In 2023, Toronto recorded 42,969 total reported incidents in the open dataset, marking a 19.1% increase from 36,065 incidents in 2022. Assault was the leading category with 20,443 reported incidents, followed by auto theft with 10,971 incidents. Annual totals reflect reported incident counts rather than per-capita risk. Toronto ranked 2023 as its highest annual count across the 27-year dataset spanning 2000 to 2026.
In 2023, Toronto logged 42,969 reported police incidents, representing a 19.1% increase from the 36,065 incidents recorded in 2022. This annual volume accounts for 10.1% of the 425,545 total incidents logged across all 27 years in the municipal archive, which covers 2000 through 2026. These year totals reflect open-data reporting counts rather than per-capita risk.
This page presents a detailed calendar-year breakdown of Toronto's official 2023 police dataset across major offence classifications. Readers can inspect specific counts for leading categories such as Assault and Auto theft, evaluate how 2023 compares to surrounding years, and examine broader multi-year figures within Ontario's largest city archive.
Comparing 2023 directly with 2022 highlights a noticeable upward shift in Toronto's recorded incident volume. The total increased by 19.1%, rising from 36,065 incidents in 2022 to 42,969 incidents in 2023. This year-over-year comparison covers two complete calendar years of reporting. Across the full 27-year dataset from 2000 to 2026, 2023 recorded the single highest annual total, ranking 1st among all tracked years. Note that year-over-year figures reflect changes in logged open-data records and reporting practices, rather than direct changes in per-capita risk.
The 2023 dataset for Toronto stands out as the peak annual count on record, ranking 1st among all 27 tracked years between 2000 and 2026. A prominent feature of 2023 is the heavy volume in Assault, which logged 20,443 incidents, and Auto theft, which recorded 10,971 incidents. Break and enter also registered 7,301 incidents. Following a count of 36,065 in 2022, the 19.1% increase elevated 2023 above all other years in the municipal archive, including 2024 at 40,445 incidents.
In 2023, Toronto recorded 42,969 reported police incidents. This figure accounts for 10.1% of the 425,545 total incidents logged across all 27 years in the city dataset from 2000 to 2026. The 2023 total represents full calendar-year open-data records published for the municipality.
Reported incidents increased by 19.1% in 2023 compared to 2022. Toronto logged 42,969 incidents in 2023, up from 36,065 incidents in 2022. This comparison reflects changes in logged open-data counts between complete calendar years rather than per-capita risk.
Assault was the most frequently reported category in Toronto in 2023, accounting for 20,443 incidents. Auto theft was the second most common category with 10,971 incidents, followed by Break and enter with 7,301 incidents, Robbery with 2,237 incidents, and Theft with 1,193 incidents.
These numbers come from open-data records published for Toronto, ON. The 2023 total of 42,969 incidents forms part of an archive of 425,545 records collected across 27 years from 2000 to 2026. These figures represent municipal administrative logs rather than population-adjusted per-capita risk.
Data is sourced from official public open-data records for Toronto, ON.