In 2023, York Regional Police recorded 16,861 total incidents in Vaughan, representing a 16.2% increase from the 14,505 incidents logged in 2022. Theft was the primary category with 4,354 incidents, followed by 3,234 Other offences and 2,149 Auto theft reports. Within the Other classification, Threats comprised 753 incidents and Harassment accounted for 582. These annual counts reflect total police reporting rather than per-capita risk.
In 2023, Vaughan, Ontario logged 16,861 reported incidents, representing a 16.2% increase compared to 14,505 incidents in 2022. This annual count accounts for 20.6% of the 81,900 total incidents recorded in Vaughan across the 6-year archive spanning 2021 to 2026. Readers should note that these year-over-year figures reflect changes in police reporting volume, not per-capita risk or crime rates.
This page summarizes recorded incidents in Vaughan throughout 2023 using open-data metrics published by York Regional Police. It examines the highest-volume incident categories for the year—led by Theft with 4,354 records and Other with 3,234 records—as well as secondary categories including Auto theft, Fraud, Assault, and Mischief.
During 2023, Vaughan recorded 16,861 incidents, an increase of 16.2% compared to the 14,505 incidents logged in 2022. The 2023 total accounts for 20.6% of the city's 81,900 overall incidents recorded across all years. Ranking 1st out of 6 total years, 2023 saw higher totals than 11,829 in 2021, 15,769 in 2024, 15,114 in 2025, and 7,822 in 2026. These year-over-year figures reflect annual open-data reporting levels by York Regional Police rather than per-capita risk.
With 16,861 incidents, 2023 stands as the highest-volume year for recorded incident data in Vaughan out of 6 tracked years. Property and financial offences dominated the mix, led by Theft with 4,354 incidents, Auto theft with 2,149, and Fraud with 2,095. The Other category (3,234 incidents) included 753 Threats and 582 Harassment offences, which represent person-level offences demoted from coarse parent categories rather than physical assault or unexplained residual incidents.
In 2023, Vaughan recorded 16,861 total incidents in the open-data archive. This annual figure represents 20.6% of the city's 81,900 cumulative incidents logged across the entire dataset from 2021 to 2026. The 2023 total is the highest annual count recorded among the 6 years present in the dataset.
Reported incidents in Vaughan increased in 2023, rising 16.2% from 14,505 incidents in 2022 to 16,861 incidents in 2023. Following this peak, annual counts moved to 15,769 in 2024 and 15,114 in 2025. These yearly shifts reflect recorded open-data totals rather than per-capita risk.
Theft was the leading category in 2023 with 4,354 recorded incidents. It was followed by Other with 3,234 incidents, Auto theft with 2,149, Fraud with 2,095, Assault with 1,728, and Mischief with 1,142 incidents. Within Other, Threats (753) and Harassment (582) were the largest subcategories.
The data for 2023 is sourced directly from open-data records published by York Regional Police. It covers 16,861 recorded incidents in Vaughan for that calendar year out of 81,900 total incidents documented across the police service's full multi-year archive.
Incident data for Vaughan, ON is sourced from open-data records released by York Regional Police.