In 2026 year-to-date through July, Halifax recorded 146 auto theft incidents out of 2,105 total incidents across all tracked categories. Auto theft accounts for 6.9% of reported city incidents, placing it fourth among five categories. It remains less frequent than assault (1,092), theft from vehicle (574), and break and enter (236), but higher than robbery (57). These open-data figures reflect year-to-date totals through July rather than a full annual period.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Halifax.
This page presents official open-data reporting for Auto theft incidents recorded in Halifax, Nova Scotia during the 2026 year-to-date period through July. According to published municipal records, local police services documented 146 Auto theft incidents during this timeframe. These statistics capture formal reports filed across the municipality, offering a factual overview of vehicle theft occurrences currently available in the public open-data portal for the region.
Across all five tracked categories, Halifax recorded 2,105 total incidents during the same 2026 year-to-date period. Auto theft accounts for exactly 6.9% of all reported incidents across the city. The dataset contains incident records with occurrence dates ranging from April 10, 2026, to August 12, 2026, representing the complete reporting archive provided in the published data feed for Nova Scotia's capital municipality.
Auto theft ranks 4th out of 5 tracked crime categories in Halifax for the 2026 year-to-date period. With 146 incidents recorded, Auto theft is less frequent than Assault, which recorded 1,092 incidents, Theft from vehicle with 574 incidents, and Break and enter with 236 incidents. However, Auto theft was reported more frequently than Robbery, which accounted for 57 incidents during the same reporting window. Together, these figures illustrate where vehicle theft sits within Halifax's broader landscape of municipal crime categories during 2026.
Auto theft represents a modest portion of reported incidents in Halifax, ranking 4th out of 5 tracked categories with 146 reported incidents in 2026 through July. Accounting for 6.9% of the city's 2,105 total incidents, vehicle theft occurs considerably less often than property and person categories such as Theft from vehicle (574) and Assault (1,092), while remaining higher than Robbery (57). Because the current dataset includes only 2026 data, multi-year trend comparisons are unavailable.
Halifax documented 146 Auto theft incidents during the 2026 year-to-date reporting period through July. These figures represent formal incident reports recorded in the municipality's public open-data dataset between April 10, 2026, and August 12, 2026. Across all 5 categories, Halifax recorded 2,105 total incidents during this period.
Auto theft accounts for 6.9% of all reported incidents in Halifax for 2026 year-to-date through July. With 146 recorded occurrences out of a citywide total of 2,105 incidents across all tracked categories, Auto theft ranks 4th overall in total volume among the municipality's 5 tracked crime categories.
With 146 reported incidents in 2026 YTD through July, Auto theft is lower than Theft from vehicle at 574 incidents, Assault at 1,092 incidents, and Break and enter at 236 incidents. However, Auto theft is higher than Robbery, which recorded 57 incidents during the same timeframe.
In the published open dataset for Halifax, only 2026 data is currently available, showing 146 Auto theft incidents through July. Because multi-year records are not provided in this archive, year-over-year percentage changes cannot be calculated. The dataset covers reported occurrences between April 10, 2026, and August 12, 2026.
Crime data for Halifax is sourced from official open-data portal records published in NS.