Aurora recorded 2,281 reported incidents in 2023, up 21.3% from 1,881 in 2022. The Other category was largest at 538 incidents, led by threats (140) and harassment (114), followed by Theft at 529, Fraud at 361 and Assault at 298. Mischief and Auto theft added 206 and 124. Data comes from York Regional Police and this is the third-highest annual count in the six-year archive.
Reported incidents in Aurora totaled 2,281 in 2023, a 21.3% increase from the 1,881 recorded in 2022. That places 2023 as the third-highest year in Aurora's six-year open-data archive, above 2021's 1,740 and 2022's 1,881 but below 2024's 2,356 and 2025's 2,683.
This page summarizes Aurora's 2023 counts as published by York Regional Police. It covers the year's leading categories — Other, Theft, Fraud, Assault and Mischief — and explains the composition of the Other category, which includes 140 Threats and 114 Harassment records. It also places the year in context with earlier and later archive years. Counts reflect reported incidents, not per-capita risk.
Aurora's 2023 total of 2,281 reported incidents compares with 1,881 in 2022, a 21.3% increase. The 2023 total also sits third in the six-year archive, ahead of 2021 (1,740) and 2022, but behind 2024 (2,356) and 2025 (2,683). The top categories in 2023 were Other (538), Theft (529), Fraud (361), Assault (298) and Mischief (206), with Auto theft adding 124 records. The increase reflects complete calendar-year totals, not a partial-year window; the full archive holds 12,496 records, and 2023 represents 18.3% of that total. These year totals reflect reported incidents, not per-capita risk.
2023's 2,281 incidents make it Aurora's third-busiest year in the archive, after 2024 (2,356) and 2025 (2,683). Other (538) and Theft (529) led the category mix, with Fraud (361) close behind them; Mischief (206) and Auto theft (124) also made the top six. Other is not a residual bucket: Threats (140) and Harassment (114) were its two largest subcategories and are person offences in the open-data extract. The 21.3% rise from 1,881 in 2022 is the headline shift for this year.
Aurora's 2023 open-data extract contains 2,281 reported incidents. That total represents 18.3% of the full city archive, which holds 12,496 records across all years in the dataset. The 2023 figure is a complete calendar-year count, not a partial-year or rolling map-window figure. For context, 2023 ranks third among the six years covered in the archive.
The count rose 21.3% from 1,881 reported incidents in 2022 to 2,281 in 2023, a full-year comparison rather than a partial-year window. Year totals reflect reported incidents, not per-capita risk, and can be affected by reporting practices and data updates.
The 'Other' category led with 538 incidents in 2023, narrowly ahead of Theft at 529. Fraud followed at 361. Within Other, the leading subcategories were Threats (140) and Harassment (114); both are person offences recorded in open data, not residual or unexplained categories.
Data comes from York Regional Police's open-data release covering Aurora, Ontario (ON). CrimeMaps.ca compiles the archived extracts, which span six years from 2021 through 2026 and hold 12,496 records. The 2023 page uses the calendar-year extract for that year. All counts on this page trace to that source.
All 2023 counts are drawn from the York Regional Police open-data file for Aurora, Ontario (ON).