How many murders are there in Brampton?
Brampton, ON recorded 13 murders in 2025, the most recent complete year — a rate of 2 per 100,000 residents.
Culpable homicide reports — rare and geo-masked by most services. Brampton residents also search for this category as homicides, killings, people killed and murder rate — all of those refer to the same police-reported offences counted on this page.
These figures cover 32 murders recorded in Brampton between October 2023 and July 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 murders by year, 2023–2026
Brampton murders peaked in 2025 with 13. 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 murders happen in Brampton?
Across the whole period, Brampton murders cluster in the evening (6pm–12am) window, which accounts for 38% of them. The busiest individual hour is 5pm.
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What day of the week do murders happen in Brampton?
Tuesday is the most common day for murders in Brampton, at 22% of the total — 53% above what an even split across the week would give.
What time of year do murders peak in Brampton?
Every year stacked together, so this is seasonality rather than a trend. April is the busiest month for murders in Brampton with 5 across the whole period, and February is the quietest with 0.
Brampton murders: common questions
How many murders are there in Brampton?
Brampton, ON recorded 13 murders in 2025, the most recent complete year — a rate of 2 per 100,000 residents. These figures cover 32 murders recorded in Brampton between October 2023 and July 2026 — every incident Peel Regional Police Community Safety Data Portal has published in that window.
Are murders going up or down in Brampton?
Brampton murders peaked in 2025 with 13. The most recent figure is 6 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 murders happen in Brampton?
Most Brampton murders happen in the evening (6pm–12am) window, which accounts for 38% of all of them. The busiest individual hour is 5pm.
What day of the week do most murders happen in Brampton?
Tuesday is the most common day for murders in Brampton, accounting for 22% of them — 53% above an even split across the week.
What time of year do murders peak in Brampton?
Adding every year together, April is the busiest month for murders in Brampton (5 across the whole period) and February is the quietest (0).
How common are murders compared to other crime in Brampton?
Homicide makes up 0.1% of all crime recorded in Brampton over this period — 32 of 35,477 incidents.
What is the murder rate in Brampton?
Brampton recorded 2 murders 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 murder data cover?
These figures cover 32 murders recorded in Brampton between October 2023 and July 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.