During 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Oakville recorded 6,632 total incidents in open data from Halton Regional Police Service. The top category was Other with 5,380 incidents (81.1%), driven by the Traffic & MVC subcategory, which accounts for 10,846 archive records (98.9% of Other). Auto theft followed with 311 incidents (4.7%), Theft with 276 (4.2%), and Theft from vehicle with 217 (3.3%). River Oaks logged 1,703 incidents.
Area × type · 2026 · Population 243,107 (2025) · 2026 is year-to-date, through Jul
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This summary presents official open-data incident records published for Oakville, Ontario during 2026 (YTD, through Jul). The underlying records are provided by the Halton Regional Police Service open-data portal, covering Oakville as part of the broader Halton Region feed alongside neighbouring areas such as Burlington, Milton, and Halton Hills. For 2026 (YTD, through Jul), the dataset contains 6,632 total incidents recorded in Oakville.
Examining these figures provides transparent insight into public safety records, category rankings, and geographic incident tracking across the town. While the site's interactive map displays a 60-day rolling window of 1,784 incidents for immediate visual exploration, the 2026 (YTD, through Jul) headline of 6,632 incidents represents the full year-to-date open-data count.
Year-over-year percentage change is not available for the 2026 (YTD, through Jul) selected period because the current year remains incomplete and lacks a matching full-year comparative pair. The full archive covers incidents from 2025 through 2026, recording 7,046 total incidents in 2025 and 6,632 dated incidents in 2026 through July. Because comparing partial-year figures directly to complete calendar years produces inaccurate trend conclusions, annual growth comparisons are omitted until the 2026 reporting cycle concludes. In total, the multi-year archive contains 14,017 incidents recorded across both calendar years.
During 2026 (YTD, through Jul), incident categorisation in Oakville is led by Other, which accounts for 5,380 incidents, representing 81.1% of the total dataset. Auto theft is the second most frequent category with 311 incidents (4.7%), followed by Theft in third place with 276 incidents (4.2%). Additional recorded categories include Theft from vehicle with 217 incidents (3.3%), Mischief with 203 incidents (3.1%), and Break and enter with 176 incidents (2.7%). Because Other comprises the majority of records, the full-archive subcategory breakdown reveals that Traffic & MVC is the leading subcategory under Other, contributing 10,846 incidents, or 98.9% of the Other total and 77.4% of all overall archive incidents.
Geographic reporting across Oakville's 9 defined areas shows the highest incident counts in River Oaks with 1,703 incidents for 2026 (YTD, through Jul). South East Oakville recorded the second highest count at 936 incidents, followed by South West Oakville with 850 incidents, North East Oakville with 734 incidents, and North Central Oakville with 712 incidents. Additional areas include South Central Oakville (423), Glen Abbey (420), and Upper Glen Abbey (361). These figures represent overall incident counts within each neighbourhood boundary and reflect raw volume rather than individual risk.
Oakville's 2026 (YTD, through Jul) dataset is characterized by a heavy concentration in the Other category, which accounts for 5,380 incidents (81.1%). Full-archive subcategory tracking reveals that Traffic & MVC dominates this grouping with 10,846 incidents (98.9% of Other). Property crimes represent the main distinct criminal categories, led by Auto theft with 311 incidents (4.7%) and Theft with 276 incidents (4.2%), while violent category incidents total 30. Geographically, River Oaks accounts for the largest neighbourhood volume at 1,703 incidents.
Oakville recorded 6,632 total incidents during 2026 (YTD, through Jul). This total reflects open-data records published for the year-to-date period between April 17, 2025, and August 14, 2026, across the municipality. In contrast, the interactive map displays a rolling 60-day window containing 1,784 incidents.
The leading category in Oakville is Other, accounting for 5,380 incidents or 81.1% of the 2026 (YTD, through Jul) total. In the multi-year archive, the largest subcategory under Other is Traffic & MVC with 10,846 incidents (98.9% of Other), followed by Weapons offences with 76 incidents (0.7% of Other) and Drugs with 47 incidents.
Year-over-year change is not available for this period because the 2026 (YTD, through Jul) dataset is incomplete. In the annual series, 7,046 incidents were recorded in 2025 and 6,632 incidents were recorded in 2026 through July. The full-archive dataset totals 14,017 incidents across 2025 and 2026 without a complete-year comparison pair.
River Oaks recorded the highest count among Oakville's 9 neighbourhoods with 1,703 incidents in the 2026 (YTD, through Jul) period. Other areas in the top lists include South East Oakville with 936 incidents, South West Oakville with 850 incidents, North East Oakville with 734 incidents, and North Central Oakville with 712 incidents.
The data originates from official open-data records released by the Halton Regional Police Service. Oakville is covered under the regional hub for Halton Region, which is split into municipal reporting layers for Oakville and sibling municipalities including Burlington, Milton, and Halton Hills.
The dataset covers incidents up to August 14, 2026, within the 2026 (YTD, through Jul) reporting period. While the full selected period dataset contains 6,632 incidents, the interactive map focuses on a recent 60-day rolling window that includes 1,784 incidents updated as of August 14, 2026.
Data is sourced from Halton Regional Police Service open data, published via the Halton Region dataset and filtered to the municipality of Oakville.
This Oakville crime map is built for searches such as Oakville crime map, crime map Oakville, and Oakville Ontario crime. Filter the interactive map by crime type and time window to inspect recent open-data reports — not a live 911 or CAD feed.
other is the largest category with 5,380 incidents (81.1%).
The highest-count local areas in the current data are River Oaks, South East Oakville, South West Oakville, North East Oakville. These are incident counts, not per-capita risk rankings.
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Drill into categories, years, and areas on the interactive map. Counts below use the same open-data archive as the city overview.