In Clarington, Ontario, open-data records show 2 shooting incidents in 2026 year-to-date through July, out of 393 total city incidents across all categories. Shooting accounts for 0.5% of overall reported incidents, ranking eighth among eight tracked categories. Single incidents were recorded in Bowmanville Central and Courtice South. Per-incident counts for shooting are typically small and volatile year-to-year, with 1 incident recorded in 2025.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Clarington.
This report details official open-data figures for shooting incidents in Clarington, Ontario. For 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Clarington recorded 2 shooting incidents out of a city-wide total of 393 police incidents logged across all tracked categories. Shooting incidents represent 0.5 per cent of all recorded incidents in the city during this year-to-date timeframe.
The full open-data archive for Clarington contains records from December 17, 2016 through August 14, 2026. For shooting offences, per-incident counts are typically small and volatile year-to-year. The 2026 metrics presented here cover year-to-date figures through July from the complete dataset, distinct from the 145 incidents logged in the 60-day rolling map window. All figures reflect reported counts only and are presented without adjusting for unreported events or population calculations.
In Clarington, shooting ranks 8th out of 8 total recorded crime categories in 2026 (YTD, through Jul). With 2 reported incidents, shooting is less frequent than all other listed categories. For comparison, Assault recorded the highest count among sibling categories at 139 incidents, followed by Break and enter with 68 incidents, Auto theft with 62 incidents, Other with 58 incidents, and Theft from vehicle with 55 incidents. Because shooting accounts for a very small fraction of total recorded offences in Clarington, overall municipal crime figures are heavily dominated by property and higher-volume personal offences.
Shooting remains the lowest-volume category in Clarington, ranking 8th among all 8 tracked crime categories for 2026 (YTD, through Jul). The multi-year category series shows 1 incident recorded in 2025 and 2 incidents recorded in 2026 YTD through July. With shooting accounting for 0.5 per cent of the 393 total incidents logged across the city, the data demonstrates that severe firearm-related incidents represent a small fraction of overall reported police activity in Clarington during this period.
For 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Clarington recorded 2 shooting incidents. These 2 incidents represent 0.5 per cent of the 393 total police incidents logged across all categories in the city. The overall dataset spans from December 17, 2016 through August 14, 2026, capturing reported incidents from official open-data releases.
Shooting ranks 8th out of 8 categories in Clarington for 2026 (YTD, through Jul), making it the least common category reported. By comparison, Assault logged 139 incidents, Break and enter logged 68, Auto theft logged 62, Other logged 58, and Theft from vehicle logged 55 incidents.
In the 2026 year-to-date data through July, shooting incidents were recorded in Bowmanville Central and Courtice South, each logging 1 incident. These two locations are the only neighbourhoods listed with reported shooting occurrences in Clarington during this period, out of the category total of 2 incidents.
The year series for the shooting category in Clarington records 1 incident in 2025 and 2 incidents in 2026 (YTD, through Jul). Because per-incident totals for shooting events are small, minor year-over-year numerical variations do not necessarily reflect broader long-term trends across the city's 393 total recorded incidents.
Crime data for Clarington is derived from official police open-data releases in ON.