Ottawa recorded 21,711 total incidents during the 2026 (YTD, through Jul) period across 157 neighbourhood areas. Theft stands as the top category with 13,564 incidents (62.5% of total records), followed by Assault with 3,980 incidents (18.3%) and Mischief with 2,127 incidents (9.8%). Combined violent-category incidents reached 4,289. Sandy Hill led individual neighbourhoods with 2,056 incidents, followed by Centretown with 1,997 incidents.
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This narrative provides a detailed open-data analysis for Ottawa, Ontario, covering reported police records for 2026 (YTD, through Jul). Data published through official police and municipal open-data portals in Ontario shows a total of 21,711 incidents recorded across Ottawa during this year-to-date period. This figure includes 4,289 violent-category incidents. Documenting open-data incident totals across Ottawa's 157 tracked neighbourhood boundaries offers valuable public visibility into municipal crime reporting and incident categories.
The headline figures describe the complete 2026 (YTD, through Jul) period. For shorter-term context, the interactive map displays 6,694 incidents recorded during its rolling 60 days window. Providing both multi-month YTD totals and shorter rolling map counts allows residents, community organizations, and urban researchers to review municipal open data across clear, standardized temporal windows.
Looking at complete calendar years in Ottawa's open-data archive, total recorded incidents dropped 3.3% in 2025, falling to 40,121 incidents from 41,490 incidents in 2024. Prior annual totals included 38,581 incidents in 2023, 35,695 incidents in 2022, and 30,736 incidents in 2021, following an earlier count of 32,768 incidents in 2018. For 2026 (YTD, through Jul), the current count stands at 21,711 incidents. This headline count covers only the year-to-date period through July, so it cannot be directly compared to previous full calendar years.
During 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Theft was the most frequently reported offence category in Ottawa, accounting for 13,564 incidents, or 62.5% of total incidents. Assault ranked second with 3,980 incidents, representing 18.3% of the year-to-date total. Mischief was the third most common category, recording 2,127 incidents for a 9.8% share. Other categories in the 2026 (YTD, through Jul) breakdown include Break and enter with 1,078 incidents (5%), Auto theft with 593 incidents (2.7%), and Robbery with 300 incidents (1.4%). Across the full multi-year archive, the generalized category Other crime accounts for 30,207 incidents, representing 100% of all Other entries and 9.8% of total archive records.
Across Ottawa's 157 tracked neighbourhoods, reported incidents in 2026 (YTD, through Jul) were highest in Sandy Hill, which recorded 2,056 incidents. Centretown followed closely with 1,997 incidents, while Overbrook - McArthur registered 1,040 incidents. Lowertown recorded 736 incidents, and Byward Market logged 721 incidents during the same period. Other areas with prominent counts include Westboro with 699 incidents and South Keys - Greenboro West with 564 incidents. These raw neighbourhood counts reflect total incident volume within specific geographic boundaries and indicate activity concentration rather than per-capita risk.
Ottawa's 2026 (YTD, through Jul) open dataset shows a heavy concentration in property offences, with Theft comprising 13,564 of the 21,711 total recorded incidents, or 62.5%. Violent offences comprise 4,289 incidents, where Assault specifically accounts for 3,980 incidents (18.3%). Geographically, Sandy Hill and Centretown account for the highest incident counts among 157 neighbourhoods, logging 2,056 and 1,997 incidents respectively. Meanwhile, annual totals show 2025 closed at 40,121 incidents, a 3.3% decrease compared to 41,490 incidents in 2024.
During the 2026 (YTD, through Jul) period, Ottawa recorded 21,711 total reported incidents in the open dataset. All 21,711 records were dated. Combined violent-category incidents, which include assault, sexual assault, robbery, homicide, and shooting, accounted for 4,289 incidents during this same timeframe.
Theft is the most common incident category in Ottawa for 2026 (YTD, through Jul), with 13,564 reported incidents representing 62.5% of total incidents. Assault ranks second with 3,980 incidents (18.3%), followed by Mischief with 2,127 incidents (9.8%) and Break and enter with 1,078 incidents (5%).
For complete calendar years, Ottawa recorded 40,121 incidents in 2025 compared to 41,490 incidents in 2024. This represents a 3.3% decrease between complete years. Year-over-year percentage change is not available for the open 2026 (YTD, through Jul) period because the year remains incomplete.
Across Ottawa's 157 tracked neighbourhoods, Sandy Hill recorded the highest incident count with 2,056 incidents during 2026 (YTD, through Jul). Centretown recorded 1,997 incidents, Overbrook - McArthur recorded 1,040 incidents, Lowertown recorded 736 incidents, and Byward Market recorded 721 incidents.
The data for Ottawa is retrieved from an official municipal open-data portal in Ontario. The historical dataset contains records spanning from October 14, 2001 to August 13, 2026, accumulating a total full-archive count of 307,283 incidents across all tracked calendar years.
The headline dataset for Ottawa covers 2026 (YTD, through Jul) with incident records updated through August 13, 2026. While the primary year-to-date summary reflects 21,711 total incidents, the interactive map displays a separate rolling 60-day window containing 6,694 recent incidents.
Incident figures for Ottawa are sourced from an official municipal open-data portal in ON.
This Ottawa crime map is built for searches such as Ottawa crime map, crime map Ottawa, Ottawa crime statistics, and OPS crime map. Filter the interactive map by crime type and time window to inspect recent open-data reports — not a live 911 or CAD feed.
theft is the largest category with 13,564 incidents (62.5%).
The highest-count local areas in the current data are Sandy Hill, Centretown, Overbrook - McArthur, Lowertown. 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.