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Durham Regional Police Service recorded 699 total incidents in Ajax during 2026 (YTD, through Jul). Assault is the leading category, accounting for 256 incidents or 36.6% of all reported data. Combined violent offences total 289 incidents. Property crimes were led by 146 theft from vehicle incidents and 115 auto theft cases. Among localized areas, Downtown Ajax reported the highest incident count with 160 records.

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Area × type · 2026 · Population 141,111 (2025) · 2026 is year-to-date, through Jul

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About this data

This page provides an open-data analysis of reported incidents in Ajax, Ontario, for the period of 2026 (YTD, through Jul). All records presented here are sourced directly from public disclosures released by the Durham Regional Police Service, the official law enforcement body serving Ajax within Durham Region. Across this year-to-date period, the open-data dataset records 699 total incidents within the municipality, including 289 violent-category incidents.

Reviewing these figures gives residents, researchers, and community members an objective, transparent view of municipal police reporting across Ajax neighbourhoods. For context, while the interactive map's rolling 60-day window captures 223 recent incidents, the headline year-to-date dataset of 699 incidents reflects the broader multi-month reporting archive for 2026 through July. This structured reporting helps track published incident patterns across the town.

Recent trend

In the complete calendar year series of the open-data archive, reported incidents increased by 8,050% from a base of 8 records in 2024 to 652 records in 2025. Earlier full calendar years in the archive show minimal open-data logging, with 6 records in 2023, 3 records in 2022, and 1 record in 2020. The current period of 2026 (YTD, through Jul) contains 699 incidents, but because 2026 remains an incomplete calendar year, year-over-year comparison metrics are evaluated between full calendar years such as 2024 and 2025.

Category breakdown

During 2026 (YTD, through Jul), the single most reported incident category in Ajax is Assault, with 256 incidents accounting for 36.6% of the total. Theft from vehicle ranks second with 146 incidents (20.9%), followed by Auto theft in third place with 115 incidents (16.5%). Break and enter accounts for 98 incidents (14%), while Robbery records 31 incidents (4.4%). The Other category comprises 51 incidents (7.3%) in the 2026 year-to-date breakdown. Across the archive's full-period Other subcategory classification, Traffic & MVC is the leading subcategory with 100 incidents, representing 100% of the Other total and 7.1% of all archived records.

Where incidents concentrate

Incident reporting across Ajax is grouped across 9 geographic neighbourhoods in the open dataset. Downtown Ajax recorded the highest count with 160 incidents in 2026 (YTD, through Jul), followed by Ajax Northeast with 120 incidents, Ajax Northwest with 82 incidents, Central Ajax with 81 incidents, and Applecroft with 67 incidents. Additional areas include Carruthers with 54 incidents and Ajax Waterfront with 50 incidents. These neighbourhood totals reflect the distribution of reported incident counts in public records rather than per-capita risk measurements, as population data is not included in the source dataset.

Key stats

  • 699 total incidents logged in Ajax for 2026 (YTD, through Jul).
  • 289 violent-category incidents recorded in 2026 (YTD, through Jul).
  • 256 Assault incidents reported, representing 36.6% of all 2026 YTD incidents.
  • 160 incidents recorded in Downtown Ajax, the leading neighbourhood count.
  • 100 Traffic & MVC incidents form 100% of the Other subcategory archive.

What these numbers mean

Assault stands out as the primary reported incident category in Ajax for 2026 (YTD, through Jul), accounting for 256 incidents and 36.6% of the 699 total incidents. Property-related offences also form a significant portion of the total, with Theft from vehicle (146 incidents, 20.9%) and Auto theft (115 incidents, 16.5%) ranking second and third. Within the archive's Other subcategories, Traffic & MVC accounts for 100 incidents, constituting 100% of Other offences. Geographically, Downtown Ajax accounts for 160 incidents, leading the town's 9 neighbourhoods.

About this dataset

  • Reporting basis: Counts reflect incidents reported to police only. Under-reporting — especially for sexual assault, fraud, and minor theft — means actual incidence is higher than these figures show.
  • Not a per-capita rate: These are absolute incident counts. Comparing one place’s counts to another without normalising for population can mislead — see the Crime Severity Index for severity-weighted, population-adjusted rankings.
  • Privacy: Coordinates on the map are rounded to roughly 111 m so individual addresses cannot be inferred.
  • What "Other" includes: The parent Other category is split on the map into Traffic & MVC, Drugs, Weapons offences, Bylaw & Provincial, Calls for service, and Other crime. In this dataset the largest Other slice is Traffic & MVC (100% of Other, 100 records). These are open-data rows, not a separate "mystery crime" class.
  • Data window: 2026 (YTD, through Jul).

Frequently asked questions about crime in Ajax

How many incidents have been reported in Ajax in 2026?

In 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Ajax recorded 699 total incidents in official open data. Violent-category incidents accounted for 289 of these records. The overall multi-year archive for Ajax spans from June 1, 2013, to August 14, 2026, totaling 1,413 incidents across all recorded years.

What is the most common crime category reported in Ajax?

Assault is the top category in Ajax for 2026 (YTD, through Jul), with 256 incidents representing 36.6% of all reported incidents. Theft from vehicle is the second highest with 146 incidents (20.9%), followed by auto theft with 115 incidents (16.5%) and break and enter with 98 incidents (14%).

How do incident numbers in Ajax compare to previous years?

For complete calendar years, open data shows reported incidents rose 8,050% from a base of 8 records in 2024 to 652 records in 2025. This large percentage change reflects the expansion of open-data reporting in the region rather than a pure baseline comparison. The 2026 dataset is year-to-date through July with 699 incidents.

Which neighbourhoods in Ajax have the highest incident counts?

Downtown Ajax has the highest count among local areas, recording 160 incidents in 2026 (YTD, through Jul). Ajax Northeast ranks second with 120 incidents, followed by Ajax Northwest with 82 incidents, Central Ajax with 81 incidents, and Applecroft with 67 incidents out of 9 tracked neighbourhood areas.

Where does the crime data for Ajax come from?

The statistics for Ajax are sourced from Durham Regional Police Service open data. Ajax is a municipality within Durham Region, and its local figures are published through the regional open-data layer. Other sibling municipalities in the same police dataset include Oshawa, Whitby, Pickering, Clarington, Scugog, Brock, and Uxbridge.

How up to date is the Ajax crime information?

The primary dataset covers 2026 year-to-date through July, with the latest recorded incident dated August 14, 2026. For recent activity, the interactive map displays a rolling 60-day window containing 223 total incidents. Multi-year context is available in the archive spanning from 2013 to 2026.

Sources

Crime data for Ajax is sourced from Durham Regional Police Service open data, published as part of the Durham Region open-data layer.

Ajax crime map and recent reports

This Ajax crime map is built for searches such as Ajax crime map, crime map Ajax Ontario. Filter the interactive map by crime type and time window to inspect recent open-data reports — not a live 911 or CAD feed.

assault is the largest category with 256 incidents (36.6%).

The highest-count local areas in the current data are Downtown Ajax, Ajax Northeast, Ajax Northwest, Central Ajax. These are incident counts, not per-capita risk rankings.

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