During the 2026 year-to-date period from January 1 to July 31, Markham registered 5,889 total reported incidents while Vaughan registered 7,883 total reported incidents. Both cities share a comparable same-period basis for 2026. Theft-related incidents represented the category with the largest raw-count difference between the two municipalities, with Markham reporting 2,113 incidents compared to 2,890 in Vaughan, representing a difference of 777 incidents.
Between January 1, 2026, and July 31, 2026, published open-data records recorded 5,889 total reported incidents in Markham, Ontario, compared to 7,883 total reported incidents in Vaughan, Ontario. Because both municipalities share the exact same selected year-to-date coverage timeframe from January 1, 2026, to July 31, 2026, figures from both cities can be examined on a direct same-period comparison basis.
During this identical seven-month selected period, theft-related incidents stood as the primary offense classification in both jurisdictions, registering 2,113 occurrences in Markham and 2,890 occurrences in Vaughan. Additional published categories include fraud, assault, mischief, break and enter, robbery, sexual assault, shooting, homicide, and other uncategorized events. This comparative breakdown outlines incident volumes across all shared classification categories recorded by local police services between January 1, 2026, and July 31, 2026.
For the selected 2026 year-to-date period spanning January 1 to July 31, overall incident volume in Vaughan reached 7,883, while Markham recorded 5,889 total incidents. The category displaying the largest numerical variance between the two municipalities is theft-related incidents, with Vaughan registering 2,890 cases compared to 2,113 in Markham. The second largest difference appears in the other category, where Vaughan logged 1,885 incidents while Markham reported 1,223. Assault accounts for the third largest category margin, recording 1,042 incidents in Vaughan and 766 in Markham. Conversely, Markham registered slightly higher counts in break and enter with 301 incidents compared to 281 in Vaughan, and robbery with 78 incidents compared to 77 in Vaughan.
Across the identical 2026 year-to-date reporting window from January 1 to July 31, Vaughan recorded higher total incident volumes than Markham, led by a margin of 777 additional theft-related incidents and 662 additional other events. Vaughan also logged higher counts in assault, fraud, mischief, shooting, and homicide. In contrast, Markham recorded slightly higher figures in break and enter with 301 incidents compared to 281 in Vaughan, and robbery with 78 incidents compared to 77 in Vaughan. Theft-related incidents remain the primary driver of published open-data totals for both municipalities.
For the selected 2026 year-to-date period spanning January 1, 2026, through July 31, 2026, Markham recorded 5,889 total reported incidents while Vaughan recorded 7,883 total reported incidents. Both municipalities share this identical selected open-data reporting timeframe, allowing a direct side-by-side comparison of overall municipal incident counts.
Theft-related incidents formed the largest recorded category in both municipalities between January 1, 2026, and July 31, 2026. Markham logged 2,113 theft-related incidents during this timeframe, while Vaughan registered 2,890 theft-related incidents, creating a difference of 777 incidents between the two municipal totals.
Municipal police services release open data on varying update schedules and with different historical coverage windows. While Markham and Vaughan currently share an identical 2026 year-to-date range from January 1 to July 31 with 5,889 and 7,883 incidents respectively, comparisons involving other cities may feature different start or end dates based on when local data portals publish updates.
From January 1, 2026, to July 31, 2026, Markham recorded 766 assault incidents, 54 sexual assault incidents, 3 shooting incidents, and 1 homicide. During the same period, Vaughan recorded 1,042 assault incidents, 67 sexual assault incidents, 10 shooting incidents, and 5 homicides.
Data compiled from official municipal police open-data portals covering Markham and Vaughan in Ontario.