In 2026 YTD through April, Winnipeg recorded 1,001 reported assault incidents, representing 15.4% of the 6,482 city total open-data incidents across all categories. Assault ranks 3rd among 10 categories in the published dataset. In full-year figures, Winnipeg logged 2,876 assault incidents in 2025 compared to 2,889 in 2024, representing a 0.4% year-over-year decrease between complete calendar years. Note that counts reflect reported incidents in official open data.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Winnipeg.
This page provides an analysis of open-data police records for the Assault category in Winnipeg, Manitoba, during the 2026 year-to-date period through April. Throughout these initial four months of the year, municipal open data logged 1,001 Assault incidents across the city. All numbers on this page reflect documented law enforcement entries made available through Winnipeg's official public data portal rather than estimated figures.
The 1,001 recorded Assault incidents accounted for 15.4% of Winnipeg's 6,482 total municipal incidents reported across all categories during the 2026 year-to-date period through April. For multi-year context, Winnipeg recorded 2,889 Assault incidents in 2024 and 2,876 incidents in 2025, representing a 0.4% decrease between those two complete years. Examining this ongoing series offers a clear view of reported physical safety offences in the city.
With 1,001 reported incidents in 2026 year-to-date through April, Assault ranks 3rd among 10 recorded offence categories in Winnipeg. The category generated fewer incidents than Other at 1,503 and Auto theft at 1,380. However, Assault was more frequent than several major property and financial offence types, including Mischief at 635 incidents, Fraud at 580 incidents, and Theft at 475 incidents. Overall, Assault remains one of the largest single offence classifications in the city's open-data catalog during this period, behind only Other and Auto theft.
Assault forms a prominent share of Winnipeg's open-data record, accounting for 15.4% of all incidents reported through April 2026. The annual total for Assault remained stable between 2024 and 2025, moving from 2,889 to 2,876 incidents—a slight 0.4% decline. Holding the 3rd rank among 10 categories, Assault represents one of Winnipeg's primary reported offence categories behind Other and Auto theft, outnumbering Mischief, Fraud, and Theft during the 2026 year-to-date period.
In the 2026 year-to-date period through April, Winnipeg registered 1,001 Assault incidents. These reported offences accounted for 15.4% of the city's 6,482 total incidents documented across all 10 crime categories. Complete annual figures for prior years show Winnipeg recorded 2,889 Assaults in 2024 and 2,876 in 2025.
Assault totals in Winnipeg saw a minor decrease of 0.4% between 2024 and 2025. Specifically, recorded incidents dropped from 2,889 in 2024 to 2,876 in 2025. Both figures represent full-year counts from Winnipeg's open data archive prior to the current 2026 year-to-date tracking period.
Assault ranks 3rd out of 10 reported crime categories in Winnipeg for the 2026 year-to-date period through April. With 1,001 recorded incidents, Assault follows Other at 1,503 incidents and Auto theft at 1,380 incidents, while remaining higher than Mischief at 635, Fraud at 580, and Theft at 475 incidents.
The 2026 year-to-date category total of 1,001 Assault incidents covers four complete calendar months from January through April 2026. In contrast, the rolling 60-day map window captures 4,912 total incidents across all categories city-wide to display recent spatial patterns on the interactive map.
Crime figures for Winnipeg are sourced from open-data portals published by local law enforcement and municipal authorities in MB.