Between May 24 and July 23, 2026, Halifax recorded 619 reported assault incidents out of 1,167 total incidents across all recorded categories. Assault was the most frequent category in this dataset, representing 53% of all city records. Other recorded offences included theft from vehicle (314), break and enter (129), auto theft (79), and robbery (26). This two-month reporting period provides a short-term snapshot rather than an annual trend.
Data current through . Source: official Halifax police open-data portal.
This page details reported Assault incident data for the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, spanning the period from May 24, 2026, to July 23, 2026. Over this selected reporting window, municipal authorities recorded 619 Assault incidents across the area. All 619 records in this dataset contain usable occurrence dates, providing a clear record of logged incidents for this timeframe without any undated entries.
Assault incidents account for 53 percent of the 1,167 total incidents recorded across all categories in Halifax during these two months. Out of the 5 crime categories tracked in the city's open dataset, Assault ranks 1 in total volume. This category logged more reported incidents than any other tracked offence type in the city between May 24, 2026, and July 23, 2026.
Within Halifax's open crime dataset for the period between May 24, 2026, and July 23, 2026, Assault ranks 1 among the 5 tracked categories with 619 reported incidents. This category count is higher than every sibling category recorded during the timeframe. Theft from vehicle recorded 314 incidents, placing it second behind Assault. Break and enter registered 129 incidents, while Auto theft logged 79 incidents. Robbery represented the smallest category count among the group with 26 incidents. Consequently, Assault remained the primary reported category, exceeding Theft from vehicle, Break and enter, Auto theft, and Robbery.
In Halifax, Assault stands out as the dominant category, representing 53 percent of all 1,167 city-wide incidents recorded between May 24, 2026, and July 23, 2026. Ranking 1 out of 5 categories, its count of 619 incidents exceeds property offences like Theft from vehicle (314) and Break and enter (129). Because the dataset only contains 619 records for 2026 across this two-month window, multi-year comparison data is not present to evaluate longer-term trends.
Between May 24, 2026, and July 23, 2026, a total of 619 Assault incidents were recorded in Halifax. All 619 logged records fall within this two-month window and contain complete occurrence dates. This represents the total count of reported Assault incidents in the city's dataset for the selected period.
Assault represents 53 percent of all recorded incidents in Halifax during the reporting window. Out of 1,167 city-wide incidents documented across all 5 tracked categories, 619 were classified as Assault, making it the most frequently recorded category in the city's open dataset.
Assault ranks 1 among the 5 crime categories tracked in Halifax. Its total of 619 incidents is higher than all other categories, including Theft from vehicle (314 incidents), Break and enter (129 incidents), Auto theft (79 incidents), and Robbery (26 incidents).
The current dataset provides records exclusively for 2026, covering May 24, 2026, to July 23, 2026, with a count of 619 Assault incidents. Because data from previous years is not included in this dataset, year-over-year percentage changes or historical trend comparisons cannot be calculated.
Data is sourced from open municipal and police records published for Halifax, NS.