Milton Crime Map
Ontario · Latest 24h · updated 2026-10-13
| Latest 24h | 5 incidents (2026-10-12) |
|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | 1,278 incidents through the last complete month |
| Full archive | 2,644 incidents (2025–2026) |
Source: Halton Regional Police Service open data.
Official statistics (Statistics Canada)
| Halton Regional Police: 2025 incidents | 16,257 (down 3.5% vs 2024) |
|---|---|
| Rate per 100,000 | 2,439.3 (population 666,450) |
| Halton Regional Police: Violent incidents | 2,314 (347.2 per 100K) |
| Halton Regional Police: Property incidents | 11,925 (1,789.3 per 100K) |
| Halton Regional Police: Crime Severity Index 2025 | 30.6 (violent 26.3) |
| Cleared by police | 37.7% |
| vs Ontario | 46.8% lower rate (4,581.7 per 100K) |
| Estimated Milton share | 3,227 incidents (estimate: Milton’s share of the region’s mapped incidents) |
Source: Statistics Canada, police-reported incidents (Uniform Crime Reporting Survey), Halton Regional Police (all of its area, population 666,450). Annual figures; 2025 is the latest published year.
About crime in Milton
Latest mapped day. Milton recorded 5 mapped incidents on 2026-10-12. This is a short-window snapshot of police open data, not a personal-safety score.
Latest 24h (2026-10-12) category breakdown
| Auto theft | 3 |
| Break & enter | 1 |
| Mischief | 1 |
Where incidents were mapped
- Upper East Milton: 2
- East Milton: 1
- Escarpment: 1
- South Milton: 1
Across 2025–2026, the current archive contains 2,644 mapped incidents for Milton. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.
Milton crime overview
Essay updated 2026-10-13 · figures above are from the latest data
TL;DR. Milton recorded 5 incidents on its Latest day (2026-10-12), per Halton Regional Police Service open data. Auto theft was the most common category with 3 reports, followed by break and enter and mischief with 1 each. Upper East Milton had 2 reports, while East Milton, Escarpment and South Milton each had 1. Police may still add reports for this day, so the count can rise.
About this data
This page summarizes 5 incidents recorded by the Halton Regional Police Service in Milton on 12 October 2026, the latest occurrence day in the municipal open-data feed. Milton is published as part of the Halton Region feed, with municipality pages split from the regional open layer, alongside Oakville, Burlington and Halton Hills. The 5-incident figure describes that single reporting day only.
The interactive map uses a separate 60-day rolling window, which held 346 incidents for Milton, so the daily headline will always look much smaller than the map total. Daily counts remain preliminary because police may still add reports for 12 October 2026, meaning the total can rise. Tracking the latest day in this form helps neighbours see what was recorded most recently without confusing it with year-to-date or annual totals.
Recent trend
Year-over-year change is not available for the Latest day (2026-10-12) period, which covers 5 incidents on a single reporting day rather than a complete calendar year. The archive year series lists 1,312 incidents in 2025 and 1,278 incidents in 2026, but 2026 remains open and the two figures do not form a complete-year pair for a formal annual comparison. The full on-disk archive holds 2,644 incidents spanning 2025 to 2026. Daily headlines naturally move sharply from day to day, so the absence of a year-over-year percentage for 12 October 2026 reflects the 24-hour scope, not the depth of the underlying archive.
Category breakdown
On 12 October 2026, Milton's 5 reported incidents were split among three categories. Auto theft led with 3 reports, accounting for 60% of the day's total. Break and enter followed with 1 report, or 20%, and Mischief also recorded 1 report, or 20%. With only 5 records, a difference of one or two reports shifts the percentages markedly, so the ordering reflects a very small daily sample rather than a longer pattern. No other category was recorded for that reporting day in the Halton Regional Police Service feed for Milton. The city's feed covers six neighbourhood areas, providing geographic detail behind daily breakdowns.
Where incidents concentrate
For 12 October 2026, Upper East Milton recorded 2 incidents, the highest neighbourhood count for the day. East Milton, Escarpment and South Milton each recorded 1 incident. Milton's open-data geography covers six neighbourhood areas in total. This ordering shows where the 5 reports clustered on that single day and is a count of activity concentration, not per-capita risk. With such a small daily total, movement of one file from one neighbourhood to another would change the ranking within the Halton Regional Police Service feed.
What this means
Five incidents is a very small daily sample, so Milton's 12 October 2026 profile — 3 Auto theft reports alongside 1 Break and enter and 1 Mischief — can swing with one or two files. Upper East Milton's 2 reports topped the neighbourhood list for the day. For wider context, the full-archive Other grouping is dominated by Impaired & dangerous driving with 729 records, or 87.1% of Other, rather than hidden violent crime. The 60-day map window's 346 incidents offers a steadier view than any single day.
FAQ
How many incidents were reported in Milton on the latest day?
Milton recorded 5 incidents on 2026-10-12, the latest reporting day in the open feed. The total covers Auto theft, Break and enter and Mischief reported for that date. Police may still add reports for 2026-10-12, so the count of 5 can rise. This is a single-day total, separate from the 346 incidents shown for the interactive map's 60-day window.
What was the most common offence in Milton on the latest day?
Auto theft was the most common category on 2026-10-12, with 3 of the 5 incidents, or 60% of that day's mix. Break and enter accounted for 1 incident and Mischief accounted for 1 incident. The ranking comes directly from the 2026-10-12 breakdown, where Auto theft ranked first ahead of the two other categories reported that day.
Are incidents in Milton trending up or down compared with last year?
Year-over-year change is not available for this period. The multi-year series lists 1,312 incidents in 2025 and 1,278 incidents with dates in 2026, but 2026 remains incomplete through 2026-10-12, so the two totals are not a complete-year comparison. A formal annual change cannot be calculated until 2026 reporting is closed.
Which Milton neighbourhoods had the most incidents on the latest day?
On 2026-10-12, Upper East Milton recorded 2 of the 5 incidents, while East Milton, Escarpment and South Milton each recorded 1 incident. The feed groups Milton into 6 neighbourhood areas, with 4 areas reporting activity that day. Upper East Milton's count of 2 was the highest single-area total for 2026-10-12, while the other three areas each contributed 1 incident.
Where does Milton crime data come from?
The figures come from Halton Regional Police Service open data, with the Halton Region regional feed split to the Milton municipal boundary. Milton's latest-day total of 5 incidents and the 60-day map total of 346 incidents are both drawn from that feed. Neighbourhood names such as Upper East Milton and South Milton reflect how the regional layer assigns Milton records.
How up to date is the Milton data?
The open file is current through 2026-10-12, which is both the latest reporting day and the maximum occurrence date. The headline total of 5 incidents covers that single day only. The interactive map uses a separate rolling 60-day window with 346 incidents. Counts for 2026-10-12 can still increase if Halton Regional Police Service adds late reports.
Explore Milton
By category
- Milton Robbery (39)
- Milton Break & enter (209)
- Milton Auto theft (441)
- Milton Theft from vehicle (271)
- Milton Theft (513)
- Milton Bike theft (35)
- Milton Mischief (299)
- Milton Other (837)