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Homicide in Oshawa

In 2026 year-to-date (through July), Oshawa recorded 1 homicide incident out of 1,674 total open-data city incidents, representing 0.1% of all reported occurrences. Homicide ranks 8th among 8 tracked categories in the city. In 2025, Oshawa logged 2 homicide incidents. The single 2026 incident occurred in the Oshawa Northwest neighbourhood. Homicide per-incident counts are typically small and volatile year-to-year, making short-term fluctuations common in open-data tracking.

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

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Homicide incidents
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Share of Oshawa incidents
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Category rank
Oshawa Northwest
Top neighbourhood
1 incidents
2026 (YTD, through Jul)
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Homicide in Oshawa

This page details municipal open-data records for the Homicide category in Oshawa, Ontario, covering the selected 2026 year-to-date period through July. During this reporting window, official records register 1 homicide incident in the city out of 1,674 overall incidents recorded across all tracked categories. Homicide represents 0.1 percent of the total city-wide incident count for this year-to-date period.

The broader open-data repository for Oshawa encompasses records dated between June 11, 2009, and August 14, 2026. Within open data analysis, per-incident counts for homicide are typically small and volatile year-to-year. The data published on this page reflects published police figures from the city archive and outlines how this specific offence category fits into the broader municipal statistics for 2026.

How Homicide compares

In the 2026 year-to-date dataset, Homicide ranks 8 out of 8 tracked categories in Oshawa by total volume. With 1 incident recorded, Homicide remains less frequent than higher-volume categories across the city. By comparison, Assault is the largest recorded category with 780 incidents, followed by Theft from vehicle at 321 incidents, Break and enter at 199 incidents, Auto theft at 176 incidents, and Other at 121 incidents. Relative to these other categories, Homicide constitutes the lowest count among all tracked offences in the published Oshawa dataset for this period.

Key stats

Top neighbourhoods for Homicide in Oshawa

  1. Oshawa Northwest — 1 incidents

What these numbers mean

Homicide accounts for the smallest volume of all 8 tracked crime categories in Oshawa for 2026 year-to-date, totaling 1 incident out of 1,674 city incidents. The recorded multi-year series shows 2 incidents in 2025 and 1 incident in 2026 through July. Because per-incident counts for homicide are typically small and volatile year-to-year, single-digit figures can shift noticeably between calendar periods without representing broad systemic changes across municipal open-data reporting.

About this dataset

Frequently asked questions about Homicide in Oshawa

How many homicide incidents were recorded in Oshawa in 2026?

During the 2026 year-to-date reporting period through July, official open-data records register 1 homicide incident in Oshawa. This single incident represents 0.1 percent of the 1,674 total recorded incidents across all 8 tracked categories in the city during this timeframe.

How does homicide compare to other crime categories in Oshawa?

Homicide is the lowest-volume category in Oshawa, ranking 8 out of 8 tracked categories. By comparison, higher-volume categories include Assault with 780 incidents, Theft from vehicle with 321 incidents, Break and enter with 199 incidents, Auto theft with 176 incidents, and Other with 121 incidents.

What is the historical trend for homicide incidents in Oshawa?

The open-data year series for homicide in Oshawa lists 2 incidents in 2025 and 1 incident in 2026 year-to-date through July. Per-incident counts for homicide are typically small and volatile year-to-year, so small numerical variations are common across individual reporting periods in municipal open datasets spanning 2009 to 2026.

Which Oshawa neighbourhood recorded a homicide incident in 2026?

According to published 2026 year-to-date open data scaled to the city total, Oshawa Northwest recorded 1 homicide incident. Across the entire city, a total of 1 homicide incident has been recorded in the published dataset for 2026 through July out of 1,674 overall incidents.

Other crime categories in Oshawa

Sources

Data is compiled from official ON municipal police open-data portals and published public safety records.

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