Medicine Hat Crime Map
Alberta · Latest 24h · updated 2026-08-29
| Latest 24h | 57 incidents, 3 violent (2026-08-27) |
|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | 11,663 incidents through the last complete month |
| 2025 (full year) | 3,474 incidents |
| Full archive | 16,851 incidents (2025–2026) |
| Per 100K / year | 5,056 |
| CSI 2025 | 94.4 (violent 82.6) |
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About crime in Medicine Hat
TL;DR. Medicine Hat recorded 76 incidents for the Latest day (2026-08-26) reporting period. The leading category was Other with 70 incidents, accounting for 92.1% of the daily total, followed by Fraud with 4 and Assault with 2 incidents. In historical archive data, the broad Other category is led by Calls for service with 7,336 incidents (49.9% of Other). The daily dataset also recorded 2 violent incidents on this date.
About this data
This page provides verified incident counts for Medicine Hat, Alberta, detailing the selected period of Latest day (2026-08-26). Sourced directly from the official police and municipal open-data portal, the dataset records 76 total incidents logged across the city on this specific date. Tracking daily incident releases offers clear visibility into municipal law enforcement reporting, categorised occurrences, and public safety calls as fresh open records become available.
While the interactive mapping interface displays a rolling 60 days window comprising 4,015 incidents, this page focuses exclusively on the 76 occurrences logged on Latest day (2026-08-26). Reviewing individual daily reports enables community members, researchers, and local analysts to follow day-by-day open-data activity without conflating single-day snapshots with broader annual figures or the full-archive count of 16,765 total incidents.
Recent trend
Year-over-year change is not available for the selected period of Latest day (2026-08-26), as single-day occurrence counts cannot be evaluated against prior full-year benchmarks. Across the broader municipal open records, the open-data portal documents 3,474 incidents in 2025 and 11,662 dated incidents in the 2026 year series, reaching a full-archive total of 16,765 incidents spanning from 2025 to 2026. Because 2026 is an ongoing reporting period without a complete-year pair, annual percentage comparisons are not available for this release.
Category breakdown
For Latest day (2026-08-26), incident reports in Medicine Hat are distributed across three recorded categories. Other represents the largest category with 70 incidents, accounting for 92.1% of the daily total. Fraud follows with 4 incidents, representing 5.3%, while Assault accounts for 2 incidents, making up 2.6%. The daily violent count also stands at 2 incidents. Because Other encompasses a wide range of municipal police activity across the multi-year archive, subcategory tracking shows that Calls for service is the leading component with 7,336 incidents, representing 49.9% of Other and 43.8% of total archive records. Bylaw & Provincial forms the next largest slice with 5,930 incidents, or 40.3% of Other.
FAQ
How many police incidents were recorded in Medicine Hat on August 26, 2026?
Open data recorded 76 incidents in Medicine Hat for the latest day of August 26, 2026. This single-day snapshot reflects municipal open-data reporting across all categories, including 70 incidents categorized under Other, 4 fraud incidents, and 2 assault incidents. This daily count is distinct from rolling multi-day map views or multi-year totals.
What types of incidents are most commonly reported in Medicine Hat?
On August 26, 2026, Other was the leading category with 70 incidents (92.1%), followed by Fraud with 4 incidents (5.3%) and Assault with 2 incidents (2.6%). Across the full open-data archive, the Other category includes 7,336 Calls for service (49.9% of Other) and 5,930 Bylaw & Provincial records (40.3% of Other), alongside person offences such as 291 Harassment and 175 Threats records that are distinct from physical assault.
Is there an annual trend available for Medicine Hat incident counts?
Year-over-year percentage change is not available for this period because the current year remains open and incomplete. Across the full multi-year archive, the open dataset includes 3,474 recorded incidents in 2025 and 13,291 incidents in 2026, bringing the total archive count to 16,765 incidents across all tracked years.
Are neighbourhood-level incident breakdowns available for Medicine Hat?
Neighbourhood breakdowns are not available for this source because the open-data feed publishes municipal incident records without localized community boundary tags. All 76 incidents for August 26, 2026, and the 16,765 incidents across the broader archive, are reported at the citywide level rather than mapped to specific neighbourhood divisions.
Where do these Medicine Hat incident statistics come from?
These figures originate from the official municipal open-data portal in Alberta, which releases public incident records for Medicine Hat. The open dataset is processed directly from published open records to track reported incidents across categories such as fraud, assault, and broader service calls without altering the underlying police event classifications.
How current is the incident data for Medicine Hat?
The latest exact occurrence day in this open dataset is August 26, 2026, which accounts for 76 recorded incidents. For broader situational context, the interactive map tier displays a rolling 60-day window covering 4,015 incidents across Medicine Hat, while the complete multi-year archive tracks 16,765 total records dating back to 2025.
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