Between May 24 and July 23, 2026, Ottawa recorded 674 mischief incidents, accounting for 10.3% of the 6,532 total reported city incidents across seven categories. Mischief ranks as the third most frequent category during this timeframe, trailing theft and assault. Among listed Ottawa neighbourhoods, Centretown recorded the largest count with 67 incidents, followed by Sandy Hill with 36, Overbrook - McArthur with 34, and Byward Market with 27.
Data current through . Source: official Ottawa police open-data portal.
This page provides a comprehensive data summary of reported Mischief incidents across Ottawa, Ontario, spanning the timeframe from May 24, 2026, to July 23, 2026. Over this two-month window, Ottawa recorded a city-wide total of 6,532 criminal incidents across seven tracked categories. Within this broader dataset, Mischief accounted for 674 reported incidents based on documented municipal police records.
Mischief represents 10.3 percent of all reported incidents in Ottawa during this period. All 674 Mischief records in the dataset contain complete date information, with zero undated records present. This narrative outlines the exact ranking of Mischief relative to other local offense types, details the highest neighbourhood counts across the city, and summarizes the overall category figures recorded for Ottawa in 2026.
In Ottawa, Mischief ranks third among all 7 tracked crime categories, with 674 recorded incidents between May 24, 2026, and July 23, 2026. It is lower in volume than Theft, which recorded 3,955 incidents, and Assault, which recorded 1,276 incidents. Conversely, Mischief registered higher counts than Break and enter (359 incidents), Auto theft (154 incidents), and Robbery (112 incidents). This placement positions Mischief behind Ottawa's two largest offense categories while remaining higher than property break-ins, vehicle thefts, and robbery occurrences during this dataset period.
Mischief accounts for 674 of Ottawa's 6,532 total incidents, making up 10.3 percent of the recorded data. It sits behind Theft (3,955) and Assault (1,276) as the city's third most recorded category. Neighbourhood figures range from 67 incidents in Centretown to 20 in Stittsville among the top listed areas. Because this dataset covers a two-month window in 2026, these figures reflect a short-term snapshot of Ottawa's reported property damage and vandalism records.
Between May 24, 2026, and July 23, 2026, Ottawa recorded 674 reported Mischief incidents. These events are part of a broader city total of 6,532 incidents documented across seven crime categories during the same two-month reporting window.
Mischief accounts for 10.3 percent of all reported criminal incidents in Ottawa within this dataset. Out of 6,532 total city incidents, 674 were categorized as Mischief, making it the third most common category among the seven tracked in the municipality.
Centretown recorded the highest count for Mischief in Ottawa, with 67 incidents between May 24, 2026, and July 23, 2026. Other top areas include Sandy Hill with 36 incidents, Overbrook - McArthur with 34, Byward Market with 27, and Stittsville with 20.
Mischief recorded 674 incidents, which is lower than Theft with 3,955 incidents and Assault with 1,276 incidents. However, Mischief recorded higher figures than Break and enter (359), Auto theft (154), and Robbery (112) during this reporting period in Ottawa.
Crime incident data for Ottawa is derived from official police open data portals in ON.