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Box GroveRecent emergency dispatch activity in Markham's Box Grove neighbourhood

Data period: October 1 – 31, 2026 · refreshed monthly Rank: #8 of 32 by call volume
39 ▲18%
Dispatched calls
6
Priority calls (P1–P2)
1.6×
vs citywide median
1.3
Avg calls / day

Data note: Monthly history starts in August 2026: Markham police calls before August 1, 2026 were recorded less completely by the source feed, so earlier months aren't compared with later ones.

The picture in October 2026

Map of Box Grove in Markham with its official boundary outlined

With 39 dispatched calls in October 2026, activity in Box Grove was above the citywide median. The largest single category was Theft Under $5000 (Shoplifting), at 18% of all calls in the area. That is up 18% from the previous month's 33 calls.

Neighbourhood attribution uses the official boundary polygon shown here; calls without reliable coordinates are excluded from neighbourhood totals.

Monthly history

August 2026 — 30 calls30September 2026 — 33 callsOctober 2026 — 39 calls39August 2026October 2026

Dispatched calls per month in Box Grove since August 2026. Hover a point for the exact count.

MonthCallsPriority
October 20263915%
September 20263321%
August 20263030%

Top call types

Full breakdown — all 18 call categories
Theft Under $5000 (Shoplifting)7
Assault4
Utter Threats To Person4
Theft Under $5000 (Other)3
+ 14 rarer categories with fewer than 3 calls each (21 calls combined)

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Time of day

Time-of-day data isn't available for Markham. York Regional Police publishes generalized (date-level) timestamps rather than precise event times, so hourly and weekday-vs-weekend patterns can't be computed. Counts, categories, locations, and monthly history are unaffected.

Compared to its neighbours

NeighbourhoodCallsPer dayPriority
Box Grove391.315%
Vinegar Hill822.624%
Cornell301.030%
Cedar Grove20.10%
Locust Hill00.00%

Adjacent neighbourhoods, October 2026. "Per day" averages over all 31 days; "Priority" is the share of P1–P2 calls.

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