For the period 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Durham Regional Police Service documented 698 total incidents in Ajax, Ontario. Assault is the leading category with 255 incidents, accounting for 36.5% of all offences. Additional prominent categories include theft from vehicle with 147 incidents (21.1%), auto theft with 114 incidents (16.3%), and break and enter with 98 incidents (14%). Downtown Ajax logged the highest neighbourhood count with 160 incidents.
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This page details public open-data crime incident records for the municipality of Ajax, Ontario, covering the selected period of 2026 (YTD, through Jul). Sourced directly from official open-data portal entries published by the Durham Regional Police Service, these figures document reported incidents across local neighbourhoods. During 2026 (YTD, through Jul), the municipal dataset captures 698 total incidents, which includes 288 violent-category incidents recorded by police.
Access to transparent open data allows residents, policy analysts, and community stakeholders to examine documented police reporting patterns throughout the town of Ajax. While the interactive map layer highlights a rolling 60-day window representing 227 incidents for recent spatial visualization, the main statistics presented here analyze the complete 2026 (YTD, through Jul) period to establish a clear baseline of published open records.
In the open-data archive for Ajax, annual recorded incidents rose significantly between complete calendar years. Between 2024 and 2025, recorded incidents increased 8,050% from a base of 8 records in 2024 to 652 records in 2025, reflecting changes in historical reporting coverage within the police open-data feed. Prior complete years recorded lower totals, such as 6 incidents in 2023 and 3 incidents in 2022. The headline total of 698 total incidents reflects 2026 (YTD, through Jul) and is not a complete calendar year.
The top categories in Ajax during 2026 (YTD, through Jul) are led by Assault, which accounts for 255 incidents or 36.5% of total reported incidents. Theft from vehicle ranks second with 147 incidents, representing 21.1% of the total, followed by Auto theft with 114 incidents, which makes up 16.3%. Additionally, Break and enter recorded 98 incidents (14%), while Robbery logged 31 incidents (4.4%). The category Other contains 51 incidents, representing 7.3% of the year-to-date total. Within the full-archive subcategory breakdown for Other, Traffic & MVC is the sole leading subcategory, accounting for 100 incidents, which represents 100% of the Other total and 7.1% of all archive incidents.
Incident counts across Ajax vary across its 9 defined local areas. During 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Downtown Ajax recorded the highest volume with 160 incidents, followed by Ajax Northeast with 120 incidents, Central Ajax with 81 incidents, Ajax Northwest with 80 incidents, and Applecroft with 67 incidents. Additional recorded counts include Carruthers with 54 incidents and Ajax Waterfront with 50 incidents. These neighbourhood figures reflect the absolute volume of reported police activity in each location, rather than per-capita risk, as local population densities and commercial activity patterns vary across the municipality.
In Ajax during 2026 (YTD, through Jul), reported crime is heavily defined by Assault, which represents 255 incidents or 36.5% of the 698 total incidents. Vehicle-related offenses also form a major portion of local records, with Theft from vehicle logging 147 incidents (21.1%) and Auto theft logging 114 incidents (16.3%). Geographically, Downtown Ajax accounts for the largest local concentration with 160 incidents. Additionally, Traffic & MVC constitutes all 100 recorded incidents under the Other subcategory breakdown, representing 7.1% of full-archive records.
For the period covering 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Ajax recorded a total of 698 reported incidents in the Durham Regional Police Service open dataset. All 698 of these incidents are dated records. Across the full archive spanning 2013 to 2026, the dataset includes 1,410 total incidents.
Assault is the leading reported category in Ajax for 2026 (YTD, through Jul), accounting for 255 incidents or 36.5% of the total. Theft from vehicle is second with 147 incidents (21.1%), followed by auto theft with 114 incidents (16.3%), break and enter with 98 incidents (14%), Other with 51 incidents (7.3%), and robbery with 31 incidents (4.4%).
For full calendar years, reported incidents rose from 8 in 2024 to 652 in 2025, an increase of 8,050% from a base of 8 records in 2024. Prior full years in the open record include 6 incidents in 2023, 3 in 2022, 1 in 2020, 1 in 2017, and 1 in 2013. The 2026 year-to-date count through July stands at 698 incidents.
In 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Downtown Ajax recorded the highest count among the 9 tracked neighbourhoods with 160 reported incidents. Ajax Northeast recorded 120 incidents, Central Ajax recorded 81, Ajax Northwest recorded 80, Applecroft recorded 67, Carruthers recorded 54, Ajax Waterfront recorded 50, and Riverside-Hermitage recorded 47.
The statistics for Ajax are sourced from open data released by the Durham Regional Police Service. Ajax is published as part of Durham Region's municipal open-data feed, which tracks incidents across member municipalities. The combined archive for Ajax contains 1,410 total incidents from June 1, 2013 to August 13, 2026.
The headline figures cover 2026 year-to-date through July, with the newest recorded incident dated August 13, 2026. In contrast, the rolling 60-day window on the interactive map displays 227 recent incidents. Data updates as the Durham Regional Police Service publishes new open records.
Data is sourced from Durham Regional Police Service open data, published as a regional feed split to Ajax.
This Ajax crime map is built for searches such as Ajax crime map, crime map Ajax Ontario. Filter the interactive map by crime type and time window to inspect recent open-data reports — not a live 911 or CAD feed.
assault is the largest category with 256 incidents (36.6%).
The highest-count local areas in the current data are Downtown Ajax, Ajax Northeast, Ajax Northwest, Central Ajax. These are incident counts, not per-capita risk rankings.
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