Ottawa Crime Report December 2023
View live map →Ottawa, ON recorded 2592 crimes in December 2023, down 15% from November 2023 and up 17.4% from December 2022. Theft was the most frequently reported crime category in Ottawa this month, accounting for 54% of all Ottawa crime. Ottawa's daily crime count was falling across December 2023, peaking on December 1 with 149 crimes.
Ottawa Daily Crime Trend
Ottawa's crime count was falling over the course of December 2023, with the second half of the month quieter than the first. The busiest day for Ottawa crime was December 1 (149 crimes), and the quietest was December 25 (34 crimes). Use the dropdown below to see the daily trend for a specific crime type.
Hover the chart for exact daily counts. Dashed line marks the daily average (83.6/day).
Ottawa Crime by Category
Theft saw the largest decrease, down from 1662 to 1398 crimes. Crime categories a portal doesn't publish are omitted rather than shown as zero — see below for exact counts and month-over-month change per crime category in Ottawa.
Ottawa Crime by Time of Day
Ottawa crime was most common during the afternoon (12pm–6pm) window, which accounted for 39% of December 2023's total. Use the dropdown below to see the time-of-day pattern for a specific crime type.
Hover a bar for the exact count in that hour.
Ottawa Top Crime Areas
Centretown recorded the most crime of any area in Ottawa with 196 (8% of Ottawa's total for the month). Use the dropdown below to see top areas for a specific crime type.
All Ottawa Crime Reports by Month
Sourced from Ottawa Police Service Community Safety Data Portal. Category totals may undercount categories a portal doesn't publish — missing is not the same as zero.