In 2026 year-to-date through July, Whitby recorded 124 auto theft incidents out of 707 total city incidents, accounting for 17.5% of all reported offences. Auto theft ranks third among seven crime categories in the city. It is less frequent than assault with 258 incidents, but more frequent than break and enter with 73 incidents. The largest listed counts occurred in Whitby South with 28 incidents and Brooklin West with 26.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Whitby.
This page provides an official summary of police-reported Auto theft incidents across the municipality of Whitby, Ontario, drawing directly from published municipal open data for 2026 (YTD, through Jul). During this seven-month reporting period from January through July 2026, local law enforcement authorities registered 124 Auto theft incidents across local neighbourhoods. The figures present a factual record of vehicle theft occurrences reported to police service members in Whitby.
Across all seven tracked crime categories in Whitby, municipal open-data releases document a total of 707 incidents during 2026 (YTD, through Jul). Auto theft accounts for exactly 17.5% of this overall city-wide incident total. All 124 recorded entries in this category represent dated occurrences logged within the active reporting archive for the current year-to-date window.
Auto theft ranks 3rd among all 7 tracked crime categories in Whitby for 2026 (YTD, through Jul), recording 124 incidents. It represents a lower volume than higher-frequency categories in the city, such as Assault with 258 incidents and Theft from vehicle with 152 incidents. Conversely, Auto theft recorded more incidents than several other logged categories, including Other with 87 incidents, Break and enter with 73 incidents, and Robbery with 12 incidents. These relative positions show where vehicle theft sits within Whitby's overall incident total of 707.
Auto theft stands as the 3rd highest volume category in Whitby for 2026 (YTD, through Jul), comprising 17.5% of the city's 707 overall incidents. The multi-year category series shows 1 incident in 2022, 130 incidents in 2025, and 124 incidents in 2026 (YTD, through Jul). Because the 2026 figure reflects seven months of reporting, it represents a substantial portion of Whitby's recorded vehicle thefts relative to the 130 incidents logged during the full 2025 calendar year.
Whitby logged 124 Auto theft incidents in 2026 (YTD, through Jul). These 124 incidents account for exactly 17.5% of the 707 total police-reported incidents recorded across all seven tracked crime categories in the municipality during this seven-month open-data reporting window.
Auto theft ranks 3rd out of 7 categories in Whitby for 2026 (YTD, through Jul) with 124 incidents. It sits below Assault with 258 incidents and Theft from vehicle with 152 incidents, but above Other with 87 incidents and Break and enter with 73 incidents.
Whitby South logged the highest count with 28 Auto theft incidents in 2026 (YTD, through Jul). Brooklin West registered 26 incidents, Downtown Whitby logged 13 incidents, while Brooklin East and Manning each recorded 10 Auto theft incidents during the same period.
The historical series for Auto theft in Whitby includes 1 incident in 2022, 130 incidents in 2025, and 124 incidents in 2026 (YTD, through Jul). The 2026 count reflects partial-year data through July rather than a full annual total across the calendar year.
Incident counts are sourced directly from municipal open-data releases published for Whitby, ON.