Theft represents the highest incident volume in Peterborough for 2026 year-to-date through July, with 1,777 recorded incidents. This category accounts for 52.4% of the city total of 3,394 incidents across all nine tracked categories. Among siblings, theft is more frequent than assault with 363 incidents and mischief with 312 incidents. Within neighbourhood breakdowns, AREA4 logged the highest count at 530, followed by AREA1 at 431 incidents during this reporting period.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Peterborough.
This narrative covers reported open-data records for the Theft category in Peterborough, Ontario. For the 2026 year-to-date calendar period through July, municipal open-data records show 1,777 reported incidents of Theft within Peterborough. These figures represent officially documented incidents from the local police service data system and reflect the full archive year-to-date tally rather than the 60-day rolling map window tier.
Theft accounts for exactly 52.4% of the 3,394 total recorded incidents logged across all 9 tracked categories in Peterborough during this 2026 year-to-date timeframe. By comparison, Peterborough recorded 2,410 Theft incidents during the full 2025 calendar year. The underlying open-data timeframe for this published dataset ranges from April 16, 2025 to August 12, 2026, with this report generated on August 14, 2026.
Within Peterborough's open-data breakdown across 9 total categories, Theft ranks first among all recorded categories during the 2026 year-to-date period through July. With 1,777 recorded incidents, Theft recorded higher counts than all other listed categories. For context, Assault ranks second with 363 incidents, followed by Other with 357 incidents, Fraud with 346 incidents, Mischief with 312 incidents, and Break and enter with 165 incidents. Theft alone accounts for 52.4% of the city's 3,394 total recorded incidents across all categories during this period.
Theft stands out as the most frequent category in Peterborough, ranking 1st out of 9 total categories and comprising 52.4% of the city's 3,394 recorded incidents in 2026 through July. The category recorded 1,777 incidents in the 2026 year-to-date period, compared to 2,410 incidents in full-year 2025. Across neighbourhoods, AREA4 logged the highest count with 530 incidents, followed by AREA1 with 431 incidents and AREA2 with 391 incidents. Theft counts exceed all sibling categories, including second-ranked Assault at 363 incidents.
In 2026 year-to-date through July, Peterborough recorded 1,777 incidents of Theft. This accounts for 52.4% of the 3,394 total recorded incidents across all 9 categories in the city during the same timeframe. By comparison, Peterborough recorded 2,410 Theft incidents during the entire 2025 calendar year.
Theft ranks first among all 9 recorded crime categories in Peterborough. Its count of 1,777 incidents for 2026 year-to-date through July is higher than second-ranked Assault with 363 incidents, Other with 357 incidents, Fraud with 346 incidents, Mischief with 312 incidents, and Break and enter with 165 incidents.
For the 2026 year-to-date period through July, AREA4 recorded the highest number of Theft incidents in Peterborough with 530 records. AREA1 logged 431 incidents, AREA2 recorded 391 incidents, and AREA3 logged 387 incidents. In contrast, AREA6 recorded 11 incidents among the listed neighbourhood areas for this category.
The current selected window covers 2026 year-to-date through July, during which 1,777 Theft incidents were logged out of 3,394 total city incidents. The underlying open-data repository dates from April 16, 2025 to August 12, 2026, with the multi-year series recording 2,410 Theft incidents in 2025.
Data is sourced from official municipal open-data releases for Peterborough, ON.