Lowertown, Ottawa
Ottawa · neighbourhood
| 2025 incidents | 1,641 |
|---|---|
| Latest year (archive) | 736 incidents · 3.4% of city |
About this neighbourhood
TL;DR. In 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Lowertown recorded 736 total incidents, representing 3.4% of Ottawa's 21,711 city-wide incidents. Theft was the leading category in the neighbourhood with 558 recorded incidents, followed by assault with 69 incidents, mischief with 59, and break and enter with 32. Additionally, 82 violent incidents were recorded in Lowertown during this period, while neighbouring Sandy Hill recorded 2,056 incidents and Centretown recorded 1,997.
About this data
In 2026 (YTD, through Jul), the Lowertown neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario recorded 736 total incidents. This total accounts for 3.4% of Ottawa's 21,711 city-wide incidents during the same period. The data provides a detailed overview of local police-reported events, reflecting the specific activity patterns logged within the neighbourhood boundaries during the first seven months of the year.
The broader open-data record for Lowertown spans from October 14, 2001 to August 13, 2026, encompassing a total archive count of 12,758 incidents across all available years. Examining both current year-to-date counts and long-term historical archives helps contextualize how reported incident volumes in Lowertown compare across different timeframes within the municipal open-data portal.
Recent trend
The historical dataset for Lowertown covers the timeframe from October 14, 2001 through August 13, 2026, representing years 2001 to 2026. Over this entire multi-decade logging archive, Lowertown accumulated 12,758 reported incidents. When reviewing trends across multiple years, readers should note that municipal neighbourhood boundary definitions may vary year to year in open-data releases. Additionally, reporting practices and administrative categorizations can evolve over time, meaning direct comparisons across distant reporting years should account for potential structural changes in data collection rather than relying solely on raw annual counts.
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