Vaughan Crime Map
Ontario · updated 2026-08-14
| Latest 24h | 5 incidents, 3 violent (2026-08-13) |
|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | 7,874 incidents through the last complete month |
| 2025 (full year) | 15,114 incidents |
| Full archive | 82,158 incidents (2021–2026) |
| Per 100K / year | 4,215 |
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About crime in Vaughan
TL;DR. York Regional Police recorded 7,883 total incidents in Vaughan during 2026 (YTD, through Jul). Theft was the top category with 2,209 incidents, representing 28% of reported activity. Other offences accounted for 1,885 incidents, where Threats was the leading subcategory in full-archive data with 3,862 incidents, or 22.7% of Other. South of Maple reported the highest count among neighbourhoods with 1,962 incidents during this year-to-date period.
About this data
This page provides an open-data summary of police-reported incidents in Vaughan, Ontario, covering the selected period of 2026 (YTD, through Jul). Sourced directly from York Regional Police open records, the dataset details 7,883 total incidents recorded across the municipality during this timeframe. Among these headline records, 1,201 incidents fell into combined violent crime categories, which includes 1,042 reported assault incidents.
Publishing these figures gives residents, researchers, and community members transparent access to official police record counts across 12 distinct Vaughan neighbourhoods. While the main SEO headline dataset tracks 7,883 records for 2026 (YTD, through Jul), the interactive map feed presents a separate rolling 60-day window containing 2,011 total incidents. Evaluating year-to-date figures alongside short-term map windows provides context on how reported occurrences accumulate throughout York Region.
Recent trend
Full-year open-data totals in Vaughan peaked in 2023 with 16,861 incidents before entering a modest downward trend. Between 2024 and 2025, complete calendar-year records decreased 4.2%, falling from 15,769 incidents in 2024 to 15,114 incidents in 2025. Earlier archive figures show 11,829 incidents in 2021 and 14,505 incidents in 2022. The headline 2026 total of 7,883 incidents reflects partial year-to-date data through July rather than a full annual total, so year-over-year percentage comparisons are not available for the incomplete 2026 calendar year.
Category breakdown
During 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Theft was the most frequently reported incident type in Vaughan, accounting for 2,209 incidents or 28% of total recorded activity. The second largest group was Other, comprising 1,885 incidents and 23.9% of the year-to-date total. Assault ranked third among main categories, with 1,042 incidents representing 13.2% of reported cases. Within the full-archive Other breakdown, Threats stood out as the leading subcategory with 3,862 incidents, making up 22.7% of Other records and 4.7% of all recorded incidents. Open-data notes clarify that threats and harassment categorized under Other represent non-physical person offences rather than physical assault or miscellaneous residual crime.
FAQ
How many crime incidents have been recorded in Vaughan for 2026?
For 2026 (YTD, through Jul), a total of 7,883 incidents were recorded in Vaughan across open-data categories. Additionally, 1,201 violent-category incidents were logged during this same period. These figures reflect open-data records published for the municipality rather than a complete annual summary.
What is the most reported crime category in Vaughan?
Theft is the most frequently reported category in Vaughan for 2026 (YTD, through Jul), with 2,209 recorded incidents representing 28% of all logged records. The second largest group is Other with 1,885 incidents (23.9%), followed by Assault with 1,042 incidents (13.2%).
How did incident counts in Vaughan change between 2024 and 2025?
In the last complete multi-year comparison, total recorded incidents in Vaughan dropped by 4.2%, falling from 15,769 in 2024 to 15,114 in 2025. Across earlier full calendar years, counts rose from 11,829 in 2021 to 14,505 in 2022 and peaked at 16,861 in 2023.
Which Vaughan neighbourhood recorded the highest incident count?
South of Maple logged the highest number of incidents among specified areas in Vaughan for 2026 (YTD, through Jul), recording 1,962 incidents. Woodbridge East followed with 962 incidents, Concord-Vaughan recorded 859 incidents, and Around Maple registered 847 incidents out of 12 tracked neighbourhoods.
Where does the crime incident data for Vaughan come from?
Data for Vaughan is sourced from York Regional Police open-data releases. Because Vaughan is part of the broader York Region public open-data feed, municipal totals are filtered from the regional dataset to reflect incidents occurring specifically within Vaughan boundaries.
How current is the Vaughan incident data on CrimeMaps.ca?
The headline dataset covers 2026 (YTD, through Jul), with specific record occurrences extending up to August 14, 2026. While headline figures reflect the year-to-date archive period of 7,883 incidents, the rolling 60-day interactive map window displays 2,011 recent incidents.
Explore Vaughan
By category
- Vaughan Assault (8,999)
- Vaughan Sexual assault (688)
- Vaughan Robbery (853)
- Vaughan Shooting (76)
- Vaughan Homicide (79)
- Vaughan Break & enter (3,602)
- Vaughan Auto theft (7,537)
- Vaughan Theft from vehicle (4,626)
- Vaughan Theft (22,029)
- Vaughan Mischief (6,280)
- Vaughan Fraud (10,359)
- Vaughan Other (17,030)
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Neighbourhoods
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