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Shooting in Oshawa

In 2026 year-to-date through July, Oshawa recorded 8 shooting incidents out of 1,674 total city incidents in open data. Shooting accounts for 0.5% of all reported city occurrences, ranking seventh among eight tracked categories. Per-incident counts for shooting are typically small and volatile year-to-year, with 14 recorded in 2025. Listed neighbourhoods with published counts include Beatrice North and Downtown Oshawa with 2 incidents each.

Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Oshawa.

8
Shooting incidents
0.5%
Share of Oshawa incidents
7 of 8
Category rank
Beatrice North
Top neighbourhood
2 incidents
2026 (YTD, through Jul)
Data window

Where Shooting concentrates

25% of Shooting incidents
25% of Shooting incidents
12.5% of Shooting incidents
12.5% of Shooting incidents
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Shooting in Oshawa

This page details public open-data records for shooting incidents in Oshawa, Ontario. For 2026 (YTD, through Jul), the city recorded 8 shooting incidents. These incidents represent 0.5 percent of all reported open-data incidents in the city during this timeframe. Across all recorded incident types in Oshawa for this period, 1,674 total incidents were logged in the official open-data archive.

The data published on this page covers official incident logs spanning from June 11, 2009, through August 14, 2026. All 8 shooting incidents documented in the 2026 year-to-date figures are fully dated records. As with all shooting data, per-incident counts are typically small and volatile year-to-year. This summary reflects open-data records compiled across Oshawa neighbourhoods during the specified reporting period.

How Shooting compares

In Oshawa's 2026 year-to-date open-data feed, Shooting ranks 7th among 8 total tracked incident categories. With 8 reported incidents, Shooting is far less frequent than higher-volume categories across the city. By comparison, Assault is the most common logged category with 780 incidents, followed by Theft from vehicle with 321 incidents, Break and enter with 199 incidents, Auto theft with 176 incidents, and Other offences with 121 incidents. Shooting accounts for a minor portion of the overall 1,674 city-wide incident total during this period.

Key stats

Top neighbourhoods for Shooting in Oshawa

  1. Beatrice North — 2 incidents
  2. Downtown Oshawa — 2 incidents
  3. Central Park — 1 incidents
  4. Grandview South — 1 incidents
  5. Lakeview — 1 incidents

What these numbers mean

Shooting remains one of the lowest-volume incident categories in Oshawa's open-data portal for 2026 YTD, ranking 7th among 8 categories with 8 recorded incidents. This represents 0.5 percent of the city's 1,674 total incidents through July. In 2025, the dataset recorded 14 shooting incidents for the full year. Because shooting counts are relatively low and per-incident figures fluctuate, individual incident numbers vary year-to-year. The top reported neighbourhood tallies for 2026 YTD are led by Beatrice North and Downtown Oshawa with 2 incidents each.

About this dataset

Frequently asked questions about Shooting in Oshawa

How many shooting incidents occurred in Oshawa in 2026?

In 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Oshawa recorded 8 shooting incidents in the official open-data archive. All 8 of these recorded incidents are fully dated. These 8 shooting incidents represent 0.5 percent of the 1,674 total incidents logged across all categories in the city during this period.

How does Shooting rank among all crime categories in Oshawa?

Shooting ranks 7th out of 8 total incident categories in Oshawa for 2026 YTD. It recorded 8 incidents, which is significantly lower than higher-volume categories such as Assault with 780 incidents, Theft from vehicle with 321 incidents, Break and enter with 199 incidents, Auto theft with 176 incidents, and Other offences with 121 incidents.

Which Oshawa neighbourhoods recorded shooting incidents in 2026?

For 2026 YTD through July, the highest listed neighbourhood counts for shooting incidents in Oshawa occurred in Beatrice North and Downtown Oshawa, which recorded 2 incidents each. Additional single incidents were logged in Central Park with 1 incident, Grandview South with 1 incident, and Lakeview with 1 incident.

How do 2026 shooting figures in Oshawa compare to 2025?

The open-data multi-year series shows that Oshawa recorded 14 shooting incidents in full-year 2025, compared to 8 incidents recorded in 2026 YTD through July. Because 2026 data covers a partial year through July, direct full-year comparisons cannot be made, and shooting counts typically show volatility from year to year.

Other crime categories in Oshawa

Sources

Data is sourced from official municipal open-data portals and police service records in ON.

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