In 2026 through July, Kitchener recorded 3,548 total incidents, representing 49.6% of the 7,147 city-wide incidents in Waterloo Region. Theft was the leading category in the neighbourhood with 1,808 incidents, followed by fraud with 558 incidents and assault with 483 incidents. Nearby neighbourhoods include Cambridge with 1,840 incidents, Waterloo with 1,378 incidents, and Woolwich with 173 incidents during the same period.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Waterloo Region.
Kitchener's 3,548 YTD incidents put it ahead of Cambridge (1,840), Waterloo (1,378), and Woolwich (173). Theft is the leading category at 1,808, followed by fraud at 558 and assault at 483. Auto theft (358), break and enter (270), and robbery (71) complete the top six. Violent incidents total 554. Kitchener also accounts for 49.6% of the region-wide 7,147 total, a share that is unmatched by the nearby counts shown here.
Kitchener's 2026 YTD record contains 3,548 incidents. That total is 49.6% of Waterloo Region's 7,147 incidents for the same period. The dataset includes incidents dated from March 10 to July 29, 2026, so it is a partial-year count rather than a full annual total.
The top six categories in Kitchener are Theft (1,808), Fraud (558), Assault (483), Auto theft (358), Break and enter (270), and Robbery (71). Theft is the largest category, with 1,808 records, and it is the only category above 1,000 in this dataset.
Kitchener's 3,548 incidents are higher than Cambridge's 1,840, Waterloo's 1,378, and Woolwich's 173. Kitchener's share of the region-wide total is 49.6%, while the three nearby counts in this dataset are each below 2,000. These are separate neighbourhood figures, so they should not be added together.
No. The selected period is 2026 year-to-date through July, and the incident dates run from March 10 to July 29, 2026. Because the YTD cut uses the last complete month, incidents after July are not included. The total of 3,548 therefore reflects only the first part of 2026.
Data for Waterloo Region, ON, is sourced from the region's open-data portal.