During the same selected 2026 year-to-date period through July, Edmonton recorded 41,756 total incidents, whereas Toronto recorded 21,838 incidents across published categories. Theft-related incidents represent the largest raw category difference between the two municipal open-data sets, with Edmonton filing 19,106 incidents compared to 5,626 in Toronto. Additionally, Toronto registered 11,492 assault incidents compared to 3,681 in Edmonton, while Edmonton recorded 4,053 fraud incidents and 3,889 mischief incidents.
For the same selected year (2026, YTD through Jul), published open-data records show 41,756 total reported incidents in Edmonton, Alberta, covering the period between 2026-01-01 and 2026-07-31. Across the identical date range from 2026-01-01 to 2026-07-31, Toronto, Ontario, recorded 21,838 total reported incidents within its municipal open-data portal feed. Both datasets provide a comparable basis for a direct same-period comparison across this seven-month window.
Comparing these two municipal datasets reveals distinct distributions across major incident categories throughout the shared period. Edmonton registered higher incident totals in theft-related incidents, fraud, and mischief, whereas Toronto recorded higher figures in categories such as assault, break and enter, and robbery. These figures represent recorded incident totals provided by local police services; these are not crime rates.
Between 2026-01-01 and 2026-07-31, Edmonton's overall total of 41,756 reported incidents exceeded Toronto's total of 21,838 reported incidents for the same year-to-date period. The largest raw category difference occurred in theft-related incidents, where Edmonton recorded 19,106 incidents compared to 5,626 in Toronto, creating a gap of 13,480 incidents. Conversely, Toronto recorded significantly higher numbers in assault, reporting 11,492 incidents compared to Edmonton's 3,681 incidents, a difference of 7,811 incidents. Further variation appears in the other category, with Edmonton logging 7,596 incidents against Toronto's 3 incidents, and in fraud, where Edmonton recorded 4,053 incidents compared to 0 in Toronto.
Edmonton's total of 41,756 incidents between 2026-01-01 and 2026-07-31 is heavily driven by 19,106 theft-related incidents, 7,596 other incidents, and 4,053 fraud incidents. In contrast, Toronto's 21,838 incidents over the same timeframe show a higher concentration in personal safety categories, led by 11,492 assault incidents and 1,057 robbery incidents. Edmonton also recorded 15 homicides compared to 1 in Toronto, demonstrating marked differences in category composition between these two provincial capital open-data feeds.
Edmonton reported more total incidents than Toronto during the shared year-to-date period from 2026-01-01 to 2026-07-31. Edmonton logged 41,756 total reported incidents, whereas Toronto recorded 21,838 incidents. Theft-related incidents accounted for the largest portion of Edmonton's total, with 19,106 reported cases compared to 5,626 in Toronto.
Municipal open-data portals are updated independently by local police services according to their own release schedules and classification standards. For instance, Edmonton's published window spans 2025-04-15 to 2026-08-11, while Toronto's historical window covers 2000-01-01 to 2026-08-13. Additionally, categorisation differs; Edmonton recorded 4,053 fraud incidents in 2026 YTD while Toronto's open feed listed 0.
Toronto recorded a higher number of assault incidents than Edmonton during the same selected period from 2026-01-01 to 2026-07-31. Toronto registered 11,492 assault incidents, while Edmonton logged 3,681 assault incidents over the same seven-month timeframe, representing a difference of 7,811 incidents between the two cities.
Theft-related incidents combine theft, auto theft, and theft from vehicle into a single normalized category to allow consistent comparison. Between 2026-01-01 and 2026-07-31, Edmonton recorded 19,106 theft-related incidents, while Toronto logged 5,626 theft-related incidents, making it the largest raw category difference between the two municipalities.
Data is sourced directly from the official open-data portals of Edmonton, Alberta, and Toronto, Ontario.