Markham Crime Map
Ontario · Latest 24h · updated 2026-08-29
| Latest 24h | 4 incidents (2026-08-28) |
|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | 5,957 incidents through the last complete month |
| 2025 (full year) | 10,697 incidents |
| Full archive | 57,342 incidents (2021–2026) |
| Per 100K / year | 2,879 |
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About crime in Markham
TL;DR. York Regional Police recorded 4 total incidents in Markham for the period Latest day (2026-08-28). The leading category was Other with 3 incidents, followed by auto theft with 1 incident. Across the broader archive, the leading subcategory under Other is Threats with 2,441 records (20.8% of Other), which represents open-data person offences rather than physical assault. Markham East logged 2 incidents and Buttonville recorded 1 incident.
About this data
This page documents police-reported incident activity across Markham for the latest occurrence day, August 28, 2026, based on public records published by York Regional Police open data. As a municipality within the broader York Region reporting feed, Markham recorded 4 total incidents during this single-day reporting window. Tracking daily open-data releases gives residents, researchers, and community members an objective, timely view of verified police occurrences across the municipality rather than relying on unverified social feeds.
While the headline count reflects exactly 4 incidents for Latest day (2026-08-28), CrimeMaps.ca also maintains a rolling 60-day interactive map window that currently displays 1,309 incidents across Markham. Viewing the single-day activity alongside longer reporting windows helps readers separate daily variations from broader municipal activity. All figures on this page reflect documented incidents from York Regional Police rather than complete crime statistics.
Recent trend
Because the headline total of 4 incidents represents a single occurrence date, year-over-year change is not available for this period. Historical annual trends are tracked separately through multi-year archive records. In the full-archive calendar series, complete annual totals show Markham recorded 10,538 incidents in 2024 and 10,697 incidents in 2025, representing a complete-year increase of 1.5%. The archive also documents 8,265 incidents in 2021, 9,887 incidents in 2022, and 11,577 incidents in 2023. Records for 2026 remain open and partial, with 5,957 dated incidents in the year series, and cannot be compared directly to complete historical calendar years.
Category breakdown
For the Latest day (2026-08-28) reporting period, York Regional Police logged 4 incidents distributed across 2 categories. The leading entry is Other, accounting for 3 incidents and 75% of the daily total, followed by Auto theft with 1 incident and 25%. In municipal open data, the Other classification aggregates multiple operational incident types. Across the full multi-year archive where Other encompasses 11,722 incidents, the leading subcategory is Threats with 2,441 incidents, making up 20.8% of the Other category and 4.3% of all archive records. Threats and harassment represent documented person offences rather than physical assault or miscellaneous uncategorised junk, providing necessary context for how incidents are categorised across York Regional Police open-data records.
FAQ
How many incidents were reported in Markham on the latest recorded day?
On the latest recorded occurrence day of August 28, 2026, Markham logged 4 incidents in open data. For broader context, the 2026 year-to-date count stands at 5,957 dated incidents, while the full multi-year archive contains 57,342 total records spanning 2021 through 2026. These figures represent verified police-reported incident counts rather than rolling window summaries.
What types of crime were reported on this day, and what does the Other category mean?
On August 28, 2026, 3 incidents (75%) fell under Other and 1 incident (25%) was classified as Auto theft. In the full archive of 11,722 Other records, leading subcategories include Threats with 2,441 incidents (20.8% of Other) and Harassment with 1,794 incidents (15.3% of Other). These represent open-data person offences demoted from broad parent categories, rather than physical assault or unexplained residual crime.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Markham?
Year-over-year change is not available for the selected single-day period or incomplete 2026 count. Looking at complete calendar years in the archive, Markham recorded 10,697 incidents in 2025 compared to 10,538 in 2024, representing an increase of 1.5%. Earlier annual counts recorded in the series were 8,265 in 2021, 9,887 in 2022, and 11,577 in 2023.
Which Markham neighbourhoods reported incidents on this date?
Of the 4 incidents recorded on August 28, 2026, Markham East recorded 2 incidents and Buttonville recorded 1 incident. Markham contains 14 tracked neighbourhoods in total. On single-day occurrence periods, daily incident counts are small and distributed across few areas rather than reflecting citywide patterns.
Where does this Markham crime data come from?
This data originates from York Regional Police open data. York Regional Police serves Markham alongside eight other sibling municipalities within York Region, including Vaughan and Richmond Hill. Municipal crime data on CrimeMaps.ca is extracted directly from this regional feed to provide local incident counts for Markham's residents and neighbourhoods.
How current is the Markham crime data shown on this page?
The headline data reflects the latest exact occurrence day of August 28, 2026. In contrast, the rolling interactive map window displays 1,309 total incidents covering the past 60 days. Open data feeds are refreshed as police services publish new records, meaning the most recent day captures verified occurrences processed within the latest available release.
Explore Markham
By category
- Markham Assault (6,655)
- Markham Sexual assault (537)
- Markham Robbery (671)
- Markham Shooting (36)
- Markham Homicide (48)
- Markham Break & enter (3,141)
- Markham Auto theft (3,699)
- Markham Theft from vehicle (2,968)
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