# Crime across Hamilton's wards, May 2026: 3,268 violent incidents so far this year

Police ward reports for May 2026 put the year's violent crime at 3,268 incidents across the city and property crime at 6,652, led by the downtown wards.

Published: 2026-08-17T18:26:52.794Z
Edition: hamilton
Canonical: https://localwire.ca/hamilton/2026-05-hamilton-crime-by-ward-may
Publisher: Local Wire

## Record

Source: Hamilton Police Service monthly ward reports
Period: May 2026, year-to-date figures
Method: Totals are sums of the per-ward figures; raw counts, not per-person rates

## Report

Hamilton Police Service's ward reports for May 2026 put the year's violent crime at 3,268 incidents across the city so far, with property crime at 6,652.

The heaviest violent-crime counts are in Ward 2 (660), Ward 3 (582), Ward 4 (347). These are raw counts, not rates: bigger and denser wards naturally show higher totals.

Every ward's year-to-date and monthly figures, with a locator map, are on the [Hamilton numbers page](/hamilton/numbers), updated as each month's reports post. The figures are read directly from the police service's published ward reports.

## Sources

[1] Hamilton Police Service ward reports, May 2026 — https://hamiltonpolice.on.ca/ward-reports