In 2022, Whitchurch-Stouffville had 1,253 reported incidents, up 5.9% from 1,183 in 2021. The year ranked second among the six years in the city archive. Other was the largest category at 319 records, with Harassment (76), Threats (69) and Traffic & MVC (57) the leading subcategories. Fraud (201), Theft (200), Assault (179), Mischief (109) and Auto theft (90) followed. These are counts, not crime rates.
In 2022, Whitchurch-Stouffville recorded 1,253 reported incidents in the York Regional Police open-data archive, up 5.9% from the 1,183 reported in 2021. The full-calendar-year total ranks second among the six years in the city dataset, behind only 2023’s 1,426. These are reported incident counts, not crime rates, and they do not adjust for population.
This page examines the 2022 numbers in context: how the year’s total compares with the previous year, which categories drove the count, and where the year sits in the wider city archive. The top categories were Other (319), Fraud (201), Theft (200), Assault (179), Mischief (109), and Auto theft (90). All figures come from York Regional Police open-data records for Whitchurch-Stouffville.
In 2022, the reported count rose 5.9% from 1,183 incidents in 2021 to 1,253 in 2022. This was a full-year comparison, not a partial-year estimate. The 2022 total sits below 2023’s 1,426 but above 2024’s 1,231 and 2025’s 1,216 in the six-year city series. Because these are reported counts, the year-over-year change should be read as a reporting trend, not a per-capita risk measure. The 2022 figure is also part of the city’s full archive of 6,887 records across all years.
Other (319) was the largest category in 2022, and its leading subcategories — Harassment (76) and Threats (69) — are person-related offences, not unsorted residual counts. Fraud (201) narrowly outpaced Theft (200), while Assault added 179 incidents. At 1,253 total, the year ranked second among the six years in the archive, behind only 2023’s 1,426. The category mix is broad, with Mischief (109) and Auto theft (90) also in the top six.
Whitchurch-Stouffville had 1,253 reported incidents in 2022, according to the open-data archive compiled by York Regional Police. This count covers a full calendar year and includes all categories in the dataset. It is not a crime rate and does not account for population size.
Reported incidents rose 5.9% year over year in 2022. The 2021 total was 1,183, and the 2022 total was 1,253. This is a full-year comparison; year-over-year changes reflect reported counts, not per-capita risk.
The largest category was Other with 319 incidents, followed by Fraud at 201, Theft at 200, and Assault at 179. Within Other, Harassment accounted for 76 incidents and Threats for 69. Mischief (109) and Auto theft (90) also appeared in the top six.
The figures come from the open-data records of York Regional Police, the police service for Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario. The city-wide archive contains 6,887 records across all years in the dataset. This page specifically reports the 2022 calendar-year count of 1,253.
Source: York Regional Police open-data records for Whitchurch-Stouffville, ON.