Ajax Crime Map
Ontario · Latest 24h · updated 2026-08-29
| Latest 24h | 3 incidents, 1 violent (2026-08-28) |
|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | 699 incidents through the last complete month |
| 2025 (full year) | 652 incidents |
| Full archive | 1,469 incidents (2013–2026) |
| Per 100K / year | 462 |
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About crime in Ajax
TL;DR. For the Latest day (2026-08-27) period, Durham Regional Police Service recorded 2 total incidents in Ajax, Ontario. Both logged events were classified as Theft from vehicle, representing 100% of the daily total. The reported incidents occurred across two local communities, with one event recorded in Ajax Waterfront and one in Carruthers. No violent incidents were reported during this single-day reporting window across the municipality's open data feed.
About this data
This page presents verified crime records for Ajax, Ontario, focusing specifically on the Latest day (2026-08-27). Sourced directly from the Durham Regional Police Service open-data portal, these figures capture all police-reported occurrences published for the municipality on this date. Ajax is tracked as part of the regional Durham Region open dataset, which records exactly 2 total incidents in the city for this single calendar day.
Reviewing daily open-data releases provides residents, neighbourhood groups, and local analysts with timely visibility into published police activity. While the interactive map display tracks a rolling 60 days window containing 214 total incidents, this report focuses exclusively on the 2 incidents logged on August 27, 2026. This daily overview delivers an exact, verifiable record of municipal data published by regional law enforcement.
Recent trend
Because this report examines a single daily snapshot for the Latest day (2026-08-27), year-over-year change is not available for the 2 headline incidents. Multi-year comparisons require complete calendar years rather than individual daily records or open calendar periods. In the full-archive calendar dataset, complete-year figures show that annual records rose 8,050% from a base of 8 records in 2024 to 652 in 2025. The on-disk archive spans from 2013 to 2026 with 1,465 total incidents, but ongoing 2026 figures represent an incomplete year that cannot be compared to prior annual totals.
Category breakdown
For the Latest day (2026-08-27), incident distribution in Ajax is entirely concentrated in a single property offence type. The top category reported is Theft from vehicle, which accounts for 2 incidents, representing 100% of all occurrences published for the day. No other crime categories were recorded in the daily open-data release for August 27, 2026. Furthermore, the violent count for this single-day reporting period is 0, indicating that neither assault, sexual assault, robbery, shooting, nor homicide incidents were logged. In the broader multi-year archive, the Other category includes 104 incidents of Traffic & MVC, representing 100% of other offences and 7.1% of the archive total.
FAQ
How many incidents were reported on the latest day?
The open‑data feed records two police‑reported incidents for Ajax on the latest day, 27 August 2026. This figure reflects the total incidents captured for that 24‑hour period. These two incidents are the only ones logged for that day, representing the full count for the city’s latest exact occurrence day as defined by the dataset.
What was the most common type of incident on that day?
The sole category reported on 27 August 2026 was “Theft from vehicle,” accounting for both incidents. All two incidents (100 % of the day’s total) involved thefts from parked or moving vehicles, making this the top—and only—category for that day.
Is there a year‑over‑year change for these figures?
Year‑over‑year change is not available for the 24‑hour snapshot on 27 August 2026, because the dataset only provides a single‑day total. For context, the full archive shows an 8,050 % increase between 2024 (8 incidents) and 2025 (652 incidents), the most recent complete‑year comparison.
Which neighbourhoods had incidents on that day?
On 27 August 2026, the two incidents were recorded in two different neighbourhoods: Ajax Waterfront and Carruthers, with each neighbourhood reporting one incident. No other Ajax neighbourhoods had reported incidents for that day.
Where does this data come from?
The incident data is sourced from the Durham Regional Police Service open‑data portal, which provides a regional feed that is split into municipal pages such as Ajax. All counts and category information come directly from this official police‑service dataset.
How current is the information shown?
The information reflects the most recent data up to 27 August 2026 (date_max), representing the city’s latest exact occurrence day. The interactive map, however, aggregates a 60‑day rolling window with 214 incidents, but the headline total of two incidents pertains solely to the single day.
Explore Ajax
By category
- Ajax Assault (585)
- Ajax Robbery (54)
- Ajax Shooting (7)
- Ajax Homicide (2)
- Ajax Break & enter (188)
- Ajax Auto theft (251)
- Ajax Theft from vehicle (278)
- Ajax Other (104)
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Neighbourhoods
Downtown Ajax Ajax Northeast Ajax Northwest Central Ajax Applecroft Carruthers Ajax Waterfront Riverside-Hermitage