In 2020, Toronto recorded 30,566 total police-reported incidents, representing a decrease of 11.3% from 34,457 incidents in 2019. Year-over-year changes reflect annual reporting counts rather than individual per-capita risk. Assault was the top category, accounting for 14,920 incidents, followed by break and enter at 6,750 and auto theft at 5,197. The 2020 total represented 7.2% of the 425,545 total incidents in the full-archive dataset, ranking 7th across 27 archived years.
In 2020, Toronto recorded 30,566 total open-data incidents across all tracked categories, reflecting an 11.3% decrease compared to 34,457 incidents documented in 2019. This annual total accounted for 7.2% of the 425,545 incidents in the city's full multi-year archive from 2000 to 2026. Annual totals reflect open-data reporting volume rather than per-capita risk.
This page details the official 2020 open-data figures published for Toronto, Ontario. It highlights annual counts across primary categories—such as assault, break and enter, auto theft, and robbery—and provides context on how 2020 ranks relative to the other 27 archived years in the local dataset.
During 2020, Toronto registered 30,566 open-data incidents, marking an 11.3% reduction from the 34,457 incidents reported in 2019. This decline ended a six-year upward trend in annual reporting that began in 2014 with 28,320 incidents and peaked in 2019. Despite the single-year drop, the 2020 total remained higher than annual counts recorded between 2014 and 2017, such as the 28,557 incidents logged in 2015 and 28,829 in 2016. Overall, 2020 holds the 7th highest incident volume out of 27 tracked years in Toronto's open-data archive. Note that year-over-year changes reflect reporting differences, not per-capita risk.
In 2020, assault led Toronto's open-data breakdown with 14,920 incidents, followed by break and enter at 6,750 and auto theft at 5,197 incidents. Robbery accounted for 2,048 incidents, theft for 858, and shooting for 475. Despite an 11.3% decline from the 34,457 incidents reported in 2019, 2020 ranked 7th highest among all 27 tracked years in Toronto's dataset, maintaining higher reporting volume than annual totals recorded from 2000 through 2017.
In 2020, Toronto recorded 30,566 total open-data incidents across all tracked categories. This accounted for 7.2% of the city's 425,545 incidents logged across the full multi-year dataset spanning 2000 to 2026. Annual totals represent open-data incident counts published by police, reflecting official reporting rather than per-capita risk.
Reported incidents in Toronto dropped 11.3% in 2020 compared to 2019, falling from 34,457 incidents down to 30,566. This decrease followed five consecutive years of annual increases from 2014 (28,320 incidents) through 2019. Despite the drop, 2020 ranked as the 7th highest year for incident counts among the 27 tracked years.
Assault was the most frequently reported category in Toronto during 2020, with 14,920 incidents. Other top categories included break and enter with 6,750 incidents, auto theft with 5,197 incidents, robbery with 2,048 incidents, theft with 858 incidents, and shooting with 475 incidents.
The 2020 data for Toronto is sourced directly from the official municipal open-data portal maintained by police services in ON. This archive contains 30,566 categorized records for 2020 and forms part of Toronto's broader open-data dataset of 425,545 incidents spanning 27 tracked years from 2000 through 2026.
Data is compiled from official police open-data releases published for Toronto, ON.