During the 2026 year-to-date period from January through July, Ajax recorded 699 total open-data incidents, while Pickering recorded 751 incidents. Both cities share a comparable reporting timeframe for 2026. Theft-related incidents represented the category with the largest raw-count difference between the two municipalities, totaling 261 incidents in Ajax compared to 366 incidents in Pickering. Overall reported totals remain close across both Durham Region communities during this timeframe.
Between January 1, 2026, and July 31, 2026, official open-data records show that Ajax recorded 699 total incidents, while Pickering recorded 751 total incidents. Both municipalities in Ontario publish incident datasets covering this matching year-to-date reporting window, enabling a structured side-by-side comparison of published figures across all reported categories.
In Ajax, theft-related incidents formed the highest reported category count with 261 incidents, followed by assault with 256 incidents. The remaining Ajax figures consist of 98 break and enter incidents, 51 categorized as other, 31 robbery incidents, 1 shooting incident, and 1 homicide incident. In Pickering, theft-related incidents also led all categories with 366 incidents, followed by 181 assault incidents, 105 break and enter incidents, 67 categorized as other, 27 robbery incidents, 5 shooting incidents, and 0 homicide incidents.
During the selected period from January 1, 2026, to July 31, 2026, Pickering's overall total of 751 incidents exceeds Ajax's total of 699 incidents. The largest raw category difference appears in theft-related incidents, where Pickering reported 366 incidents compared to 261 in Ajax. In contrast, Ajax reported a higher count of assault incidents, logging 256 compared to Pickering's 181. Break and enter figures remained close between the two municipalities, with Pickering recording 105 incidents and Ajax recording 98. Additionally, Pickering recorded 67 incidents in the other category versus 51 in Ajax, while Ajax logged 31 robbery incidents compared to 27 in Pickering.
Pickering's overall total of 751 incidents from January 1, 2026, to July 31, 2026, exceeds Ajax's total of 699 incidents for the same period. The primary divergence between the two municipalities stems from theft-related incidents, where Pickering recorded 366 incidents compared to 261 in Ajax. Conversely, Ajax reported a higher volume of assault incidents, registering 256 compared to 181 in Pickering. Category counts for break and enter remain comparable, with 105 incidents in Pickering and 98 in Ajax.
For the selected period from January 1, 2026, to July 31, 2026, Pickering recorded 751 total incidents, while Ajax recorded 699 total incidents. Theft-related incidents represented the highest category count in both cities, accounting for 366 of Pickering's incidents and 261 of Ajax's incidents.
During the period spanning January 1, 2026, to July 31, 2026, Pickering recorded 366 theft-related incidents, whereas Ajax recorded 261 theft-related incidents. Theft-related incidents constitute the largest single category in both datasets during this period, with Pickering logging 105 more theft-related incidents than Ajax.
Between January 1, 2026, and July 31, 2026, Ajax reported 256 assault incidents, while Pickering reported 181 assault incidents. Ajax recorded 75 more assault incidents than Pickering during this matching reporting window, making assault the second most frequent category in both municipalities.
Municipal open-data portals publish and update their public datasets independently. Although this page compares a matching selected year-to-date window from January 1, 2026, to July 31, 2026—where Ajax recorded 699 incidents and Pickering recorded 751—full historical portal coverage varies, spanning 2013 to 2026 for Ajax and 2009 to 2026 for Pickering.
Data is sourced from official municipal open-data portals in Ontario.