In 2021, Markham recorded 8,265 total incidents in the York Regional Police open dataset, accounting for 14.5% of the city's 56,820 total recorded incidents from 2021 through 2026. The year ranked fifth highest for incident totals across the six-year archive. The Other category led reported volumes with 1,966 incidents, which included 423 Drug offences and 335 Threats. Theft was the second highest specific category with 1,735 recorded incidents, followed by 1,389 Fraud cases.
In 2021, Markham recorded 8,265 total open-data police incidents. Published by York Regional Police, these official records encompass reported occurrences across Markham, Ontario throughout the entire 2021 calendar year. This annual figure accounts for 14.5% of the 56,820 total incidents logged in the city's multi-year dataset spanning from 2021 through 2026.
This page breaks down Markham's 2021 reporting by incident type, providing an overview of major categories such as Theft, Fraud, and Assault. The dataset also details specific subcategories grouped under Other, including Drugs, Threats, Harassment, and Traffic & MVC. These incident counts represent official police reporting records rather than population-based crime rates.
Markham's 8,265 reported incidents in 2021 rank 5th lowest among the 6 years in the city archive. Category distribution was led by Other with 1,966 records, followed by Theft at 1,735 incidents and Fraud at 1,389 incidents. Violent and property offences included 958 Assault incidents, 685 Mischief reports, and 574 Theft from vehicle incidents. Within the Other parent category, Drugs led with 423 incidents, followed by non-physical person offences like Threats with 335 records and Harassment with 315 records. Because 2021 is the earliest year in the dataset, prior-year comparison numbers are unavailable.
With 8,265 incidents, 2021 represents Markham's second-lowest full calendar year volume between 2021 and 2025, ranking 5th out of 6 dataset years. Property and economic categories showed significant volume, with Theft at 1,735 and Fraud at 1,389 outnumbering Assault at 958. Furthermore, person offences like Threats (335) and Harassment (315) were categorized under Other rather than physical Assaults. Subsequent complete calendar years recorded higher totals, peaking at 11,577 in 2023.
Markham logged 8,265 total open-data incidents in 2021. This annual count represents 14.5% of the 56,820 total incidents recorded in the city's full-archive dataset from 2021 through 2026. The 2021 total covers all reported categories, with Other and Theft generating the highest incident volumes.
Direct prior-year baseline data is unavailable because 2021 is the first year in this archive. However, 2021's total of 8,265 incidents ranked 5th overall among the 6 recorded years. Totals rose in subsequent complete years, reaching 9,887 in 2022 and 11,577 in 2023, before settling at 10,538 in 2024 and 10,697 in 2025.
The largest category was Other with 1,966 incidents, which included 423 Drugs, 335 Threats, and 315 Harassment records. Theft ranked second overall with 1,735 reported incidents, followed by Fraud with 1,389 incidents, Assault with 958 incidents, Mischief with 685 incidents, and Theft from vehicle with 574 incidents.
All figures are sourced directly from open data released by York Regional Police for Markham, Ontario. The dataset records official police incident reports across the municipality, totaling 8,265 incidents in 2021 and 56,820 overall across the complete multi-year archive. These numbers reflect reported incidents rather than per-capita crime rates.
Incident statistics for Markham, ON are derived from official open-data records published by York Regional Police.