incidents) and ahead of Break and enter (13), Assault (11) and Auto theft (1). Compared with 2018, the count rose from 18 to 26, a 44.4 % increase.

How Mischief compares

Mischief ranks third among the six offence categories recorded in St. Thomas for 2019, with 26 incidents. The most prevalent category is Other, accounting for 695 incidents, followed by Theft with 71 incidents. Break and enter logged 13 incidents, Assault 11, and Auto theft just one. Compared to these siblings, mischief’s count is modest but higher than both Break and enter and Assault, highlighting its middle‑ground position in the city’s crime profile. Overall, the six categories together sum to 817 reported incidents, confirming mischief’s share of the total crime landscape.

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What these numbers mean

Mischief represents a small but notable portion of St. Thomas’s crime mix, accounting for 3.2��% of all 817 incidents in 2019 and ranking third among six categories. The count rose from 18 in 2018 to 26 in 2019, a 44.4 % increase, indicating a modest upward shift. While far behind the dominant Other category, mischief exceeds both Break and enter and Assault, situating it in the middle tier of reported offences for the year.

About this dataset

Frequently asked questions about Mischief in St. Thomas

How many mischief incidents were reported in St. Thomas in 2019?

In 2019, St. Thomas recorded 26 mischief incidents. Those incidents made up 3.2 % of the city’s total of 817 reported offences and placed mischief third among the six offence categories tracked for that year. The only categories with higher counts were Other (695 incidents) and Theft (71 incidents).

What was the year‑over‑year change in mischief incidents between 2018 and 2019?

The open‑data series shows 18 mischief incidents in 2018 and 26 in 2019. This increase of 8 incidents corresponds to a 44.4 % rise year‑over‑year. Although the absolute numbers remain modest, the percentage growth highlights a noticeable upward trend for this offence between the two consecutive full‑year reporting periods.

What share of all reported crimes does mischief represent in 2019?

Mischief accounted for 3.2 % of all reported offences in St. Thomas during 2019. With a city‑wide total of 817 incidents across six categories, the 26 mischief records represent a small but measurable fraction of the overall crime landscape for that year.

Which crime categories had more reported incidents than mischief in 2019?

In 2019, the categories with higher incident counts than mischief were Other, with 695 reports, and Theft, which recorded 71 incidents. All remaining categories—Break and enter (13), Assault (11) and Auto theft (1)—had fewer mischief incidents, placing mischief in the middle tier of the city’s offence distribution.

Other crime categories in St. Thomas

Sources

Data sourced from the St. Thomas open‑data portal (ON).

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