Vehicle thefts: 560 vehicles reported stolen in Ottawa so far in 2024 [Video]

More than 500 vehicles have been reported stolen in the city of Ottawa in the first 110 days of 2024, as police continue to see a rise in vehicle thefts in the capital.

Statistics available on the Ottawa Police Service’s crime map shows there have been 560 vehicle thefts reported across Ottawa since Jan. 1. Police reported 504 vehicles stolen in the first six months of 2023, and 387 vehicle thefts between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2022.

There have been 68 vehicle thefts reported in Ottawa since April 1.

The hot spots for vehicles thefts in Ottawa so far in 2024 have been the city’s urban wards. 

Fifty-four vehicles have been reported stolen in Ottawa’s Bay Ward so far in 2024, the highest number of vehicle thefts in an Ottawa ward.

Coun. Theresa Kavanagh told Newstalk 580 CFRA in March that several vehicle thefts in Bay ward have been …