In 2018, Ottawa recorded 32,768 reported incidents, ranking sixth among the nine years in the archive. That total is 10.7% of the 306,637 incidents across all years in the city's dataset. Theft led 2018 with 12,669 incidents, followed by assault at 5,899 and fraud at 4,039. Other crime recorded 3,466, Mischief 3,208, Break and enter 2,633. No year-over-year comparison is available in this dataset.
In 2018, Ottawa logged 32,768 total reported police incidents. This annual dataset provides a comprehensive summary of public open-data records published for the municipality of Ottawa, Ontario during that calendar year. The 32,768 incidents recorded in 2018 account for 10.7% of the 306,637 total incidents stored in the city's full multi-year archive.
This page presents the distribution of reported offences across Ottawa for 2018. Theft was the most frequently recorded category with 12,669 incidents, followed by Assault with 5,899 incidents and Fraud with 4,039 incidents. Additional major categories documented during the year include 3,466 Other offences (consisting entirely of 3,466 Other crime records), 3,208 Mischief incidents, and 2,633 Break and Enter reports.
The 32,768 reported incidents in 2018 rank 6th highest out of the 9 recorded years in Ottawa's city series. Because comparative open-data figures for the prior year are unavailable in this dataset, this annual count serves as the initial baseline for the tracked period. Property-related offences comprised a substantial portion of the 2018 volume, led by 12,669 Theft incidents and 2,633 Break and Enter reports. Personal harm and financial offences were also prominent, with 5,899 Assault incidents and 4,039 Fraud records. The 3,466 incidents in the Other category consisted entirely of 3,466 Other crime subcategory records.
Ottawa's 2018 dataset shows Theft as the leading category with 12,669 incidents, followed by Assault at 5,899 incidents. Fraud was also prominent with 4,039 reports, exceeding Mischief at 3,208 and Break and Enter at 2,633. The Other category logged 3,466 incidents, represented entirely by the Other crime subcategory. Ranking 6th out of 9 total archived years, 2018 recorded 32,768 total incidents, placing it below later recorded totals such as 2019 with 35,558 incidents and 2024 with 41,490 incidents.
In 2018, Ottawa logged 32,768 total reported police incidents in its open-data records. This total accounts for 10.7% of the city's overall archive of 306,637 incidents documented across the 9 recorded years. The 2018 total represents a full-archive calendar year count for Ottawa, Ontario.
With 32,768 reported incidents, 2018 ranks 6th highest out of the 9 recorded years in Ottawa's archive. Subsequent years saw higher annual figures, including 35,558 incidents in 2019 and 41,490 incidents in 2024. Year-over-year changes reflect reporting patterns rather than direct per-capita risk.
The top category recorded in Ottawa in 2018 was Theft with 12,669 incidents. Assault ranked second with 5,899 reported incidents, followed by Fraud at 4,039 incidents. Other offences totalled 3,466, Mischief recorded 3,208 incidents, and Break and Enter saw 2,633 reports.
The data originates from official public open-data records released for the city of Ottawa, Ontario (ON). The 2018 archive comprises 32,768 reported incidents, representing 10.7% of Ottawa's total 306,637 incidents logged across all 9 recorded years in the local open-data system.
Incident data is sourced from public open-data portals published for Ottawa, ON.