Waterloo Region recorded 1,229 fraud incidents in 2026 year-to-date through July, representing 17.2% of the 7,147 total city incidents across all six categories. Fraud ranks second among reported offence types in the region, trailing theft at 3,545 incidents while exceeding assault at 900. Among listed municipalities and neighbourhood areas, Kitchener had the highest count with 558 recorded incidents, followed by Cambridge with 300 and Waterloo with 259.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Waterloo Region.
This page details open-data Fraud incident records published for Waterloo Region, Ontario, covering the 2026 year-to-date period through July. Between March 10, 2026, and July 29, 2026, official records reflect 1,229 Fraud incidents documented across regional municipalities. These totals represent official police report records released in the municipal open-data portal, providing a factual baseline of reported incidents for residents and analysts evaluating local safety data.
Fraud represents 17.2% of the 7,147 total incidents recorded across all six crime categories in Waterloo Region during this 2026 year-to-date window. Within the region's overall dataset, Fraud is the second most frequently reported category. The narrative below details how these 1,229 incidents compare against other category counts and provides a breakdown across individual municipalities, including Kitchener, Cambridge, and Waterloo.
In Waterloo Region, Fraud ranks 2nd among all 6 tracked crime categories for the 2026 year-to-date period through July. Its total of 1,229 incidents is lower than Theft, which leads the region with 3,545 recorded incidents. However, Fraud recorded higher counts than all other category siblings: Assault recorded 900 incidents, Auto theft registered 744 incidents, Break and enter accounted for 600 incidents, and Robbery recorded 129 incidents. Overall, Fraud remains a significant component of the 7,147 total recorded incidents across the region during this timeframe.
Fraud represents a substantial portion of reported crime in Waterloo Region, accounting for 1,229 of the 7,147 total incidents recorded across all 6 categories in 2026 through July. Ranking 2nd overall, it is surpassed only by Theft (3,545 incidents) and remains higher than Assault (900 incidents) and Auto theft (744 incidents). Among listed municipal areas, Kitchener recorded 558 incidents, Cambridge recorded 300, and Waterloo recorded 259. Because dataset reporting covers only 2026 year-to-date through July, multi-year trend comparisons are not available in this release.
In 2026 through July, Waterloo Region recorded 1,229 Fraud incidents. This total is drawn from the official municipal open-data feed between March 10, 2026, and July 29, 2026. Fraud is the 2nd most reported crime category in the region during this 2026 year-to-date reporting window, out of 6 total tracked categories.
Fraud accounts for 17.2% of all recorded crime incidents in Waterloo Region for the 2026 year-to-date period through July. Out of 7,147 total incidents documented across all 6 tracked categories, 1,229 were categorized as Fraud. It is secondary only to Theft, which recorded 3,545 incidents in the same dataset.
Among listed municipal areas in the dataset for 2026 through July, Kitchener recorded the highest count with 558 Fraud incidents. Cambridge followed with 300 incidents, and Waterloo recorded 259 incidents. Woolwich and Wilmot recorded 49 and 28 Fraud incidents, respectively, during the same year-to-date timeframe.
Fraud ranks 2nd among 6 crime categories in Waterloo Region. Its 1,229 incidents place it behind Theft (3,545 incidents), but ahead of Assault (900 incidents), Auto theft (744 incidents), Break and enter (600 incidents), and Robbery (129 incidents) in the 2026 year-to-date open-data feed through July.
Data is sourced from official municipal open-data police report releases for Waterloo Region, ON, covering incident records through July 2026.