In 2019 Woodstock reported 2,020 incidents classified under the “Other” category, accounting for 83.3% of the city’s total of 2,426 reported crimes. The majority of these incidents are Calls for service, with 965 reports, followed by Traffic & MVC (458) and Bylaw & Provincial offences (396). Smaller segments include Drugs, Harassment, Weapons offences and an “Other crime” group. No incidents were recorded as undated.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Woodstock.
This page summarises reported incidents that fall under the “Other” category for Woodstock, Ontario, drawn from the 2019 open‑data set. The dataset represents a complete calendar year, providing a full view of police‑recorded calls and non‑theft, non‑violent offences for that period.
In 2019, Woodstock recorded 2,020 Other incidents, accounting for 83.3% of the city’s total of 2,426 reported crimes. The category bundles diverse matters such as 965 calls for service, 458 traffic & MVC incidents, 396 bylaw & provincial matters, and smaller counts of drugs, harassment, weapons offences and other crime.
The “Other” category is the most common crime type in Woodstock, ranking first among seven categories with 2,020 incidents, far outpacing the next highest sibling, Theft, which had 256 incidents. Smaller categories include Mischief (47), Assault (43), Break and enter (40) and Auto theft (15). This stark difference highlights that the bulk of reported activity in 2019 falls outside traditional theft or violent crime categories, concentrating instead in service calls and regulatory matters.
The dominance of the Other category in Woodstock’s 2019 data indicates that most reported incidents relate to service calls, traffic violations and bylaw issues rather than theft or violence. Ranking first among seven crime categories, it reflects the city’s policing focus on regulatory and administrative matters. With only a single year reported, no year‑over‑year trend can be discerned, but the sheer volume underscores the importance of these non‑criminal‑type reports in the overall safety landscape.
In 2019, the Other category captured 2,020 incidents, which is 83.3% of Woodstock’s total of 2,426 reported crimes. This high share is driven by large subcounts such as 965 calls for service, 458 traffic & MVC incidents and 396 bylaw & provincial matters, all of which are grouped under Other rather than traditional crime types.
Other remains the most prevalent category, with 2,020 incidents, while Theft recorded only 256 incidents in the same year. This makes Other roughly eight times larger than Theft, highlighting that service‑related and regulatory reports dominate the city’s open‑data record for 2019.
The Other category aggregates several non‑theft, non‑violent matters: 965 calls for service, 458 traffic & MVC incidents, 396 bylaw & provincial matters, 141 other crime, 29 drug‑related incidents, 20 harassment reports, and 11 weapons offences. These subcategories together compose the full 2,020 count.
The dataset only provides a single year (2019) for the Other category, with a count of 2,020. Because no prior or subsequent year data is supplied, no year‑over‑year change can be identified for this category.
Data sourced from the Ontario open‑data portal (ON).