Byward Market, Ottawa

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About this neighbourhood

TL;DR. Byward Market recorded 723 police-reported incidents on the latest day, representing 3.3 % of Ottawa’s total of 21,712 incidents. Theft was the leading category with 340 reports, followed by assault (215), mischief (82), and break‑and‑enter (39). Violent offences, including assault, accounted for 258 incidents. Nearby neighbourhoods such as Sandy Hill, Centretown and Overbrook‑McArthur reported higher counts, indicating a localized pattern clearly.

About this data

Byward Market, a central neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, saw 723 reported incidents in the latest 24‑hour snapshot from August 2026. This count represents roughly 3.3 % of the city’s total of 21,712 incidents for the same reporting period.

These figures are scaled to the city’s year‑to‑date totals through July and are based on the neighbourhood classification used by the upstream open‑data portal. Because the date fields are synthetic placeholders, the snapshot reflects activity on the most recent day available rather than a precise calendar date. These figures are extrapolated from the city’s latest complete dataset, which aggregates incidents reported up to the end of July and then applies a scaling factor to approximate the full year‑to‑date picture for the neighbourhood.

Recent trend

The dataset reflects a 24‑hour period captured on 16 August 2026, although the dates are synthetic placeholders and should be interpreted as a snapshot from August 2026. Because the upstream source aggregates incidents on a city‑wide basis and then scales them to neighbourhoods, the counts may differ from raw police reports. Additionally, neighbourhood boundaries are periodically revised, so comparisons across years should consider possible boundary changes. Hence, the numbers provide a useful glimpse of recent activity but are not a complete annual record for Byward Market.

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