How many car thefts are there in Brampton?
Brampton, ON recorded 2,251 car thefts in 2025, the most recent complete year — a rate of 342.9 per 100,000 residents.
Theft of a motor vehicle. Brampton residents also search for this category as stolen cars, vehicle thefts, auto thefts and cars stolen — all of those refer to the same police-reported offences counted on this page.
These figures cover 7,966 car thefts recorded in Brampton between August 2023 and September 2026 — every incident Peel Regional Police Community Safety Data Portal has published in that window. The first year is partial — incidents past the retention window are removed, so the record starts part-way through 2023 rather than on January 1.
Brampton car thefts by year, 2023–2026
Brampton car thefts peaked in 2024 with 3,208. The complete years here are 2024, 2025 — those are the ones directly comparable to each other. Pick a year for its own monthly breakdown, time-of-day pattern and areas.
* Partial year — not directly comparable to the complete years above.
What time of day do car thefts happen in Brampton?
Across the whole period, Brampton car thefts cluster in the evening (6pm–12am) window, which accounts for 47% of them. The busiest individual hour is 9pm.
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What day of the week do car thefts happen in Brampton?
Car thefts in Brampton are spread fairly evenly across the week. Friday is marginally the busiest at 16%, but an even split would be 14.3% — the gap isn't big enough to call a pattern.
What time of year do car thefts peak in Brampton?
Every year stacked together, so this is seasonality rather than a trend. January is the busiest month for car thefts in Brampton with 793 across the whole period, and February is the quietest with 562.
Brampton car thefts: common questions
How many car thefts are there in Brampton?
Brampton, ON recorded 2,251 car thefts in 2025, the most recent complete year — a rate of 342.9 per 100,000 residents. These figures cover 7,966 car thefts recorded in Brampton between August 2023 and September 2026 — every incident Peel Regional Police Community Safety Data Portal has published in that window.
Are car thefts going up or down in Brampton?
Brampton car thefts peaked in 2024 with 3,208. The most recent figure is 1,300 in 2026 so far, which covers a partial year. The complete years in this data are 2024, 2025, which are the ones directly comparable to each other.
What time of day do most car thefts happen in Brampton?
Most Brampton car thefts happen in the evening (6pm–12am) window, which accounts for 47% of all of them. The busiest individual hour is 9pm.
What day of the week do most car thefts happen in Brampton?
Car thefts in Brampton are spread fairly evenly across the week. Friday is marginally the busiest at 16% of the total, but an even split would be 14.3%, so the difference is not meaningful.
What time of year do car thefts peak in Brampton?
Adding every year together, January is the busiest month for car thefts in Brampton (793 across the whole period) and February is the quietest (562).
How common are car thefts compared to other crime in Brampton?
Auto theft makes up 22.5% of all crime recorded in Brampton over this period — 7,966 of 35,477 incidents.
What is the car theft rate in Brampton?
Brampton recorded 342.9 car thefts per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on a population of 656,480. Rates are only calculated for complete years, since a partial year isn't comparable.
What period does this Brampton car theft data cover?
These figures cover 7,966 car thefts recorded in Brampton between August 2023 and September 2026 — every incident Peel Regional Police Community Safety Data Portal has published in that window. The earliest year is partial because incidents older than the retention window are removed, so it starts part-way through the year rather than on January 1. Counts reflect what the portal published — a category a service doesn't publish is missing, which is not the same as zero.
Sourced from Peel Regional Police Community Safety Data Portal. Counts reflect incidents the portal published and may differ from figures released elsewhere — missing is not the same as zero.