In 2022, Vaughan recorded 14,505 total open-data incidents logged by York Regional Police, up 22.6% from 11,829 in 2021. This year-over-year change reflects police reporting rather than per-capita risk. Theft was the largest category with 3,782 incidents, followed by 3,111 under Other, which included 613 Threats and 532 Harassment person offences, as well as 1,676 Auto theft incidents. Vaughan's 2022 count represented 17.7% of its 81,900 full-archive total.
In 2022, York Regional Police recorded 14,505 total police-reported incidents in Vaughan, ON, representing a 22.6% increase from the 11,829 incidents logged during 2021. These annual numbers represent recorded open-data incidents, and changes between years reflect official reporting counts rather than per-capita risk.
This page provides a detailed breakdown of Vaughan's open-data records for the 2022 calendar year, which accounts for 17.7% of the city's 81,900 total archived incidents across all available years. Readers can explore leading incident classifications for the year, led by Theft with 3,782 incidents and Auto theft with 1,676 incidents, as well as person offences categorized under the Other category such as Threats and Harassment.
In 2022, Vaughan recorded 14,505 police-reported incidents, representing a 22.6% increase compared to the 11,829 incidents logged in 2021. The 2022 total ranks 4th out of the 6 total years tracked in the city series from 2021 to 2026. The 2022 volume accounted for 17.7% of the 81,900 total incidents recorded in Vaughan across the full dataset archive. In comparison, annual counts reached 16,861 in 2023, 15,769 in 2024, 15,114 in 2025, and 7,822 in 2026. Year-over-year shifts reflect reported incident totals rather than per-capita risk.
Property offences dominated Vaughan's 2022 open-data records, led by 3,782 Theft incidents and 1,676 Auto theft incidents. The 3,111 incidents in the Other category were driven by non-physical person offences, including 613 Threats and 532 Harassment incidents, alongside 507 Traffic & MVC records. Ranking 4th among 6 tracked years, 2022 served as an intermediate point between the dataset low of 11,829 in 2021 and the peak of 16,861 in 2023.
York Regional Police recorded 14,505 total incidents in Vaughan during 2022. This accounts for 17.7% of the 81,900 total recorded incidents in the city's full multi-year archive spanning 2021 through 2026. Annual totals represent official open-data reporting counts rather than per-capita risk measurements.
Reported incidents in Vaughan increased by 22.6% in 2022 compared to the previous year, rising from 11,829 incidents in 2021 to 14,505 in 2022. The 2022 total ranks 4th highest out of 6 tracked years in Vaughan, remaining below subsequent totals of 16,861 in 2023 and 15,769 in 2024.
Theft was the leading category in Vaughan in 2022 with 3,782 incidents, followed by Other with 3,111 incidents, Auto theft with 1,676, Fraud with 1,594, and Assault with 1,482. Within the Other classification, person offences included 613 Threats and 532 Harassment incidents, while Drugs accounted for 467 incidents.
These figures originate from open-data statistics published by York Regional Police for Vaughan, ON. The 2022 dataset reflects official police-reported incident records collected throughout that calendar year and forms part of the regional hub coverage for York Region.
Data provided by York Regional Police open-data records for Vaughan, ON.