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Assault in Thunder Bay

⚠ Thunder Bay's open-data feed stopped updating on 2024-10-24 (2 years ago). The numbers below are a frozen snapshot, not current. More recent data may be available from the local police service.

In 2024, Thunder Bay recorded 1,259 assault incidents, making assault the second most frequent category among 9 tracked categories. These incidents accounted for 17.4% of the 7,231 total citywide police-reported incidents. Open data shows category counts rose 258.7% from a base of 351 records in 2023. Aside from the broader Other category, assault saw higher counts than theft, which recorded 1,048 incidents in the same period.

Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Thunder Bay.

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Assault in Thunder Bay

This page provides an open-data summary of reported Assault incidents in Thunder Bay, Ontario. For the complete calendar year of 2024, municipal open-data records show 1,259 reported Assault incidents in the city. The full dataset archive spans from September 28, 2023, through October 24, 2024, capturing documented occurrence records released by local police services.

Assault incidents comprise 17.4% of the 7,231 total incidents recorded across all 9 tracked categories in Thunder Bay during 2024. This count places Assault second among all tracked categories in the city for the 2024 period. The metrics detailed on this page present documented open-data figures for 2024 alongside historical records from 2023, providing an objective overview of reported incident patterns in the municipality.

How Assault compares

In Thunder Bay's 2024 open-data summary, Assault ranks 2nd out of 9 total categories with 1,259 reported incidents. Assault is less frequent than the Other category, which recorded 3,409 incidents. However, Assault is more frequent than Theft at 1,048 incidents, Break and enter at 517 incidents, Mischief at 482 incidents, and Robbery at 179 incidents. Overall, Assault accounts for 17.4% of the 7,231 total incidents reported across the city in 2024, forming a significant portion of all documented occurrences in the municipal dataset.

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What these numbers mean

Assault stands out as the second largest crime category in Thunder Bay for 2024, comprising 1,259 reported incidents or 17.4% of the 7,231 city total. Open-data records show a year-over-year increase from 351 incidents in 2023 to 1,259 in 2024, representing a 258.7% change across the two recorded years. While Assault remains lower than the 3,409 incidents recorded in the Other category, it exceeds property-related categories such as Theft with 1,048 incidents and Break and enter with 517 incidents in the 2024 figures.

About this dataset

Frequently asked questions about Assault in Thunder Bay

How many Assault incidents were reported in Thunder Bay in 2024?

In 2024, local open-data records show 1,259 reported Assault incidents in Thunder Bay. This total accounts for 17.4% of the 7,231 incidents recorded across all 9 tracked categories in the city during the 2024 calendar year, making Assault the second most frequent category in the published dataset.

How does Assault compare to other crime categories in Thunder Bay?

Assault ranks 2nd out of 9 categories in Thunder Bay for 2024 with 1,259 incidents. It is less common than the Other category, which recorded 3,409 incidents. However, Assault is more common than Theft at 1,048 incidents, Break and enter at 517 incidents, Mischief at 482 incidents, and Robbery at 179 incidents.

What is the year-over-year trend for Assault in Thunder Bay?

Open-data figures for Assault in Thunder Bay show 351 recorded incidents in 2023 and 1,259 recorded incidents in 2024. This reflects a 258.7% increase between the two annual periods. The full dataset archive spans from September 28, 2023, to October 24, 2024.

What percentage of Thunder Bay's total incidents are Assault?

Assault represents exactly 17.4% of all reported incidents in Thunder Bay for 2024. Out of 7,231 city-wide incidents documented across all categories in the 2024 municipal dataset, 1,259 were classified as Assault, placing it behind only the Other category.

Other crime categories in Thunder Bay

Sources

Data is sourced from official municipal open-data portals and police service records for Thunder Bay, ON.

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