In 2024 Thunder Bay recorded 7,231 crime incidents, a 253.6% increase over 2023’s 2,045 reports. The Other category dominated with 3,409 incidents, of which Traffic & MVC offences accounted for 2,569 cases. Assault (1,259) and Theft (1,048) followed. This surge reflects a substantial rise in reported offences, though the data cover the full calendar year. Overall, the 2024 incidents represent 78% of the city’s total archived records.
Thunder Bay recorded 7,231 reported incidents in 2024, a 253.6% increase from the 2,045 incidents reported in 2023. This sharp rise reflects a substantial significant overall jump in recorded crime for the city.
The page summarises the full‑archive calendar‑year data for 2024, outlining the top offence categories, their counts, and how the year ranks within the city’s two‑year archive. All figures are drawn from the province’s open‑data release and represent incidents as they were recorded by the Thunder Bay Police Service. The 7,231 incidents account for 78% of the city’s total archive of 9,276 records, making 2024 the top‑ranked year.
Compared with 2023’s 2,045 incidents, 2024’s total of 7,231 represents a 253.6% year‑over‑year increase. While the raw rise is striking, the figures reflect reporting totals rather than per‑capita risk. The 2024 count also comprises 78% of Thunder Bay’s entire archive of 9,276 records, confirming that this single year dominates the city’s crime dataset. The surge propelled the year to the top rank among the two years in the archive, underscoring a dramatic shift in recorded activity. These numbers highlight a marked increase in recorded offences across multiple categories, especially the Other group.
2024’s crime profile in Thunder Bay is dominated by the broad ‘Other’ category, which alone accounts for 3,409 incidents—over 47% of the year’s total. Within Other, Traffic & MVC incidents comprise 2,569 cases, shaping the city’s offence landscape. Assault and Theft rank second and third, with 1,259 and 1,048 incidents respectively, indicating a strong property‑crime component. The year’s 7,231 incidents represent a 78% share of the entire city archive, making 2024 the most significant reporting year and an outlier compared with the modest 2,045 incidents of 2023.
The dataset shows that Thunder Bay recorded 7,231 incidents in 2024. This figure accounts for 78% of the city’s full‑archive total of 9,276 records, making the year the most prominent reporting period in the available data.
In 2023 the city logged 2,045 incidents. The 2024 total of 7,231 represents a 253.6% increase year‑over‑year. The rise reflects higher reported counts for the calendar year, not a per‑capita risk calculation.
The ‘Other’ category led with 3,409 incidents in 2024. Within this grouping, Traffic & MVC contributed the bulk, with 2,569 incidents, followed by Bylaw & Provincial (488) and Drugs (241).
All figures are sourced from the Ontario open‑data portal (province code ON) and reflect incidents recorded by the Thunder Bay Police Service.
Data sourced from the Ontario (ON) open‑data portal for Thunder Bay.