Increase in violent crime prompts residents to take action in Mississauga

Growing increasingly concerned about a rise in violent crime in its corner of the city, a relatively new Mississauga residents’ group will again meet with police this week to talk about the disturbing trend.

The Lorne Park Neighbourhood Safety Group, formed about a year ago to address the crime concerns of residents in the affluent area of south Mississauga, is taking part in a public meeting on Wednesday night hosted by Ward 2 Coun. Alvin Tedjo.

Peel Regional Police officers will also be in attendance at the community gathering, which takes place at St. Bride Anglican Church (1516 Clarkson Rd. N.) starting at 7 p.m.

Police will make a presentation to those at the meeting and then take questions from the community.

Members of the group, who number around 400, are concerned about various serious crimes that have impacted their neighbourhoods since the latter part of 2024 and include car thefts, carjackings and violent home invasions in which the offenders are armed.

In an email to INsauga.com, the group said Wednesday’s meeting is expected to provide an update on “activities to address crime in the neighbourhood.”

Map shows Lorne Park area of south Mississauga.

Group members added they’ll continue to “hold our elected officials accountable and continue to share our concerns.”

A representative from the office of Mississauga-Lakeshore MP Charles Sousa is also expected to attend.

Senior officers with Peel police first met with the fledgling citizens’ group last Dec. 10 in response to community concerns over growing crime.

As a result of that meeting, police stepped up patrols in the Lorne Park area in efforts to combat car thefts, home invasions and other crimes that were on the upswing at that time.

A Peel police spokesperson confirmed in an email to INsauga.com at the time that “Lorne Park has seen a recent increase in criminal activity.”

To address the concerns, police deployed officers from both a Community Incident Response Team and the Criminal Investigation Bureau to “actively patrol the area.”

Violent criminals continued to target communities

Despite those efforts, violent criminals continued to target that part of Mississauga in addition to other parts of the city, region and Greater Toronto Area.

This past summer, police in Peel revealed details about Project Ghost, a sweeping investigation into more than a dozen violent home invasions that terrorized — and in some cases seriously injured — homeowners and their families in Mississauga, Brampton and elsewhere in the GTA.

In that probe, investigators alleged an organized group used teens to carry out the violent incidents that dated back to summer 2024 and netted the culprits more than $1.8 million in high-end vehicles and jewelry as they terrorized their victims.

Police arrested 13 people, including seven from Mississauga, and they faced a total of 197 charges.

Tedjo, who attended the police press conference in which details of the crimes were released, said a number of the violent incidents occurred in the city’s southwest area he represents.

He noted one Mississauga home invasion in early 2025 saw residents of the home “tied up and held at gunpoint.”

“This was an unusually violent, organized criminal network that terrorized families and drafted vulnerable youth into its activities,” Tedjo added at the time.

Carjacking victim fights back

In an unrelated incident last Jan. 4, an attempted carjacking in the area turned violent and one of four suspects suffered a gunshot wound when the victim fought back.

Police at the time noted that four culprits confronted a man as he pulled his luxury vehicle into the driveway of a home near Lorne Park Road and Lakeshore Road West.

“The victim was struck with a firearm while the suspects attempted to get into his vehicle,” police said at the time. “A struggle ensued and a gunshot was believed to have been discharged.”

Having been unsuccessful in their attempt to steal the man’s vehicle, the would-be carjackers fled the scene.

The victim suffered minor injuries.