During the 2026 year-to-date period through July, Oshawa recorded 1,674 total reported incidents, whereas Whitby recorded 707 incidents. The category with the largest raw-count difference was assault, with 780 incidents logged in Oshawa compared to 258 in Whitby, marking a difference of 522 incidents. Additionally, Oshawa recorded 497 theft-related incidents while Whitby recorded 276, and break and enter totaled 199 in Oshawa and 73 in Whitby.
During the same selected year period of 2026 (year-to-date through July), published open-data records show 1,674 total incidents reported in Oshawa, Ontario, compared to 707 total incidents in Whitby, Ontario. Both municipal datasets track the exact same date range from January 1, 2026, to July 31, 2026, establishing a direct same-period comparison basis between the two neighbouring Ontario municipalities.
Across this shared timeframe, Oshawa recorded higher incident counts across all major tracked categories in the open-data feed. Assault emerged as the highest category in Oshawa with 780 incidents, while theft-related incidents stood as the top category in Whitby with 276 incidents. Additionally, break and enter accounted for 199 incidents in Oshawa compared to 73 in Whitby. These figures draw exclusively from official open-data releases covering the 2026 year-to-date calendar interval.
For the 2026 year-to-date period through July 31, Oshawa registered 1,674 total incidents while Whitby recorded 707. The largest raw category difference occurred in assault, where Oshawa logged 780 incidents compared to 258 in Whitby, representing a difference of 522 records. Theft-related incidents formed the second largest divergence, with Oshawa reporting 497 incidents and Whitby recording 276 incidents. Break and enter also showed a notable gap, with 199 incidents in Oshawa versus 73 in Whitby. Further down the breakdown, robbery totals stood at 68 in Oshawa and 12 in Whitby. Shooting incidents numbered 8 in Oshawa and 1 in Whitby, while homicide records stood at 1 for Oshawa and 0 for Whitby.
Oshawa's 2026 year-to-date open-data total of 1,674 incidents is more than double Whitby's 707 incidents over the identical January-to-July timeframe. Assault accounts for the largest absolute volume difference between the municipalities, with Oshawa logging 780 incidents compared to Whitby's 258. While theft-related incidents represent the largest single category in Whitby at 276 records, Oshawa's higher totals extend across every tracked offence type, including break and enter (199 to 73) and robbery (68 to 12).
For the shared 2026 year-to-date period covering January 1 to July 31, Oshawa reported 1,674 total incidents in its open-data feed, while Whitby recorded 707 total incidents. Both municipalities share the same reporting window for this selected period, enabling a direct side-by-side comparison of published figures.
In Oshawa, assault was the highest category during the 2026 year-to-date period with 780 incidents, followed by theft-related incidents at 497. In Whitby, theft-related incidents formed the largest category with 276 reported cases, followed by assault at 258 incidents and other categorised records at 87.
Municipalities and police portals often update open-data portals on varying schedules or processing timelines. While Oshawa and Whitby currently share the same 2026 year-to-date range (January 1 to July 31), overall historical publication windows differ, spanning 2009 to 2026 for Oshawa (1,674 total in 2026 YTD) and 2008 to 2026 for Whitby (707 total in 2026 YTD).
During the 2026 year-to-date period through July, Oshawa recorded 199 break and enter incidents along with 68 robbery incidents. In comparison, Whitby logged 73 break and enter incidents and 12 robbery incidents over the same timeframe, illustrating lower recorded property and robbery totals in Whitby's open-data feed.
Data compiled from official municipal open-data portals in Ontario covering published police records for Oshawa and Whitby.