Saini says the figures are still too high and wants answers from officials about why his family ended up being put at risk.

Over in Toronto, police statistics actually show a decline so far this year, with 2661 thefts in 2024, which is down from last year at this time, which was 3,025 – a sign some of these measures could be having an impact.

He said he has joined a group of neighbours who are pooling resources to hire a private security patrol.

Dynamic Security’s Randeep Sandhu says the company has gotten many more requests for help since it started offering the service about a month ago.

“We started out with 25 houses but now we have 200 and are still growing. Yesterday we got a call for another 100 houses. It’s growing very much,” Sandhu said.