Chatham‑Kent’s 2026 year‑to‑date crime data (through Jan) shows 1,159 recorded incidents. The dominant category is “Other,” accounting for 999 reports, far outpacing the next most frequent category, Theft, with 94 incidents. Violent offences total only 16 incidents. The 60‑day map window captures 2,739 incidents, but the headline reflects the full YTD period. No neighbourhood‑level breakdown is available for this dataset.
Year × type breakdown · Population 112,716 (2025) · 2026 is year-to-date, through Jan
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The Chatham‑Kent page presents open‑data incident totals for the 2026 calendar year to date, covering the period through January. The data come from the official municipal open‑data portal for Ontario, which publishes crime incidents reported by the Chatham‑Kent police service. The headline total for this period is 1,159 incidents, offering a snapshot of recent police activity across the municipality.
These figures reflect the full‑year archive slice rather than the 60‑day rolling map window, which currently shows 2,739 incidents. Comparing the two helps users see both the longer‑term YTD trend and the most recent activity captured by the interactive map. The YTD total provides context for policy makers and residents monitoring crime patterns over the first month of 2026 and city officials.
A year‑over‑year comparison is not available for the 2026 YTD period because the figure represents activity only through January and does not constitute a full calendar year. The archive contains a complete count for 2025 (3,123 incidents), but without a comparable full‑year total for 2026 the system cannot calculate a YoY change. Consequently, readers should interpret the 2026 total as a snapshot of the first month rather than as an indication of upward or downward trend. Analysts therefore rely on the full‑archive series for broader context across years.
The most frequently reported category for Chatham‑Kent in the 2026 YTD period is Other, accounting for 999 incidents or 86.2 % of the total count. Within this large grouping, the leading sub‑category is Calls for service, with 1,830 reports, representing 51 % of the Other category and 42.7 % of all incidents. Theft follows as the second‑most common specific category, with 94 incidents (8.1 %). Break and enter is third, comprising 24 incidents (2.1 %). Together, these figures illustrate that the majority of reported activity falls into broad, non‑specific categories, while property‑theft‑related offences make up a smaller share. Mischief contributed 19 incidents (1.6 %) and assault accounted for 15 incidents (1.3 %), further highlighting the low share of violent offences in the YTD tally.
For Chatham‑Kent, the 2026 YTD data are dominated by the catch‑all Other category, which alone represents over 86 % of all incidents. Calls for service make up half of that grouping and more than 40 % of the total, underscoring that many records are non‑criminal service calls. Property offences such as theft and break‑and‑enter together account for just under 10 % of incidents, while violent crimes are rare, with only 16 reported events. The profile suggests a landscape where routine service requests outweigh serious offences.
The open‑data feed shows 1,159 incidents for the 2026 year‑to‑date period, covering incidents up to 25 January 2026. All of these incidents are dated, so the total and dated counts are the same. This figure represents the headline total for the selected period.
The top‑ranked category is “Other,” accounting for 999 incidents (86.2 % of the total). Within “Other,” the leading subcategories are Calls for service with 1,830 incidents (51 % of Other), Traffic & MVC with 859 incidents (23.9 %), and Bylaw & Provincial offences with 491 incidents (13.7 %). Smaller portions include Other crime, Harassment, Drugs and Weapons offences.
Year‑over‑year change is not available for the 2026 YTD period. For context, the full‑year 2025 record shows 3,123 incidents, while the 2026 YTD total is 1,159 incidents. The archive does not provide a calculated YoY percentage for this incomplete year.
The source data does not include neighbourhood breakdowns for Chatham‑Kent, so neighbourhood‑specific counts are unavailable on this page. The open‑data feed aggregates incidents at the municipal level only.
The figures come from the official Ontario municipal open‑data portal that publishes Chatham‑Kent police incident data.
The dataset covers incidents through 25 January 2026, representing the year‑to‑date total of 1,159 incidents. By contrast, the interactive map displays a rolling 60‑day window with 2,739 incidents, so its total reflects a more recent, shorter‑term snapshot.
Data sourced from the Ontario municipal open‑data portal.
Drill into categories, years, and areas on the interactive map. Counts below use the same open-data archive as the city overview.