Halifax Crime Map
Nova Scotia · Latest 24h · updated 2026-08-29
| Latest 24h | 12 incidents, 5 violent (2026-08-27) |
|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | 2,105 incidents through the last complete month |
| 2026 (full year) | 2,662 incidents |
| Full archive | 2,662 incidents (2026–2026) |
| Per 100K / year | 515 |
| CSI 2025 | 68.7 (violent 90.3) |
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About crime in Halifax
TL;DR. Halifax recorded six incidents on the latest day, 26 August 2026, as shown on the city’s crime map. Break and enter was the leading category with three incidents, representing half of all reports, followed by theft from vehicle with two incidents and assault with one. The map visualises each occurrence, allowing users to explore locations and details for this specific day's data.
About this data
This page tracks reported police incident figures for Halifax, Nova Scotia, focusing on the latest day of available open-data records for 2026-08-26. According to published municipal and police open-data portal records, Halifax recorded a total of 6 incidents on this specific calendar date. Publishing daily occurrence updates allows residents, community members, and researchers to review localized activity patterns across Halifax as new police open data becomes accessible.
The 6 logged incidents on 2026-08-26 represent the city's latest single occurrence day rather than an extended annual total or multi-month summary. By comparison, the rolling 60 days interactive map window for Halifax displays 1,181 total incidents, illustrating broader medium-term activity. Reviewing single-day records alongside broader multi-week mapping helps community members examine daily law enforcement reporting across the municipality while maintaining context against recent open-data figures.
Recent trend
Year-over-year trend comparisons are not available for the 2026-08-26 single-day reporting window. Within the open-data series for Halifax, the recorded 2026 year series currently logs 2,105 dated incidents, without an earlier complete calendar year available in the published series to establish a multi-year comparative baseline. In the broader on-disk city archive, 2,628 total incidents are recorded for 2026 across all archived records. Because single-day counts represent immediate daily incident snapshots rather than twelve full months of activity, long-term multi-year trajectories cannot be measured directly against prior calendar periods.
Category breakdown
The 6 reported incidents in Halifax on 2026-08-26 span three specific crime categories in the open dataset. Break and enter represents the leading category with 3 recorded incidents, accounting for 50% of all activity reported on that date. Theft from vehicle forms the second largest category with 2 recorded incidents, representing 33.3% of the daily total. Assault constitutes the remaining category with 1 recorded incident, making up 16.7% of the total. Across all violent incident categories, the violent count for this selected period stands at 1 incident, matching the single assault record logged on this date. These three categories comprise the complete distribution of documented police incidents in Halifax for 2026-08-26.
FAQ
How many incidents were reported in Halifax on August 26, 2026?
On August 26, 2026, the municipal open-data feed recorded 6 incidents in Halifax. These daily records reflect verified events published for the latest single occurrence date in the dataset, encompassing 3 break-and-enter offences, 2 thefts from vehicles, and 1 violent incident classified as assault.
What was the most commonly reported incident type in Halifax on this day?
Break and enter was the leading category on August 26, 2026, accounting for 3 incidents or 50% of the daily total. Theft from vehicle followed with 2 incidents (33.3%), while assault accounted for the remaining 1 incident (16.7%) recorded across the municipality for the date.
Is a year-over-year comparison available for this period?
Year-over-year change is not available for this period because the headline figures capture a single day rather than two complete annual calendar periods. The 2026 year series in the open-data feed contains 2,105 dated incidents to date, while the broader historical archive logs 2,628 total incidents for 2026.
Why are neighbourhood-level incident breakdowns not shown for Halifax?
Neighbourhood breakdowns are not available for this source because the upstream open-data portal publishes location points without assigning specific neighbourhood polygon boundaries. Rather than projecting unverified community boundaries, incident counts are reported across Halifax as a unified municipal total until official neighbourhood boundary layers are integrated upstream.
Where do these Halifax incident numbers come from?
These records originate from the official municipal open-data portal in Nova Scotia. The open dataset releases validated police incident records for public review, standardising incident types into property and violent offence categories to give residents clear, transparent access to local public safety data.
How current is the Halifax data on this page?
This page reflects data for August 26, 2026, representing the latest exact occurrence day available from the open data feed. While the single-day headline reports 6 incidents, the interactive map displays a rolling 60-day window covering 1,181 incidents to provide recent geographic context across Halifax.
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By category
- Halifax Assault (1,364)
- Halifax Robbery (77)
- Halifax Break & enter (305)
- Halifax Auto theft (184)
- Halifax Theft from vehicle (732)