In 2019 St. Thomas recorded 817 crime incidents, a 10.7% increase from 2018’s 738 reports. The overwhelming majority, 695 incidents, fall under the “Other” category, which includes calls for service, traffic & MVC, bylaw matters and a small number of drug, harassment and weapons offences. Theft (71), mischief (26), break‑and‑enter (13) and assault (11) together account for the remaining reports.
In 2019 St. Thomas recorded 817 reported incidents, a 10.7 % increase over 2018’s 738 incidents. These incidents represent 52.5 % of the city’s cumulative total of 1,555 incidents recorded across all years. This page presents the full‑archive calendar‑year totals for 2019, the city‑wide historic archive, and a detailed category breakdown.
The data cover all incident types reported to the St. Thomas police service, summarised by primary categories and the extensive ‘Other’ sub‑breakdown, and are drawn from the province’s open‑data portal. The 'Other' category alone accounts for 695 incidents, while Theft, Mischief and Break and Enter together comprise 110 incidents. These figures help illustrate the crime landscape for that calendar year.
Comparing 2019 with the previous year shows a modest rise in reported incidents. The city logged 817 incidents in 2019 versus 738 in 2018, reflecting the 10.7 % year‑over‑year increase noted in the dataset. While the overall count grew, the composition shifted, with the dominant 'Other' category expanding to 695 incidents. The city’s ranking for 2019 is first among the two years captured, indicating it was the highest‑recorded year in the archive. All figures represent full‑calendar‑year totals and are not adjusted for population or reporting rates.
The 2019 dataset is dominated by the 'Other' category, which alone accounts for 695 of the 817 recorded incidents, highlighting service‑related calls and traffic matters as the primary drivers. Within 'Other', Calls for service (295) and Traffic & MVC (204) are the largest sub‑categories. Property‑theft‑related offences such as Theft (71) and Mischief (26) together represent a modest share. Ranking first among the two years in the archive, 2019 marks the city’s highest annual count, though the composition remains heavily weighted toward non‑criminal service entries.
The city logged 817 reported incidents in 2019. This figure includes all categories captured in the open‑data set and makes up 52.5 % of the cumulative city total of 1,555 incidents recorded across the entire archive.
Incident counts rose in 2019, increasing by 10.7 % from 738 incidents recorded in 2018, as shown by the year‑over‑year change in the dataset.
The 'Other' category recorded the highest number of incidents in 2019, with 695 reports, far outpacing the next largest category, Theft, which had 71 incidents.
The figures come from the open‑data portal for Ontario (ON) and reflect reports filed with the St. Thomas police service.
Data sourced from the Ontario (ON) open‑data portal for St. Thomas.