In 2026 year-to-date (through Jul), Vaughan recorded 1,025 reported fraud incidents, representing 13% of the city total of 7,883 incidents across all categories. Fraud ranks fourth among 12 categories in the city. In the full 2025 calendar year, fraud reached 2,238 incidents, up 10.3% from 2,029 in 2024. Among listed neighbourhoods, Woodbridge East recorded the highest count with 220 fraud incidents in 2026, followed by South of Maple with 185.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Vaughan.
This page tracks official open-data incident reports for Fraud in Vaughan, Ontario, for the 2026 year-to-date period through July. Over this specified reporting window, municipal police recorded 1,025 incidents of Fraud city-wide. All 1,025 recorded events in this period contain valid date entries, with zero undated records in the category dataset covering dates from January 1, 2021 to August 14, 2026.
Fraud represents 13 percent of the 7,883 total recorded incidents across all 12 tracked categories in Vaughan during 2026 through July. In complete calendar years, documented Fraud totals stood at 1,351 in 2021, 1,594 in 2022, 2,095 in 2023, 2,029 in 2024, and reached 2,238 in 2025. These published open-data metrics outline the documented category volume across local municipal boundaries.
Within Vaughan's 12 tracked crime categories for 2026 through July, Fraud ranks 4th overall with 1,025 incidents. It remains lower in volume than Theft (2,209 incidents), Other (1,885 incidents), and Assault (1,042 incidents). Conversely, Fraud is higher in count than Mischief (601 incidents) and Auto theft (395 incidents). Together with the city total of 7,883 reported incidents, these sibling category metrics illustrate where financial deception offences sit relative to physical property and personal offences across the municipality during the current year-to-date reporting window.
Fraud represents a significant proportion of Vaughan's open-data profile, holding 13 percent of all recorded incidents (1,025 out of 7,883) in 2026 YTD through July. Multi-year data demonstrates steady growth over recent complete years, rising from 1,351 incidents in 2021 to a peak of 2,238 in 2025, including a 10.3 percent increase between 2024 and 2025. Neighbourhood figures show Woodbridge East recorded the largest count at 220 incidents, followed by South of Maple with 185. Ranking 4th out of 12 categories, Fraud remains one of Vaughan's main non-violent crime categories behind Theft and Assault.
For 2026 year-to-date through July, local police logged 1,025 Fraud incidents in Vaughan. This represents 13 percent of the city's total 7,883 recorded incidents across all 12 categories during this period. All 1,025 entries in the category dataset include complete date information.
Woodbridge East recorded the highest number of Fraud incidents among listed neighbourhoods for 2026 YTD, with 220 reported incidents. South of Maple registered the second-highest total at 185 incidents, while Concord-Vaughan logged 130 incidents during the same timeframe.
Fraud ranks 4th out of 12 tracked crime categories in Vaughan for 2026 through July. Its total of 1,025 incidents is lower than Theft (2,209) and Assault (1,042), but higher than Mischief (601) and Auto theft (395).
In the multi-year series spanning complete calendar years, Fraud peaked in 2025 with 2,238 recorded incidents. This followed 2,029 incidents in 2024, representing a 10.3 percent year-over-year increase between 2024 and 2025. Earlier annual totals were 1,351 in 2021, 1,594 in 2022, and 2,095 in 2023.
Data is sourced from official municipal open-data portals and regional police services in ON.