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Break and enter in Halifax

In 2026 year-to-date through July, Halifax registered 236 Break and enter incidents out of 2,105 total city incidents. This category accounts for 11.2% of all recorded incidents, ranking third among five tracked categories in the city open-data feed. Break and enter occurred more frequently than auto theft (146) and robbery (57), but remained lower than assault (1,092) and theft from vehicle (574) over the same period.

Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Halifax.

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Break and enter incidents
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Share of Halifax incidents
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Break and enter in Halifax

This resource details official municipal open-data records for Break and enter incidents logged across Halifax, Nova Scotia during the 2026 (YTD, through Jul) reporting period. Published figures document 236 Break and enter incidents in Halifax over this timeframe. Across all five tracked categories in Halifax, municipal authorities recorded a total of 2,105 incidents in the city-wide open-data archive, reflecting published police filings.

Break and enter accounts for 11.2% of the total city incidents recorded during this timeframe. All 236 reported incidents in this category contain specific date information spanning from April 10, 2026 through August 12, 2026, with zero undated records present in the dataset. This dataset summary provides an empirical breakdown of municipal police reports regarding unauthorized entries into residential and commercial structures across the Halifax area.

How Break and enter compares

Within the Halifax municipal open-data collection, Break and enter ranks 3 out of 5 total categories by overall incident count, recording 236 incidents. By comparison, Assault represents the highest volume category in the city with 1,092 recorded incidents, followed by Theft from vehicle with 574 incidents. Break and enter recorded higher counts than Auto theft, which registered 146 incidents, and Robbery, which recorded 57 incidents. These figures outline where Break and enter positions relative to other recorded category types across Halifax during the 2026 (YTD, through Jul) reporting period.

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What these numbers mean

Break and enter represents a mid-tier volume category in Halifax's open-data archive, ranking 3 out of 5 tracked incident types. Accounting for 11.2% of the city's 2,105 total recorded incidents during the 2026 (YTD, through Jul) period, its 236 logged occurrences sit well below vehicle-related theft (574) and assault (1,092), but remain above vehicle theft (146) and robbery (57). With data available for 2026 only, the published figure serves as a baseline snapshot of property entries within Halifax.

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Frequently asked questions about Break and enter in Halifax

How many Break and enter incidents were reported in Halifax in 2026?

For the 2026 (YTD, through Jul) reporting period, Halifax recorded 236 Break and enter incidents in the municipal open-data dataset. Every one of these 236 records includes a specific occurrence date, with dates ranging from April 10, 2026 to August 12, 2026. These incidents contribute directly to the total count of 2,105 incidents logged across all categories.

What proportion of Halifax's total reported crime does Break and enter represent?

Break and enter accounts for 11.2% of all incidents published in Halifax's open-data dataset for the 2026 (YTD, through Jul) period. This percentage is based on 236 category incidents out of a total 2,105 incidents recorded across five tracked categories in the city during this timeframe.

How does Break and enter compare to other crime categories in Halifax?

Break and enter ranks 3 out of 5 monitored categories in Halifax by incident count. Its total of 236 incidents is lower than Assault with 1,092 incidents and Theft from vehicle with 574 incidents, but higher than Auto theft with 146 incidents and Robbery with 57 incidents.

What time period is covered by the current Halifax Break and enter data?

The current Break and enter data covers 2026 (YTD, through Jul), with incident occurrence dates spanning from April 10, 2026 to August 12, 2026. During this period, 236 incidents were recorded out of 2,105 total incidents across all five tracked categories in Halifax.

Other crime categories in Halifax

Sources

Data is sourced from official municipal open-data portals published by local authorities in Halifax, NS.

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