During 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Oshawa recorded 1,674 total incidents in official Durham Regional Police Service open data. Assault is the top category with 781 incidents, accounting for 46.7% of reported offences. Other primary categories include theft from vehicle with 320 incidents (19.1%), break and enter with 200 incidents (11.9%), and auto theft with 175 incidents (10.5%). The Other category (121 incidents, 7.2%) features Traffic & MVC as its leading subcategory (251 incidents, 100% of Other).
Area × type · 2026 · Population 213,592 (2025) · 2026 is year-to-date, through Jul
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This page tracks reported open-data incidents across Oshawa, Ontario for 2026 (YTD, through Jul), compiled from the Durham Regional Police Service. Oshawa is published as part of the broader Durham Region open-data portal. During 2026 (YTD, through Jul), the dataset records 1,674 total incidents in the city, providing a structured overview of local incident patterns for residents, researchers, and community members.
While the headline statistics reflect the 2026 (YTD, through Jul) period of 1,674 records, the interactive map displays a rolling 60-day window featuring 485 recent incidents. Violent offences account for 858 incidents during the 2026 (YTD, through Jul) timeline. Publishing these official records helps maintain transparency across Oshawa's 12 tracked neighbourhood areas without relying on anecdotal reports.
The open-data archive for Oshawa shows a sharp increase in published records between complete calendar years. In 2024, the dataset logged 18 incidents, which rose 9,372.2% to 1,705 incidents in 2025. This large percentage change reflects an expansion in published open data from a base of 18 records in 2024 rather than a sudden shift in underlying activity. Earlier years in the archive recorded lower counts, including 13 incidents in 2023 and 3 incidents in 2019. For 2026 (YTD, through Jul), the dataset currently contains 1,674 incidents, which represents an incomplete calendar year.
During 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Assault represents the most frequent category in Oshawa with 781 reported incidents, accounting for 46.7% of the total. Theft from vehicle is the second highest category with 320 incidents (19.1%), followed by Break and enter with 200 incidents (11.9%). Auto theft ranks fourth with 175 incidents (10.5%), while Other accounts for 121 incidents (7.2%) and Robbery recorded 68 incidents (4.1%). Within the dataset's full-archive breakdown of the Other category, Traffic & MVC is the leading subcategory with 251 incidents, representing 100% of Other records and 7.2% of total incidents. Combined violent-category offences total 858 incidents for the 2026 (YTD, through Jul) period.
Incident counts across Oshawa's 12 tracked areas show distinct distribution patterns during 2026 (YTD, through Jul). Downtown Oshawa recorded the highest volume with 363 incidents, followed by Lakeview with 242 incidents and Oshawa Northwest with 190 incidents. Gibb West logged 157 incidents, while Stevenson North recorded 123 incidents. These figures reflect raw incident volume and concentration of reported activity within specific boundary areas. They do not represent per-capita risk, as population density and commercial activity differ significantly across Oshawa neighbourhoods.
In Oshawa's 2026 (YTD, through Jul) dataset, Assault makes up a prominent share of reported offences at 781 incidents (46.7%), outnumbering property categories like Theft from vehicle (320 incidents, 19.1%) and Break and enter (200 incidents, 11.9%). Meanwhile, all 251 archive records classified under the Other category belong to Traffic & MVC, representing 7.2% of total incidents. Combined violent-category offences stand at 858 incidents for the period, with Downtown Oshawa accounting for 363 total reported incidents.
For 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Oshawa recorded a total of 1,674 open-data police incidents. This headline figure reflects all dated incident records logged in the dataset for this period. Among these, violent-category incidents accounted for 858 records in total. These open-data figures reflect the selected year-to-date archive period rather than the rolling 60-day interactive map tier.
Assault is the leading reported category in Oshawa for 2026 (YTD, through Jul), with 781 incidents representing 46.7% of all recorded incidents. Theft from vehicle was the second most frequent at 320 incidents (19.1%), followed by break and enter with 200 incidents (11.9%), auto theft with 175 incidents (10.5%), Other with 121 incidents (7.2%), and robbery with 68 incidents (4.1%).
Comparing complete calendar years, open-data incident records in Oshawa rose 9,372.2% in 2025, increasing from a base of 18 incidents in 2024 to 1,705 incidents in 2025. In prior years, dataset publication levels were lower, recording 13 incidents in 2023 and 18 in 2024. Year-over-year percentage changes are not calculated for open 2026 year-to-date data, which total 1,674 incidents through July.
In 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Downtown Oshawa recorded the highest count among Oshawa's 12 tracked neighbourhoods with 363 incidents. Lakeview followed with 242 incidents, Oshawa Northwest with 190, Gibb West with 157, Stevenson North with 123, Beatrice North with 112, Hillsdale with 107, and Oshawa Northeast with 102 incidents.
Data presented for Oshawa originates from Durham Regional Police Service open data. Oshawa's municipal figures are extracted from the broader Durham Region regional open-data layer. The records span from June 11, 2009 to August 14, 2026, encompassing a full archive total of 3,497 incidents across all recorded years.
The latest incident recorded in the dataset is dated August 14, 2026. The main annual overview covers 2026 (YTD, through Jul) with 1,674 total incidents. In contrast, the rolling 60-day map window displays 485 incidents. Data feeds are updated periodically as new records are published by the police service.
Crime data for Oshawa is sourced from Durham Regional Police Service open data, split from the regional Durham Region dataset.
This Oshawa crime map is built for searches such as Oshawa crime map, crime map Oshawa, DRPS Oshawa. Filter the interactive map by crime type and time window to inspect recent open-data reports — not a live 911 or CAD feed.
assault is the largest category with 780 incidents (46.6%).
The highest-count local areas in the current data are Downtown Oshawa, Lakeview, Oshawa Northwest, Gibb West. 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.