Carjackings have more than doubled so far in 2024 while break and enters for the purpose of car theft have already exceeded the total number for all of last year, Toronto’s police chief says.
The numbers represent “an escalation of violence, threats and intimidation where weapons are being used to steal vehicles,” Chief Myron Demkiw said, addressing a meeting of the Toronto police board on Monday.
So far this year, the city’s seen 68 carjackings which is a 106 per cent increase compared to the same period last year, Demkiw said, while there have already been 34 break and entry offences for auto theft, up from 22 in all of 2023.
