For the 2026 year-to-date period from January 1 to July 31, 2026, Burlington recorded 2,821 open-data incidents while Oakville recorded 6,632 incidents. The category with the largest raw-count difference between the two municipalities was Other, with Burlington reporting 1,744 incidents compared to 5,380 in Oakville. Additionally, Burlington logged 679 theft-related incidents and 177 break and enter incidents, whereas Oakville registered 804 theft-related incidents and 176 break and enter incidents.
During the same selected year period of 2026, YTD through Jul (covering 2026-01-01 to 2026-07-31), Burlington recorded 2,821 total open-data police incidents, while Oakville recorded 6,632 total open-data police incidents. Both Ontario municipalities share a comparable open-data reporting window across this 2026 year-to-date timeframe, which enables a direct side-by-side analysis of published police records.
The published data spans seven distinct categories: Other, Theft-related incidents, Mischief, Break and enter, Robbery, Bike theft, and Homicide. From 2026-01-01 to 2026-07-31, Oakville logged higher totals in five of these categories, including 804 Theft-related incidents and 203 Mischief incidents. Burlington logged higher counts in Robbery with 32 incidents compared to Oakville's 28, as well as Break and enter with 177 incidents compared to Oakville's 176.
For the 2026 year-to-date period through July, Oakville's total of 6,632 reported incidents compares to Burlington's total of 2,821 incidents. The largest raw category difference occurred in the Other category, where Oakville recorded 5,380 incidents compared to Burlington's 1,744 incidents, resulting in a difference of -3,636. Theft-related incidents represented the second largest discrepancy, with Oakville logging 804 incidents against Burlington's 679 incidents, a difference of -125. In addition, Mischief accounts showed a gap of -37 incidents, with Oakville tracking 203 incidents while Burlington reported 166 incidents. Conversely, Burlington recorded slightly higher totals in Robbery with 32 incidents versus 28 in Oakville, and Break and enter with 177 incidents versus 176 in Oakville.
Oakville's 2026 year-to-date open-data total of 6,632 reported incidents exceeds Burlington's total of 2,821 incidents for the same timeframe. This difference is primarily concentrated in the Other category, which accounts for 5,380 records in Oakville compared to 1,744 in Burlington. Theft-related incidents also show higher counts in Oakville with 804 compared to 679 in Burlington. Conversely, Burlington records marginally higher figures in Break and enter with 177 incidents and Robbery with 32 incidents during the 2026 YTD window.
For the 2026 year-to-date period from 2026-01-01 to 2026-07-31, Burlington recorded 2,821 total open-data incidents, while Oakville recorded 6,632 total open-data incidents. Both figures reflect published municipal police data for the exact same selected 2026 YTD timeframe through July.
The largest raw count difference appears in the Other category, where Oakville logged 5,380 incidents compared to 1,744 in Burlington. Theft-related incidents also showed a notable gap, with Oakville reporting 804 incidents versus 679 incidents in Burlington during the same 2026 period.
Burlington recorded higher incident totals than Oakville in two specific categories during the 2026 YTD period: Robbery, with 32 incidents in Burlington compared to 28 in Oakville, and Break and enter, with 177 incidents in Burlington compared to 176 in Oakville.
Municipalities and police services publish open data according to their own update schedules, extraction windows, and categorization frameworks. While Burlington and Oakville share a comparable 2026 YTD window from 2026-01-01 to 2026-07-31 for this comparison, published windows can vary over time. For instance, their full published open-data windows span from 2025-04-17 to 2026-08-14, comprising 485 inclusive days of available records.
Data is sourced directly from municipal open-data portals serving Burlington and Oakville in Ontario.