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Toronto crime in 2015

In 2015, Toronto recorded 28,557 total reported incidents in the open dataset, representing 6.7% of the 425,545 city-wide records across all years. This reflects a 0.8% increase from 28,320 incidents reported in 2014, though annual figures reflect police reporting rather than per-capita risk. Assault was the most prevalent category with 14,536 incidents, followed by break and enter at 6,798 and auto theft at 3,217 incidents.

28,557
Incidents in 2015
6.7%
Share of selected city data
11 of 27
Rank among years
Assault
Top category
14,536 incidents
+0.8%
Year-over-year
vs 2014

Category mix in 2015

Assault 14,536
50.9% of 2015 incidents
23.8% of 2015 incidents
Auto theft 3,217
11.3% of 2015 incidents
Robbery 2,705
9.5% of 2015 incidents
Theft 736
2.6% of 2015 incidents
Shooting 280
1% of 2015 incidents

Toronto crime 2015

In 2015, Toronto recorded 28,557 open-data police incidents, representing a 0.8% increase compared to 2014. These annual incident counts reflect official police reporting rather than per-capita risk across the city.

This page details the official incident dataset published for Toronto, Ontario during the 2015 calendar year. Out of 425,545 incidents recorded across all available years in the dataset, 2015 accounted for 6.7% of the city-wide total. The dataset highlights primary categories such as assault, break and enter, auto theft, robbery, theft, and shooting. Readers can examine category distributions and compare historical metrics spanning from 2000 through 2026 across the full city dataset.

Year-over-year

Comparing 2015 to the prior year shows a slight upward trend in recorded incidents in Toronto, Ontario. In 2014, police recorded 28,320 total incidents, compared to 28,557 incidents in 2015, representing a 0.8% year-over-year increase. This modest shift positioned 2015 as the 11th highest year for recorded incidents among the 27 years in the dataset between 2000 and 2026. Annual totals reflect reported open-data entries for each calendar year rather than per-capita risk, establishing a factual baseline when contrasting 2014 and 2015 across municipal records.

Key stats

What these numbers mean

In 2015, assault dominated Toronto's open-data profile with 14,536 incidents, followed by 6,798 break and enter incidents and 3,217 auto thefts. Lower counts were logged for robbery with 2,705, theft with 736, and shooting with 280. Ranking 11th out of 27 archived years between 2000 and 2026, 2015 sits near the middle of historical volume. Featuring a 0.8% increase over 2014's total of 28,320, incident volume remained stable while assault stood out as the single largest category by count.

About this dataset

Frequently asked questions about Toronto crime in 2015

How many crime incidents were recorded in Toronto in 2015?

Toronto recorded 28,557 total incidents in 2015 according to official open-data records. This annual total accounted for 6.7% of the 425,545 incidents recorded in the city archive across all years from 2000 to 2026. These figures reflect official reporting totals for the 2015 calendar year.

How did Toronto incident counts in 2015 compare to 2014?

Incident counts in Toronto increased by 0.8% in 2015 compared to the previous year. Specifically, police recorded 28,557 incidents in 2015, up from 28,320 incidents in 2014. These annual totals reflect reported incidents in open-data records rather than per-capita risk.

What was the most common crime category in Toronto in 2015?

Assault was the most common incident category in Toronto during 2015, with 14,536 reported incidents. Other major recorded categories that year included 6,798 break and enter incidents, 3,217 auto theft incidents, 2,705 robbery incidents, 736 theft incidents, and 280 shooting incidents.

Where does the 2015 Toronto crime data come from?

The data for 2015 comes directly from official municipal open-data portals in Ontario, ON. The full historical dataset includes 425,545 incidents logged across 27 distinct years between 2000 and 2026, with 2015 ranking 11th overall in annual incident counts.

Sources

Data is sourced from official open-data releases for Toronto, ON.

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