How many robberies are there in Ottawa?
Ottawa, ON recorded 563 robberies in 2025, the most recent complete year — a rate of 55.3 per 100,000 residents.
Theft involving force or the threat of force. Ottawa residents also search for this category as muggings, armed robberies and holdups — all of those refer to the same police-reported offences counted on this page.
These figures cover 2,563 robberies recorded in Ottawa between September 2021 and September 2026 — every incident Ottawa Police Service Community Safety Data Portal has published in that window. The first year is partial — incidents past the retention window are removed, so the record starts part-way through 2021 rather than on January 1.
Ottawa robberies by year, 2021–2026
Ottawa robberies peaked in 2025 with 563. The complete years here are 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 — those are the ones directly comparable to each other. Pick a year for its own monthly breakdown, time-of-day pattern and areas.
* Partial year — not directly comparable to the complete years above.
What time of day do robberies happen in Ottawa?
Across the whole period, Ottawa robberies cluster in the evening (6pm–12am) window, which accounts for 39% of them. The busiest individual hour is 5pm.
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What day of the week do robberies happen in Ottawa?
Robberies in Ottawa are spread fairly evenly across the week. Tuesday is marginally the busiest at 15%, but an even split would be 14.3% — the gap isn't big enough to call a pattern.
What time of year do robberies peak in Ottawa?
Every year stacked together, so this is seasonality rather than a trend. October is the busiest month for robberies in Ottawa with 251 across the whole period, and December is the quietest with 182.
Where do robberies happen in Ottawa?
Byward Market records the most robberies of any area in Ottawa, with 234 — 9% of the city total across the whole period.
Ottawa robberies: common questions
How many robberies are there in Ottawa?
Ottawa, ON recorded 563 robberies in 2025, the most recent complete year — a rate of 55.3 per 100,000 residents. These figures cover 2,563 robberies recorded in Ottawa between September 2021 and September 2026 — every incident Ottawa Police Service Community Safety Data Portal has published in that window.
Are robberies going up or down in Ottawa?
Ottawa robberies peaked in 2025 with 563. The most recent figure is 375 in 2026 so far, which covers a partial year. The complete years in this data are 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, which are the ones directly comparable to each other.
What time of day do most robberies happen in Ottawa?
Most Ottawa robberies happen in the evening (6pm–12am) window, which accounts for 39% of all of them. The busiest individual hour is 5pm.
Where do most robberies happen in Ottawa?
Byward Market records the most robberies of any area in Ottawa, with 234 (9% of the city total), followed by Centretown (231) and Sandy Hill (199).
What day of the week do most robberies happen in Ottawa?
Robberies in Ottawa are spread fairly evenly across the week. Tuesday is marginally the busiest at 15% of the total, but an even split would be 14.3%, so the difference is not meaningful.
What time of year do robberies peak in Ottawa?
Adding every year together, October is the busiest month for robberies in Ottawa (251 across the whole period) and December is the quietest (182).
How common are robberies compared to other crime in Ottawa?
Robbery makes up 1.5% of all crime recorded in Ottawa over this period — 2,563 of 167,564 incidents.
What is the robbery rate in Ottawa?
Ottawa recorded 55.3 robberies per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on a population of 1,017,449. Rates are only calculated for complete years, since a partial year isn't comparable.
What period does this Ottawa robbery data cover?
These figures cover 2,563 robberies recorded in Ottawa between September 2021 and September 2026 — every incident Ottawa Police Service Community Safety Data Portal has published in that window. The earliest year is partial because incidents older than the retention window are removed, so it starts part-way through the year rather than on January 1. Counts reflect what the portal published — a category a service doesn't publish is missing, which is not the same as zero.
Sourced from Ottawa Police Service Community Safety Data Portal. Counts reflect incidents the portal published and may differ from figures released elsewhere — missing is not the same as zero.