In 2026 through July, Richmond Hill recorded 3 reported homicide incidents out of 4,348 total city incidents, accounting for 0.1% of all open-data records. Homicide ranks 12th among 12 categories, making it the least frequent reported category compared to theft with 1,273 incidents. Homicide per-incident counts are typically small and volatile year-to-year. Over the multi-year series, reported counts ranged from 5 in 2023 to 11 in 2024, with 10 in 2025.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Richmond Hill.
This page details reported Homicide incidents in Richmond Hill, Ontario, covering the period of 2026 (YTD, through Jul). During this selected timeframe, the city recorded 3 Homicide incidents in official open-data records. Homicide accounts for 0.1% of all reported incidents in Richmond Hill. For homicide categories, per-incident counts are typically small and volatile year-to-year, meaning small numerical shifts can appear prominent.
The broader open-data dataset for Richmond Hill spans from January 1, 2021, to August 14, 2026. In 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Richmond Hill logged 4,348 total reported incidents across all 12 tracked crime categories. This page presents documented incident totals across local neighbourhoods to provide a clear, factual record of category counts without population-based estimations.
In Richmond Hill's 2026 (YTD, through Jul) open-data reporting, Homicide ranks 12th out of 12 categories by incident volume. With 3 recorded incidents, Homicide represents a smaller total count compared to major sibling categories across the city. For example, Theft is the most frequent category with 1,273 incidents, followed by Other with 909 incidents, Assault with 650 incidents, Fraud with 606 incidents, and Mischief with 349 incidents. Overall, Homicide accounts for a minor portion of total recorded incidents in Richmond Hill during this timeframe.
Homicide remains one of the lowest-volume categories in Richmond Hill, ranking 12th out of 12 tracked categories in 2026 (YTD, through Jul). Annual counts across the multi-year series show low absolute totals, moving from 6 incidents in 2021 to a peak of 11 in 2024 and 10 in 2025. Between full complete years 2024 and 2025, reported incidents decreased by 9.1%. With 3 incidents recorded through July 2026, homicide figures in Richmond Hill continue to reflect small, volatile annual counts typical of low-volume offences.
In 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Richmond Hill logged 3 reported Homicide incidents in the municipal open-data feed. This represents 0.1% of the 4,348 total reported incidents across all categories in the city during the same period. Per-incident counts for homicide are small, so minor numerical shifts can significantly change annual percentages.
Homicide is the lowest-volume category in Richmond Hill, ranking 12th out of 12 total categories in 2026 (YTD, through Jul). High-volume categories recorded substantially higher numbers during the same period, including Theft with 1,273 incidents, Other with 909 incidents, Assault with 650 incidents, Fraud with 606 incidents, and Mischief with 349 incidents.
Historical open-data records show 6 Homicide incidents in 2021, 10 in 2022, 5 in 2023, 11 in 2024, and 10 in 2025. The peak complete year in the archive was 2024 with 11 incidents. Between 2024 and 2025, annual Homicide incidents decreased by 9.1% from 11 to 10 records.
In 2026 (YTD, through Jul), 3 neighbourhoods in Richmond Hill each recorded 1 Homicide incident: Richmond Hill North East, Richmond Hill Richvale, and The Hill. These 3 neighbourhood records account for the entire city category total of 3 Homicide incidents documented in the open-data dataset for this period.
Data is sourced from official open-data portals published by local police services and municipal authorities in ON.