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Mischief in Wood Buffalo

In Wood Buffalo, Alberta, open data for 2026 year-to-date (through July) records 140 mischief incidents. Mischief represents 21% of the 668 total reported incidents across all tracked categories in the city, ranking second out of five crime categories. Theft is the most frequent category with 236 incidents, while mischief recorded higher totals than theft from vehicle (115), auto theft (96), and break and enter (81).

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

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Mischief incidents
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Share of Wood Buffalo incidents
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2026 (YTD, through Jul)
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Mischief in Wood Buffalo

This page presents reported Mischief statistics for Wood Buffalo, Alberta, established from official municipal open-data records. For the 2026 year-to-date reporting period through July, covering logged incidents dated between March 17, 2026 and August 13, 2026, Wood Buffalo recorded 140 incidents in the Mischief category. All 140 reported Mischief incidents in the dataset are dated records, with zero undated records reported.

Mischief represents 21 percent of the 668 total reported incidents recorded across all five categories in Wood Buffalo throughout this 2026 year-to-date window. This category total reflects official calendar year-to-date figures from the on-disk archive rather than the rolling 60-day map tier, which records 283 total incidents across all categories. The dataset covers a single calendar year archive for 2026.

How Mischief compares

Within Wood Buffalo, Mischief ranks second among all five tracked categories with 140 reported incidents in the 2026 year-to-date dataset. Mischief is less common than Theft, which stands as the highest-volume category with 236 incidents. Conversely, Mischief remains more common than the other three sibling categories in the municipality: Theft from vehicle with 115 incidents, Auto theft with 96 incidents, and Break and enter with 81 incidents. Across all five categories, Wood Buffalo logged a city total of 668 incidents.

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What these numbers mean

Mischief is the second most prominent category in Wood Buffalo's 2026 year-to-date open-data figures, trailing only Theft. Accounting for 21 percent of the 668 total city incidents with 140 reported records, Mischief generates a higher count than Theft from vehicle (115), Auto theft (96), and Break and enter (81). Because the published archive for this category currently covers only 2026 YTD through July, multi-year comparison series and year-over-year percentage shifts are not available.

About this dataset

Frequently asked questions about Mischief in Wood Buffalo

How many Mischief incidents were reported in Wood Buffalo in 2026?

Wood Buffalo recorded 140 Mischief incidents during the 2026 year-to-date period through July, based on open-data records with occurrence dates between March 17, 2026 and August 13, 2026. All 140 reported incidents for this category have complete date information, with zero undated records.

What proportion of overall incidents in Wood Buffalo does Mischief represent?

Mischief accounts for 21 percent of all reported incidents in Wood Buffalo for the 2026 year-to-date period. Out of a city total of 668 incidents recorded across all five categories, 140 belong to the Mischief category.

How does Mischief rank compared to other categories in Wood Buffalo?

Mischief ranks second among the 5 total tracked categories in Wood Buffalo. It is lower than Theft, which recorded 236 incidents, but higher than Theft from vehicle with 115 incidents, Auto theft with 96 incidents, and Break and enter with 81 incidents.

Does the 140 Mischief incident count cover the 60-day map window?

No, the 140 Mischief incidents represent the calendar year-to-date total for 2026 through July from the published open-data archive. In contrast, the rolling 60-day map window is a separate display tier that includes 283 total incidents across all categories city-wide in Wood Buffalo.

Other crime categories in Wood Buffalo

Sources

Data is sourced from official open-data records published for the municipality of Wood Buffalo, AB.

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