Data releases
Every MkaeSense figure belongs to a numbered release. This page records what changed, when, and what comes next, so a number quoted today can be traced back to the data behind it.
Changelog
Newest first. A version number goes up by 0.1 for a data refresh and by 1.0 when the method changes.
Next: US monthly update (v1.1)
Adds September and October 2026 to the US city figures and updates the 2026 year-to-date comparisons. Canadian figures change once Statistics Canada publishes 2026 data, normally in late July.
Toronto address check v1.0
Type any Toronto address to see its neighbourhood's break-in rate, rank out of 158 and change from 2024. Addresses are looked up through OpenStreetMap and are not stored. Check an address
US large cities v1.0
- Burglary and car theft in US cities of 100,000+ people, monthly from January 2015, with solve rates and seasonality.
- 2026 year-to-date changes are tested for significance; cities with reporting gaps are left out of the comparison rather than shown with a misleading drop.
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer.
Toronto car crime v1.0
Car theft, thefts from cars and hit-and-run collisions in all 158 neighbourhoods, with the hours and places they happen. Source: Toronto Police Service open data. See the map
Canada national rankings v1.0
Break-ins, car thefts and thefts from vehicles for every municipal police service covering 10,000+ people, 2015 to 2025, with the share police solve. Source: Statistics Canada Tables 35-10-0177-01 and 35-10-0178-01 to 35-10-0185-01. See the rankings
Safest cities in Canada and the US v1.0
The flagship ranking: 1,399 US cities and Canadian police services covering 25,000+ people, scored on the MkaeSense Safety Index for violent and property crime per resident, compared within each country. See the rankings · How the index works
City break-in atlases v1.0
Neighbourhood-level break-in maps for Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Edmonton, York Region and other cities, each built from that city's own police open data. Open the tracker
How each source is refreshed
The same checks run on every update before anything is published.
| Source | Covers | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| Statistics Canada | Canadian police services, yearly | Once a year, after the July release |
| FBI Crime Data Explorer | US cities, monthly | Monthly, with the most recent month held back until it is complete |
| Toronto Police Service | Toronto neighbourhoods, by incident | Quarterly |
| Other city police open data | Neighbourhood atlases | Yearly |
Checks on every update: duplicate incidents removed; months with reporting gaps or year-end batch filing excluded from trends; a change is only called a rise or fall when it is larger than chance would explain.
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