GTA break-ins, week of August 17, 2026
These are one week’s figures — everything below covers August 17, 2026 to August 23, 2026 only, not a running or annual total.
vs 109 the week before
detached, semi, and townhomes
house break-ins, 8am–6pm
What stood out
- Toronto saw the sharpest rise in the GTA — 110 break-ins, up 27.9% on the week before.
- Yonge-Bay Corridor was the most-hit Toronto neighbourhood with 6 reported break-ins.
- 33% of house break-ins happened between 8am and 6pm — 16 of 48, while most people were out.
Where they happened that week
Most-hit Toronto neighbourhoods that week
Covers Toronto, York Region (Markham, Vaughan, Richmond Hill) and Halton (Oakville, Burlington). Peel Regional Police publish about six weeks behind, too slow for a weekly report — Mississauga and Brampton figures are on their own city pages instead. Hamilton Police publish no incident-level data at all.
- No police service in the GTA publishes how entry was made, so these figures cannot say whether a door, a window, or an unlocked entry was used.
- Locations are generalised by the police service and are not exact addresses.
- Reports are published eight days after the week ends, because break-ins are often reported days after they happen — about 93% are on file within a week, 97% within two. Waiting means these counts barely move afterwards.
- Dates are when the break-in is believed to have happened. Where that is uncertain — a home found broken into after a trip — police record an estimated date, which clusters slightly on the first of the month.
Sources: Toronto Police Service Public Safety Data Portal · York Regional Police Community Safety Data Portal · Halton Regional Police Service crime map · Peel Regional Police Community Safety Data Portal
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