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Theft 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.

Thunder Bay recorded 1,048 theft incidents in 2024, accounting for 14.5% of the city’s total 7,231 reported crimes. The theft count more than quadrupled from the previous year’s 234 incidents, reflecting a 347.9% increase. Theft ranks third among the nine offence categories, behind Other (3,409) and Assault (1,259). The data cover the full calendar year and are drawn from the open‑data archive.

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

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Theft in Thunder Bay

This resource documents official open-data public records for reported Theft incidents in Thunder Bay, Ontario. For the selected 2024 calendar year period, law enforcement logged 1,048 incidents of theft across the municipality. The full archive for this category spans reported occurrences dated between September 28, 2023, and October 24, 2024, establishing an empirical baseline for analyzing municipal police figures.

Theft accounted for 14.5 per cent of the 7,231 total incidents recorded city-wide across all 9 tracked crime categories in Thunder Bay during 2024. Out of the entire archived feed for this category, 1,282 dated theft incidents were recorded, with zero undated records. This page presents factual metrics, category rankings, and year-over-year comparisons to assist researchers, residents, and journalists in examining local public safety data.

How Theft compares

In 2024, Theft ranked 3rd among all 9 crime categories tracked in Thunder Bay open data. With 1,048 incidents, Theft was less frequent than Other offenses, which recorded 3,409 incidents, and Assault, which recorded 1,259 incidents. However, Theft was more common than several property and personal offense categories. Specifically, Theft exceeded Break and enter (517 incidents), Mischief (482 incidents), and Robbery (179 incidents). Together, these figures demonstrate where Theft sits relative to other major categories in the city's overall 7,231 recorded incidents for 2024.

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What these numbers mean

Theft represents a major component of reported crime in Thunder Bay, ranking 3rd out of 9 categories and accounting for 14.5 per cent of the city's 7,231 total incidents in 2024. A notable shift appears in the annual series: reported theft incidents increased from 234 in 2023 to 1,048 in 2024, marking a 347.9 per cent increase from the 2023 baseline. While theft remains lower than Assault (1,259 incidents) and Other offenses (3,409 incidents), its 1,048 count places it substantially above Break and enter (517) and Mischief (482).

About this dataset

Frequently asked questions about Theft in Thunder Bay

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

In 2024, law enforcement reported 1,048 Theft incidents in Thunder Bay. This category accounted for 14.5 per cent of the 7,231 total crime incidents logged city-wide during the complete calendar year. Across the full archived date range from September 28, 2023, to October 24, 2024, a total of 1,282 dated theft records were cataloged in the open dataset.

How does Theft rank compared to other crime categories in Thunder Bay?

Theft ranked 3rd among 9 crime categories in Thunder Bay in 2024. Its 1,048 incidents placed it behind Other offenses (3,409 incidents) and Assault (1,259 incidents). However, Theft recorded higher counts than Break and enter (517 incidents), Mischief (482 incidents), and Robbery (179 incidents).

Did reported theft incidents change in Thunder Bay between 2023 and 2024?

Yes, recorded Theft incidents in the annual series changed from 234 incidents in 2023 to 1,048 incidents in 2024. This represents a 347.9 per cent increase from the 2023 base figure. Both totals reflect complete calendar year reporting periods as published in the municipal open-data archive.

What percentage of total crime in Thunder Bay is made up of Theft?

Theft comprised 14.5 per cent of all 7,231 open-data incidents recorded in Thunder Bay during 2024. For comparison, the 60-day rolling map window logged 1,733 total incidents across all categories city-wide, whereas the full 2024 annual total for Theft alone stands at 1,048 incidents.

Other crime categories in Thunder Bay

Sources

Crime statistics for Thunder Bay are sourced from official municipal open-data police records published in ON.

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