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DATA THROUGH 2026-06-30
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Kensington-Chinatown.

Population 18,120 (2021 Census, 25% sample data). One of 158 official Toronto neighbourhood boundaries used for this dashboard. Rates for every year use this 2021 denominator; see About § 02.

ASSAULT · 2025
425incidents
vs. 2024▼ 5.3%
vs. 10-yr avg▲ 7.4%
vs. Toronto▼ 98%
§ 01 · Trend · Kensington-Chinatown

Assault count, 10 years

Solid line is Kensington-Chinatown; dashed line is the Toronto-wide baseline, overlaid so the local trend always has a city-wide reference.

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Assault · Kensington-Chinatown vs. Toronto

counts · 2016 – 2025
0129258387516'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'252020 · pandemic
Kensington-Chinatowncity overlay hidden in counts mode (different scale; switch to rate to compare)

Categories in scope · small multiples

Same 10-year window
Assault
425
'16▲ 22%'25
Auto Theft
26
'16▼ 4%'25
Break and Enter
103
'16▲ 27%'25
Robbery
42
'16▼ 26%'25
Theft Over $5,000
49
'16▲ 145%'25
§ 02 · Seasonality · Month × Year

When in the year do reports cluster?

Each cell is one calendar month from Kensington-Chinatown. Shading is by monthly count. Some categories show seasonality: break-and-enter rises in winter, assault peaks in summer.

§ 03 · Context · Where it sits in Toronto

How Kensington-Chinatown sits among its neighbours

Kensington-Chinatown highlighted on the city map, then a table of its geographically nearest neighbourhoods showing 2025 assault count.

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Kensington-Chinatown
N° 78 · POP 18,120
Map: 2021 Census neighbourhood boundaries · CartoDB Dark Matter tiles · single-hue ramp keyed to the active category
NeighbourhoodPopulationAssault count2025 count'16 → '2510-year trace
Toronto · city-wide3,271,83023,20223,202▲ 34%
Kensington-Chinatown ◀7818,120425425▲ 22%
Wellington Place16425,570400400▼ 12%
University796,435134134▲ 9%
Bay-Cloverhill16916,670132132▲ 11%
Yonge-Bay Corridor17012,645509509▲ 22%
West Queen West16213,1708888▼ 16%
Harbourfront-CityPlace16528,135279279▲ 111%
Trinity-Bellwoods8115,415150150▲ 26%
Church-Wellesley16722,320346346▲ 25%
§ 04 · Chronological feed · 6,927 incidents

Recorded incidents in Kensington-Chinatown

Absolute dates only: no addresses, no coordinates, no relative dates. Source: TPS Community Safety Indicators, deduped at neighbourhood resolution.

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DATECATEGORYOFFENCEPREMISES
2026-06-30
Break and Enter
B&E
COMMERCIAL
2026-06-29
Assault
Assault With Weapon
COMMERCIAL
2026-06-29
Assault
Assault Bodily Harm
COMMERCIAL
2026-06-29
Assault
Assault
OUTSIDE
2026-06-29
Assault
Assault
OUTSIDE
2026-06-29
Assault
Assault
OTHER
2026-06-28
Assault
Assault With Weapon
OUTSIDE
2026-06-27
Assault
Assault
OTHER
2026-06-26
Assault
Pointing A Firearm
OUTSIDE
2026-06-26
Assault
Assault Bodily Harm
OUTSIDE
2026-06-26
Assault
Assault
OUTSIDE
2026-06-26
Assault
Assault
COMMERCIAL
2026-06-25
Break and Enter
B&E W'Intent
OTHER
2026-06-25
Break and Enter
B&E
APARTMENT
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Per-incident lat/lng exists in the source but is flagged as approximate. The dashboard therefore works at neighbourhood resolution only. No addresses are surfaced.

Data summary for Kensington-Chinatown

Assault rate per 10,000 residents in Kensington-Chinatown moved from 192.1 in 2016 to 234.6 in 2025. Population (2021 Census, 25% sample): 18,120.

Kensington-Chinatown: rate per 10,000 residents by category, 2016–2025
YearAssaultAuto TheftBreak and EnterRobberyTheft Over $5,000
2016192.114.944.731.511.0
2017216.317.159.044.114.9
2018230.713.3132.437.013.8
2019201.421.0152.924.821.0
2020205.829.895.521.514.9
2021208.613.353.516.012.1
2022202.019.955.224.811.0
2023244.525.480.624.315.4
2024247.814.383.329.334.8
2025234.614.356.823.227.0