In 2018, Toronto logged 32,515 total open-data incidents, representing a 7% increase compared to 30,378 incidents recorded in 2017. Assault was the most frequent category with 16,179 incidents, followed by break and enter at 7,451 and auto theft at 4,374. Annual totals reflect open-data reporting volume rather than per-capita risk. The year accounted for 7.6% of the 425,545 total incidents in the city archive.
In 2018, Toronto recorded 32,515 total incidents in official open data, representing a 7% increase over the 30,378 incidents reported in 2017. This single-year total accounted for 7.6% of the city's total 425,545 incidents logged across all available archive years. When reviewing year-over-year figures, note that annual counts reflect dataset reporting volumes rather than per-capita risk.
This page outlines the full 2018 incident breakdown for Toronto, ON, detailing specific category totals across the municipality. Readers can analyze individual category counts—led by 16,179 Assault incidents and 7,451 Break and enter incidents—and compare 2018 against historical data spanning 27 total archive years from 2000 through 2026.
In 2018, Toronto logged 32,515 reported incidents in the open-data dataset, representing a 7% increase compared to 30,378 incidents in 2017. Both 2018 and 2017 represent complete calendar years in Toronto's archive, making their annual counts directly comparable without partial-year adjustments. The 2018 total places the year 6th highest overall out of 27 recorded years between 2000 and 2026. Year-over-year comparisons describe changes in overall dataset incident totals over time, and these raw annual counts reflect official police reporting rather than per-capita risk.
In 2018, Toronto's incident distribution was heavily dominated by Assault, which registered 16,179 incidents—more than double the second-highest category, Break and enter, at 7,451 incidents. Auto theft followed with 4,374 incidents, while Robbery reached 2,859. Placing 6th out of 27 total archive years from 2000 to 2026, 2018 represented 7.6% of the city's all-time total of 425,545 recorded incidents. The 7% increase over 2017 reflects a moderate upward volume shift within Toronto's multi-year open-data series.
In 2018, Toronto recorded 32,515 total reported incidents in its official open dataset. This count accounted for 7.6% of the city's cumulative 425,545 incidents logged across 27 total archive years between 2000 and 2026. The 2018 figure reflects recorded incident entries for that specific calendar year.
Reported incidents in Toronto increased by 7% in 2018 compared to 2017. In 2017, the city recorded 30,378 incidents, whereas 2018 saw 32,515 incidents. This annual total ranks 2018 as the 6th highest volume year among the 27 years tracked in Toronto's open-data archive. Note that annual totals reflect dataset reporting changes rather than per-capita risk.
Assault was the most frequent incident category in Toronto in 2018, with 16,179 reported incidents. Other leading categories in 2018 included Break and enter with 7,451 incidents, Auto theft with 4,374 incidents, Robbery with 2,859 incidents, Theft with 946 incidents, and Shooting with 417 incidents.
These figures come from official open data released for Toronto, ON. The 2018 dataset contains 32,515 categorized incidents, which form part of Toronto's larger 425,545 incident archive covering 2000 to 2026. Open-data releases publish reported incident records rather than per-capita crime rates.
Incident numbers for Toronto are compiled from official municipal open-data records published for Toronto, ON.