For the 2026 year-to-date period through July, Oshawa reported 1,674 total incidents while Whitby reported 707 total incidents. Among individual categories, assault showed the largest raw-count difference between the two municipalities, with Oshawa logging 781 incidents compared to 256 in Whitby, representing a difference of 525 incidents. Theft-related incidents accounted for 495 records in Oshawa and 277 records in Whitby during the same reporting period.
During the same selected year (2026, YTD through Jul), open-data records show that Oshawa registered 1,674 total incidents between January 1, 2026 and July 31, 2026. In comparison, Whitby logged 707 total incidents over the exact same date range. Both municipal datasets in Ontario provide comparable incident figures for this seven-month observation period.
The selected period data highlights notable variations between the two jurisdictions across seven normalized categories. For the overall published data window, Oshawa logged 1,674 incidents from June 11, 2009 to August 14, 2026, while Whitby logged 707 incidents from September 27, 2008 to August 13, 2026. Evaluating both cities over the same selected year (2026, YTD through Jul) establishes an accurate baseline for comparing category counts, such as assault, theft-related incidents, and break and enter.
In the same selected year (2026, YTD through Jul), Oshawa recorded 1,674 total incidents compared to 707 in Whitby. The largest absolute count difference between the two cities occurred in assault, where Oshawa logged 781 incidents and Whitby reported 256, representing a difference of 525 incidents. Theft-related incidents formed the second-largest gap, with Oshawa counting 495 incidents and Whitby logging 277, showing a difference of 218 incidents. Additionally, Oshawa recorded 200 break and enter incidents while Whitby documented 73, yielding a difference of 127 incidents. Across smaller categories, Oshawa logged 68 robbery incidents against 12 in Whitby, and 8 shooting incidents compared to 1 in Whitby.
For the same selected year (2026, YTD through Jul), Oshawa recorded 1,674 total incidents compared to Whitby's total of 707 incidents. Assault stands out as Oshawa's highest category at 781 incidents, whereas theft-related incidents lead Whitby's total at 277 incidents. The category breakdown reveals that assault accounts for a difference of 525 incidents between the cities, while theft-related incidents reflect a difference of 218 incidents, and break and enter shows a difference of 127 incidents.
In the same selected year (2026, YTD through Jul), Oshawa recorded 1,674 total incidents from January 1, 2026 to July 31, 2026. Whitby reported 707 total incidents over the same observation period. Oshawa logged higher incident counts across all reported categories during this shared date window.
Assault was Oshawa's top category with 781 incidents, followed by 495 theft-related incidents and 200 break and enter incidents. For Whitby, theft-related incidents led with 277 incidents, followed by 256 assault incidents and 73 break and enter incidents during the same 2026 year-to-date period.
Municipalities often update open-data portals according to their own administrative schedules and data processing pipelines. For example, Oshawa's full published window runs from June 11, 2009 to August 14, 2026 with 1,674 total records, whereas Whitby's spans from September 27, 2008 to August 13, 2026 with 707 records. Evaluating cities using matching selected periods ensures accurate side-by-side comparison.
Assault generated the largest raw difference between the two cities in the 2026 year-to-date period through July. Oshawa recorded 781 assault incidents compared to 256 in Whitby, representing a raw difference of 525 incidents. Theft-related incidents logged the second-largest gap with a difference of 218 incidents.
Data is compiled directly from the official municipal open-data portals for Oshawa and Whitby in Ontario.