In St. Thomas, break and enter incidents totalled 16, representing 1.6% of the city's 997 reported crimes. This category ranks 5th among 6 crime types, with a notable 333.3% increase from 3 incidents in 2018 to 13 in 2019.
Data current through . Source: official St. Thomas police open-data portal.
This page covers reported break and enter incidents in St. Thomas, Ontario. Break and enter refers to unauthorized entry into a property with intent to commit an offence. In the dataset, there were 16 reported incidents of break and enter in St. Thomas.
These incidents account for 1.6% of the city's total reported crimes during the same period. The data provides insight into the frequency and distribution of break and enter incidents within the city.
In St. Thomas, break and enter ranks as the 5th most common category among the 6 tracked crime types. The category with the highest number of incidents is 'Other' with 852 reports, followed by 'Theft' with 84 incidents. 'Mischief' and 'Assault' each had 28 and 16 incidents, respectively, while 'Auto theft' had the lowest count with 1 incident. This places break and enter in the middle of the city's crime distribution.
Break and enter incidents in St. Thomas represent a small but notable portion of the city's overall crime, ranking 5th among the 6 tracked categories. The significant year-over-year increase from 3 incidents in 2018 to 13 in 2019 is striking, though the absolute numbers remain low. This category's relatively low count compared to others like 'Other' and 'Theft' suggests that while property crimes do occur, they are not the primary concern in St. Thomas.
There were 16 reported break and enter incidents in St. Thomas during the covered period.
Break and enter incidents account for 1.6% of the city's total reported crimes.
Break and enter is the 5th most common crime category in St. Thomas, with 'Other' being the most frequent at 852 incidents.
Yes, there was a 333.3% increase in break and enter incidents, rising from 3 in 2018 to 13 in 2019.
Data sourced from the Ontario open data portal, as provided by local law enforcement agencies.