For 2026 year-to-date through July, open-data records show 780 reported assault incidents in Oshawa. Assault ranks first among all 8 tracked crime categories, representing 46.6% of the city's 1,674 total reported incidents. Downtown Oshawa registered the highest count among listed neighbourhoods with 205 incidents, followed by Lakeview with 127. Theft from vehicle was the next most frequent category, with 321 reported incidents during the same period.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Oshawa.
This page provides an official overview of recorded assault incidents for the city of Oshawa, Ontario. For the 2026 calendar year-to-date period through July, municipal open-data records list 780 assault incidents. These 780 assault incidents account for exactly 46.6% of the 1,674 total open-data incidents recorded across all eight tracked crime categories in Oshawa during this 2026 year-to-date window.
The complete archived dataset covers reported incident entries from June 11, 2009, through August 14, 2026. The selected 2026 year-to-date figure of 780 incidents reflects complete monthly open-data reporting through July 2026, rather than a rolling 60-day map display window. This page highlights individual neighbourhood-level incident counts, detailed comparisons against sibling crime categories, and historical multi-year records to examine assault reporting trends across Oshawa.
In Oshawa's 2026 open-data dataset, assault ranks first out of eight tracked crime categories, with 780 recorded incidents. It is the most frequent category in the published figures, preceding theft from vehicle, which recorded 321 incidents. Break and enter recorded 199 incidents, while auto theft stood at 176 incidents. Other offences accounted for 121 incidents, and robbery registered 68 incidents during the same 2026 year-to-date window. Assault's 780 incidents exceed each sibling category's individual total, representing the highest share of reported activity among all tracked categories in the city.
Assault stands as Oshawa's most frequently reported crime category in 2026 year-to-date data, generating 780 incidents and representing 46.6% of the city's 1,674 total incidents. Multi-year data indicates a notable shift in archive reporting: assault tallies remained below 20 incidents annually from 2009 through 2024, before reaching 726 incidents in 2025 and 780 in the 2026 year-to-date feed through July. Downtown Oshawa lists the largest neighbourhood count at 205 incidents, followed by Lakeview at 127.
For 2026 year-to-date through July, municipal open data records 780 assault incidents in Oshawa. These 780 incidents represent 46.6% of the 1,674 total incidents logged across all eight tracked crime categories in the city during this period. The 2026 total reflects reporting through the last complete month.
In the 2026 year-to-date dataset, Downtown Oshawa recorded the largest count with 205 assault incidents. Lakeview recorded the second-highest tally at 127 incidents, followed by Gibb West with 71, Oshawa Northwest with 67, and Beatrice North with 59 assault incidents.
Assault ranks first among all eight tracked categories in Oshawa for 2026 year-to-date, with 780 incidents. By comparison, theft from vehicle recorded 321 incidents, break and enter recorded 199 incidents, auto theft recorded 176 incidents, other offences recorded 121 incidents, and robbery recorded 68 incidents.
Open-data records for assault in Oshawa show low annual counts in earlier archive years, including 1 incident in 2009, 3 in 2021, and 16 in 2024. In 2025, recorded incidents rose 4,437.5% from 16 to 726, followed by 780 incidents logged in 2026 year-to-date through July.
Data is sourced from official municipal open-data feeds published for Oshawa, ON.