Medicine Hat Crime Map
Alberta · updated 2026-08-14
| Latest 24h | 37 incidents (2026-08-13) |
|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | 11,660 incidents through the last complete month |
| 2025 (full year) | 3,474 incidents |
| Full archive | 15,869 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's 2026 (YTD, through Jul) open-data total is 11,660 incidents. The top category is Other (10,261; 88%), led by calls for service (6,979; 50.1% of Other) and bylaw & provincial (5,571; 40% of Other). Mischief (458), fraud (327) and assault (308) follow. Harassment and threats sit under Other as person offences, not physical assault. These are year-to-date figures, not a 60-day map window.
About this data
Medicine Hat's open-data incident totals for 2026 (YTD, through Jul) are the focus of this page. The figures come from the official police open-data records available for Medicine Hat, Alberta, and include 11,660 reported incidents in the selected period. This page is a practical reference for residents, local journalists, and community groups who want to see reported incidents by type — property offences like mischief and break and enter, person offences like assault, and the large Other grouping — without reducing the picture to a 60-day map snapshot.
The year-to-date totals are distinct from the interactive map's rolling 60-day layer, which contained 3,947 records in its most recent window. The on-disk archive also includes a 2025 baseline of 3,474 incidents, so there is some multi-year context, though a year-over-year change is not calculated for the still-open 2026 period. Understanding how categories are grouped is central to interpreting Medicine Hat's open crime data.
Recent trend
Year-over-year change is not available for 2026 (YTD, through Jul), because the year is still open and a complete-year pair does not exist. The open-data series shows 2025 at 3,474 incidents and 2026 at 11,660 through July, but comparing a full year to a partial year would not produce a valid annual change. No percentage change is presented on this page. Separately, the interactive map's 60-day window holds 3,947 records, and the full on-disk archive totals 15,869 records; neither is the selected-year headline.
Category breakdown
In 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Medicine Hat's open-data feed records 11,660 incidents. The largest category is Other, with 10,261 records — 88% of the total. Mischief follows with 458 (3.9%), then Fraud with 327 (2.8%), Assault with 308 (2.6%), Break and enter with 192 (1.6%), and Auto theft with 60 (0.5%). Because Other is such a large slice, the full-archive breakdown is useful context: across all years in the on-disk archive, Calls for service is the leading Other subcategory at 6,979 records, 50.1% of Other and 44% of the archive total. Bylaw & Provincial (5,571), Traffic & MVC (867), Harassment (273), and Threats (168) also sit inside Other; threats and harassment are person offences in the open-data feed, not physical assault.
FAQ
How many incidents were reported in Medicine Hat in 2026 so far?
Medicine Hat's 2026 open-data records total 11,660 incidents for the year-to-date period through July (the page's selected period is 2026 YTD, through Jul). This is the calendar-year/YTD figure from the full archive, not the 60-day map window. Because the year is still in progress, the total should not be treated as a full-year annual count.
What is the most common category, and what does 'Other' actually include?
Other is the top category at 10,261 incidents, 88% of the 11,660 YTD total. In the full-archive breakdown, Other is not residual junk: calls for service (6,979) and bylaw & provincial (5,571) are the largest slices, followed by traffic & MVC (867). Harassment (273) and threats (168) are person offences from open data, but they are not physical assault.
Is the number of incidents going up or down compared with last year?
A direct year-over-year change is not available for the selected period because 2026 is year-to-date through July rather than a complete year. For context, the year-series shows 3,474 incidents in 2025 and 11,660 in 2026 YTD through July; these are not directly comparable as annual figures. The open-data page reports incident counts only.
Why doesn't the Medicine Hat page show neighbourhood breakdowns?
Neighbourhood-level breakdowns are not available for Medicine Hat in this open-data feed. The source does not publish incidents mapped to neighbourhood boundaries for this city, so the page omits the neighbourhood table rather than reporting an incomplete breakdown. Citywide totals, categories, and year-series figures are still shown.
Where does this data come from?
The figures come from Medicine Hat's official open-data records for Alberta, published through the province's municipal open-data portal. The page uses year/YTD totals from the full archive, not the 60-day interactive map window. No specific police service name is attached to this feed, so attribution is to the municipal open-data source.
How current is the Medicine Hat data?
The archive's records run from 18 Oct 2025 to 13 Aug 2026; the page's headline counts are for 2026 year-to-date through July, generated on 15 Aug 2026. The interactive map's 60-day window shows a more recent slice, but the 11,660 total is the year/YTD figure, not the 60-day window.
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By category
- Medicine Hat Assault (396)
- Medicine Hat Robbery (37)
- Medicine Hat Break & enter (273)
- Medicine Hat Auto theft (79)
- Medicine Hat Theft from vehicle (14)
- Medicine Hat Theft (32)
- Medicine Hat Mischief (654)
- Medicine Hat Fraud (455)
- Medicine Hat Other (13,929)