A standoff between a man in crisis and Hamilton police ended peacefully after more than nine hours at a home in the central city.

Hamilton police were called to a house on Wentworth Street South, near Stinson Street, just after 4 p.m. Tuesday, where a 53-year-old man was reportedly barricaded in a third-floor apartment with a knife.

The Crisis Negotiations Unit and tactical officers from the Emergency Response Unit were called in.

"He didn't want to come out," Staff Sgt. Steve Hahn said early Wednesday.

"We had grounds to apprehend him under the Mental Health Act."

With a large police presence on the street, officers saw an opportunity to safely enter the apartment around 1:30 a.m. Tactical officers entered and apprehended the man without injury.

Police said there were no any road closures or concerns for public safety throughout the incident.