In 2026 year-to-date through July, Ottawa reported 2,127 mischief incidents, accounting for 9.8% of the 21,711 total city incidents across all categories. Mischief ranks third among eight tracked crime categories in Ottawa, lower than theft (13,564) and assault (3,980), but higher than break and enter (1,078). Centretown recorded the highest count among listed neighbourhoods with 204 incidents, followed by Sandy Hill with 175 incidents.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Ottawa.
This page presents published open-data crime statistics specifically for the Mischief category in the city of Ottawa, Ontario. For the 2026 year-to-date period through July, Ottawa recorded 2,127 Mischief incidents out of 21,711 total incidents documented across all categories. Based on these open-data figures, Mischief accounts for exactly 9.8% of Ottawa's total reported city incidents during this selected timeframe.
The complete Ottawa open-data repository covers occurrence dates ranging from October 14, 2001 through August 13, 2026. For the selected 2026 year-to-date window through July, all 2,127 recorded Mischief incidents are dated, with zero undated records reported in the dataset. The summary below breaks down how Mischief compares against sibling categories in Ottawa, presents historical annual series counts from 2018 to 2026, and details the top local neighbourhood counts.
In Ottawa's open-data portal, Mischief ranks 3rd among the city's 8 tracked crime categories for 2026 year-to-date. With 2,127 recorded incidents, Mischief is less common than Theft, which recorded 13,564 incidents, and Assault, which recorded 3,980 incidents. Conversely, Mischief occurred more frequently than several other sibling categories in Ottawa, including Break and enter with 1,078 incidents, Auto theft with 593 incidents, and Robbery with 300 incidents. Together, these figures illustrate where Mischief sits within the city's overall crime category distribution.
Mischief represents the 3rd most frequent category in Ottawa, comprising 9.8% of the city's 21,711 total reported incidents in 2026 year-to-date. In full-year historical data, Mischief counts remained steady, moving from 3,374 in 2024 to 3,167 in 2025, a decrease of 6.1%. For 2026 through July, 2,127 incidents were recorded. At the neighbourhood level, Centretown logged 204 incidents and Sandy Hill logged 175 incidents, standing as the largest listed counts in the city.
In 2026 year-to-date through July, Ottawa recorded 2,127 Mischief incidents out of 21,711 total city-wide incidents across all categories. Mischief accounts for 9.8% of all reported incidents during this period, ranking 3rd overall among the city's 8 tracked crime categories.
Mischief ranks 3rd out of 8 categories in Ottawa. Its 2026 YTD count of 2,127 is lower than Theft, which recorded 13,564 incidents, and Assault, which recorded 3,980 incidents. However, Mischief is more common than Break and enter (1,078), Auto theft (593), and Robbery (300).
Prior to 2026, Ottawa's annual Mischief count decreased by 6.1% from 3,374 incidents in 2024 to 3,167 incidents in 2025. Across earlier years, full-year totals were recorded as 3,208 in 2018, 3,071 in 2019, 3,082 in 2020, 3,060 in 2021, 3,303 in 2022, and 3,366 in 2023.
Centretown recorded the highest count in Ottawa with 204 Mischief incidents in 2026 YTD. The next highest listed neighbourhoods were Sandy Hill with 175 incidents, Overbrook - McArthur with 88 incidents, Byward Market with 81 incidents, and West Centretown with 75 incidents.
Data is sourced from official ON open-data releases for the city of Ottawa.