Ottawa recorded 40,121 criminal incidents in 2025, a 3.3% decrease from the 41,490 reported in 2024. Theft led the tally with 15,170 cases, followed by Assault (7,484) and Fraud (5,904). The Other category accounted for 4,751 incidents, all classified under Other crime. This year ranks second highest among the nine-year span, showing a slight downturn after a peak in 2024.
In 2025 Ottawa recorded 40,121 reported crime incidents, a 3.3% decline from the 41,490 incidents reported in 2024. This page presents the full‑archive calendar‑year totals for Ottawa, detailing incident counts by offence type, their share of the city‑wide archive, and how the year ranks among the nine years of data available.
The data reflect all incidents captured in the municipal open‑data feed for the province of Ontario, covering categories such as theft, assault, fraud and other offences. Users can explore the breakdown by category, compare year‑over‑year trends, and see Ottawa’s position relative to other years in the archive.
Compared with 2024, Ottawa’s 2025 incident count fell to 40,121 from 41,490, marking a 3.3% drop. While the overall volume decreased, the distribution of offences shifted slightly, with theft remaining the leading category at 15,170 incidents and assault accounting for 7,484. Fraud incidents numbered 5,904, and the “Other” category contributed 4,751 cases. This decline reflects the most recent year‑over‑year change in the nine‑year series, where previous years have shown both rises and falls.
Theft dominated Ottawa’s 2025 crime landscape with 15,170 incidents, followed by assault (7,484) and fraud (5,904). Despite a modest 3.3% dip from 2024, the city’s total of 40,121 incidents still represents 13.1% of the entire archive of 306,750 records, placing 2025 second‑most recent year in the nine‑year series. The “Other” category is wholly comprised of other crime offences, accounting for 4,751 incidents, indicating no further sub‑breakdown for this year.
Ottawa recorded 40,121 reported crime incidents in 2025, representing 13.1% of the city’s total archive of 306,750 incidents.
Incidents decreased by 3.3% compared with 2024, falling from 41,490 to 40,121.
Theft was the most common offence in 2025, with 15,170 reported incidents, far above the next category, assault, which had 7,484 incidents.
The data are sourced from the Ontario open‑data portal for Ottawa’s municipal police service.
Data sourced from the Ontario open‑data portal for Ottawa.