During 2026 year to date through July, Ottawa logged 3,980 reported assault incidents out of 21,711 total city offences across all categories. Assault accounts for 18.3% of all reported incidents in the city, ranking second among eight tracked categories. In full calendar years, Ottawa reported 7,484 assault incidents in 2025 and 7,408 in 2024. For 2026 year to date, Centretown recorded the largest count among listed neighbourhoods with 332 incidents.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Ottawa.
This page presents official open-data figures for reported Assault incidents in Ottawa, Ontario, for the selected period of 2026 (YTD, through Jul). During this timeframe, local authorities logged 3,980 reported assault occurrences across the city. The data published here reflects municipal open-data records compiled from January through July 2026, serving as the latest calendar-year archive for this specific offence category.
Across all eight tracked crime categories in the municipality, Ottawa logged a city total of 21,711 incidents during the 2026 year-to-date window. Assault occurrences accounted for exactly 18.3% of all reported city-wide incidents in this dataset. The figures published on this page provide an overview of municipal records, establishing how assault occurrences compare to overall municipal counts during the current reporting period.
Within Ottawa's municipal open-data reporting, Assault ranks second among eight total tracked crime categories during the 2026 year-to-date period. With 3,980 recorded occurrences, Assault is less frequent than Theft, which stands as the highest-volume category with 13,564 incidents. However, Assault counts remain higher than all other sibling categories reported in the city feed. Specifically, Assault recorded higher figures than Mischief at 2,127 incidents, Break and enter at 1,078 incidents, Auto theft at 593 incidents, and Robbery at 300 incidents over the same timeframe.
Assault represents Ottawa's second largest crime category by volume, making up 18.3% of total city incidents in 2026 YTD. Historical annual totals show steady increases in complete calendar years, rising from 5,675 incidents in 2020 to a multi-year high of 7,484 incidents in 2025. Between 2024 and 2025, annual assault counts recorded a modest 1% change from 7,408 to 7,484. In 2026 YTD, Centretown leads all listed neighbourhoods with 332 recorded incidents, followed by Sandy Hill with 228 and Byward Market with 216.
In the 2026 year-to-date reporting period through July, Ottawa recorded 3,980 Assault incidents. This figure contributes to a city-wide total of 21,711 incidents logged across all eight tracked crime categories during the same timeframe, making assault the second most reported category in Ottawa's open-data portal.
Assault ranks second out of eight tracked categories in Ottawa for 2026 YTD with 3,980 occurrences. It is significantly lower than Theft, which recorded 13,564 incidents. However, Assault counts exceed other categories such as Mischief with 2,127 incidents, Break and enter with 1,078 incidents, Auto theft with 593, and Robbery with 300.
For 2026 YTD, Centretown logged the highest number of Assault incidents in Ottawa with 332 recorded occurrences. Sandy Hill recorded the second highest total at 228 incidents, followed by Byward Market at 216 incidents, Overbrook - McArthur at 208 incidents, and West Centretown at 96 incidents.
Between 2024 and 2025, complete calendar-year Assault incidents in Ottawa grew from 7,408 to 7,484, representing a 1% increase. Annual figures have generally increased from 5,675 in 2020, reaching their highest full-year volume in 2025 before the 2026 year-to-date total of 3,980 through July.
Crime statistics for Ottawa are compiled from official municipal open-data portals published by police services in ON.