King, Ontario recorded 1,107 reported incidents in 2023, a 9.2% increase from 1,014 in 2022 and the second-highest annual total in the six-year dataset. The Other category led with 287 incidents; top subcategories were Threats (65), Traffic & MVC (54), and Harassment (53). Threats and Harassment are person offences, not residual crime. Theft followed at 207, Assault at 135, Auto theft at 130, Mischief at 122, and Fraud at 96.
In 2023, King, Ontario recorded 1,107 police-reported incidents, up 9.2% from 1,014 in 2022. The 2023 figure is the second-highest in the city's six-year archive and represents 19.4% of the 5,697 records held across all years in the dataset. This page covers the 2023 calendar-year total, how it compares with the prior year, and the breakdown by incident category.
Records are drawn from York Regional Police open-data releases for King. The largest category in 2023 was Other, with 287 records, followed by Theft (207), Assault (135), Auto theft (130), Mischief (122), and Fraud (96). The Other category breaks out into Threats (65), Traffic & MVC (54), Harassment (53), and other subcategories, so it is not an unexplained residual bucket.
King's 2023 count of 1,107 compares with 1,014 records in 2022, an increase of 9.2%. Both years are full calendar-year totals. Within the 2021-2026 archive, 2023 ranks second behind 2024's 1,156 and ahead of 2021's 968. In 2023, Other led the category mix at 287, with Threats (65) and Harassment (53) as notable person-offence subcategories; Theft was the largest named property category at 207. These are reported incident totals, not per-capita risk.
Two features stand out in King's 2023 numbers: Other was the top category, and its leading subcategories — Threats (65), Traffic & MVC (54), and Harassment (53) — are specific recorded events rather than leftover miscellany. On the property side, Theft (207) outnumbered Auto theft (130), Mischief (122), and Fraud (96). The 1,107 total ranks second in the six-year archive, behind 2024's 1,156, so 2023 was a high-count year without being the peak.
King recorded 1,107 police-reported incidents in 2023, according to York Regional Police open data. That total represents 19.4% of the city's 5,697-record archive across all years in the dataset. The count is for the full 2023 calendar year and is not a population-adjusted figure.
The total rose from 1,014 in 2022 to 1,107 in 2023, a 9.2% increase. In the six-year archive, 2023 ranks second behind 2024's 1,156 and ahead of 2021's 968. The year-over-year comparison uses full calendar-year totals and reflects reported incidents, not per-capita risk.
Other was the largest category with 287 records. Its subcategories include Threats (65), Traffic & MVC (54), Harassment (53), and Drugs (35). Theft was next at 207, followed by Assault (135), Auto theft (130), Mischief (122), and Fraud (96). Threats and Harassment are recorded as person offences, not residual crime.
The figures come from York Regional Police open-data releases for King, Ontario (ON). The full city archive contains 5,697 records across all years, and the 2023 page is based on 1,107 of them. The data consists of incidents reported to police rather than estimates.
Figures on this page are drawn from York Regional Police open-data records for King, Ontario (ON), via the York Region open-data portal.