Mississauga Crime Report August 2024

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Mississauga, ON recorded 1253 crimes in August 2024, up 14.1% from July 2024 and up 173% from August 2023. Auto theft was the most frequently reported crime category in Mississauga this month, accounting for 25% of all Mississauga crime. Mississauga's daily crime count was steady across August 2024, peaking on August 1 with 65 crimes.

Total Mississauga crimes
1253
14.1%vs July 2024173%vs year ago
Top crime category
Auto theft
317 crimes (25% of total)

Mississauga Daily Crime Trend

Mississauga's crime count was steady over the course of August 2024, holding fairly consistent from the first half of the month to the second. The busiest day for Mississauga crime was August 1 (65 crimes), and the quietest was August 28 (25 crimes). Use the dropdown below to see the daily trend for a specific crime type.

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Mississauga Crime by Category

Break & enter saw the largest increase in Mississauga from July 2024, up from 104 to 176 crimes. Fraud saw the largest decrease, down from 221 to 179 crimes. Crime categories a portal doesn't publish are omitted rather than shown as zero — see below for exact counts and month-over-month change per crime category in Mississauga.

Auto theft
317
12.8%mo/mo
Assault
276
12.2%mo/mo
Mischief
230
32.2%mo/mo
Fraud
179
19%mo/mo
Break & enter
176
69.2%mo/mo
Robbery
46
35.3%mo/mo
Other
29
21.6%mo/mo
Homicide
0
100%mo/mo

Mississauga Crime by Time of Day

Mississauga crime was most common during the overnight (12am–6am) window, which accounted for 34% of August 2024's total. Use the dropdown below to see the time-of-day pattern for a specific crime type.

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All Mississauga Crime Reports by Month

Sourced from Peel Regional Police Community Safety Data Portal. Category totals may undercount categories a portal doesn't publish — missing is not the same as zero.