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Toronto vs Vaughan

For the same selected period covering 2026 year-to-date through July, Toronto recorded 21,841 total incidents while Vaughan recorded 7,883 total incidents. The category with the largest raw-count difference between the two cities was assault, with Toronto logging 11,471 incidents compared to 1,042 in Vaughan. Additionally, Toronto registered 5,656 theft-related incidents and 3,204 break and enter incidents, while Vaughan registered 2,890 theft-related incidents and 281 break and enter incidents.

21,841
Toronto incidents
2026-01-01 to 2026-07-31
7,883
Vaughan incidents
2026-01-01 to 2026-07-31
Assault
Toronto top category
11,471 incidents
Theft-related incidents
Vaughan top category
2,890 incidents
same selected year (2026)
Comparison basis

Published-window category snapshots

Assault 10,429 gap
Toronto: 11,471 incidents · Vaughan: 1,042 incidents
Break and enter 2,923 gap
Toronto: 3,204 incidents · Vaughan: 281 incidents
Theft-related incidents 2,766 gap
Toronto: 5,656 incidents · Vaughan: 2,890 incidents
Other 1,882 gap
Toronto: 3 incidents · Vaughan: 1,885 incidents
Fraud 1,025 gap
Toronto: 0 incidents · Vaughan: 1,025 incidents
Robbery 980 gap
Toronto: 1,057 incidents · Vaughan: 77 incidents

Toronto vs Vaughan crime comparison

During the selected 2026 year-to-date period (January through July), Toronto's open-data portal recorded 21,841 incidents, while Vaughan recorded 7,883 incidents across the same date range. Both cities share the same 2026 YTD comparison basis, so these totals can be read side by side as a same-period snapshot. The gap at the total level is accompanied by notable category-level differences.

Assault is the largest single-category difference in the selected period: Toronto reported 11,471 incidents and Vaughan reported 1,042. Break and enter also stands out, with Toronto at 3,204 versus Vaughan's 281. Theft-related incidents, the top category in Vaughan's selected feed, totalled 2,890 there compared with Toronto's 5,656. Vaughan's open-data feed adds categories such as fraud (1,025) and mischief (601) that Toronto's selected feed lists as zero, so the category structure itself differs between the two cities.

How they compare

Toronto's 2026 YTD total of 21,841 exceeds Vaughan's 7,883 for the same January-to-July window. The largest raw category gaps are assault, break and enter, and theft-related incidents. Assault shows a difference of 10,429, with Toronto at 11,471 and Vaughan at 1,042. Break and enter differs by 2,923, driven by Toronto's 3,204 versus Vaughan's 281. Theft-related incidents differ by 2,766, with Toronto at 5,656 and Vaughan at 2,890; this is Vaughan's top category in the selected period. Toronto also reports more robbery (1,057 vs 77) and shooting incidents (117 vs 10), while Vaughan reports fraud (1,025) and mischief (601) where Toronto's selected feed lists zero.

Key stats

What these numbers mean

Toronto's 2026 year-to-date total of 21,841 exceeds Vaughan's 7,883 on the same January-to-July basis, and assault accounts for the largest single-category gap (11,471 vs 1,042). Vaughan's top category is theft-related incidents at 2,890, compared with Toronto's 5,656. Vaughan also shows fraud (1,025) and mischief (601) in its open-data feed where Toronto's selected feed lists zero, so category totals are not directly interchangeable. These differences are visible within the same 2026 YTD window, making the raw-count gap straightforward to read.

About this dataset

Frequently asked questions

Which city recorded more incidents in the selected period?

Toronto recorded 21,841 incidents during the 2026 year-to-date period through July, while Vaughan recorded 7,883 over the same window. Assault was the category with the largest raw gap: Toronto's 11,471 incidents compared with Vaughan's 1,042. The totals are drawn from the open-data category comparison for the selected 2026 YTD period.

Why do some categories show zero for Toronto?

In the selected comparison, Toronto's feed lists 0 for fraud, mischief, and sexual assault, while Vaughan lists 1,025 fraud incidents, 601 mischief incidents, and 67 sexual-assault incidents. These zero values indicate Toronto's selected open-data feed does not include those categories in the same way, so the counts are not interchangeable without checking each city's published definitions.

Do Toronto and Vaughan cover the same reporting period?

For this comparison, both cities use the same selected year (2026) and the same January-to-July year-to-date window, so Toronto's 21,841 incidents and Vaughan's 7,883 incidents share a comparable period. However, cities are not required to publish identical date ranges; Toronto's published window begins in 2000, while Vaughan's begins in 2021. Always check the period label before comparing municipal datasets.

What was the largest category difference?

Assault was the largest raw category difference in the 2026 YTD period: Toronto recorded 11,471 incidents and Vaughan recorded 1,042, a gap of 10,429. Break and enter also differed by 2,923, with Toronto at 3,204 and Vaughan at 281. Theft-related incidents differed by 2,766, with Toronto at 5,656 and Vaughan at 2,890. All figures come from the selected same-period category comparison.

Sources

Incident counts are drawn from the City of Toronto and City of Vaughan open-data portals, with category mappings applied to align both published datasets for this comparison.

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