What does “crime” mean for Toronto?

Crime by neighbourhood means the indicators Toronto Police Service publishes for Toronto (2016–2025). They are reported incident or offence counts, not arrests, charges, or a safety score. The same heading in another city is not the same offence.

Where do the numbers come from?

Police figures come from Toronto Police Service. Area boundaries come from City of Toronto · neighbourhood boundaries. Rates, when a denominator exists, use Statistics Canada · Census and population estimates and are shown per 10,000 residents. A missing year, indicator, or boundary stays missing.

How often is this updated?

The site is updated periodically, with no fixed public schedule and no live feed. Comparable charts use full years. A year-to-date control, when the page has one, labels the partial year separately.

What does this not show?

Drug offences and overdose deaths are separate series, not part of these neighbourhoods. There is no single cross-city crime index. Counting rules and source links are on the Toronto about page.

2016–2025 · 5 published indicators

Toronto
crime trends.

Explore five Community Safety Indicators from Toronto Police, citywide and across 158 neighbourhoods.

Sources & methodology

5 published indicators▼ 9.2% vs 2024

39,872incidents · 2025

Peak

45,915 · 2023

Low

31,218 · 2016

vs 2016

+27.7%

Browse all 158 →

By category · 2025 count

Trends across 5 indicators

Select an indicator to explore it on the map and charts. Each mini-chart has its own scale; compare the labelled values.

Citywide · 158 neighbourhoods

Assault count, 2025 · by neighbourhood

Local boundaries shaded by one category at a time, in the active unit, for the selected year. Hover for a quick read; click to open the full neighbourhood view.

Count by year

counts · 2016–2025 · baseline = all categories

● AssaultAll categories (baseline)

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Full years only; incomplete YTD totals are excluded. Not available means a value is missing, not zero.

Toronto-wide yearly trend · incident counts · 2016–2025
Year	Assault	All categories (baseline)
2016	17,329	31,218
2017	17,581	32,640
2018	18,222	34,832
2019	19,271	37,275
2020	16,750	32,674
2021	17,873	32,729
2022	19,691	38,509
2023	22,579	45,915
2024	23,814	43,922
2025	23,202	39,872

Toronto in national context

CSI · 2025

Statistics Canada's Crime Severity Index weights offences by seriousness. Lower is less severe overall crime. Toronto's value is the Toronto-CMA aggregate from Statistics Canada Table 35-10-0026-01.

Toronto

55.0

Ontario

57.2

Montréal

61.3

Calgary

61.7

Canada

75.0

Vancouver

83.5

Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0026-01, Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, Canada, provinces, territories and Census Metropolitan Areas, 2015 to 2025 (released 2026-07-22). This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

Toronto metro in context

Rate / 100K · 2025

Police-reported Criminal Code rate (excluding traffic) for Census Metropolitan Areas. Toronto CMA spans the full metro — Mississauga, Brampton, Vaughan, Markham, and other GTA municipalities — while this dashboard's maps and neighbourhood views cover the City of Toronto only.

Montréal

3,641

Toronto CMA

3,950

Hamilton

4,076

Ottawa-Gatineau

4,101

Calgary

5,038

Canada

5,585

Vancouver

5,672

Edmonton

7,463

Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0177-01, Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police, 2016 to 2025 (released 2026-07-22). This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

Reading the data

Three numbers that need context

Auto theft fell 26% in 2025 after peaking in 2023. This is the change in recorded reports, not a prediction of future risk.

Sexual assault is excluded from these five indicators and is reported separately by Toronto Police.

Counts by default, rates one toggle away. City-wide rates use annual Statistics Canada estimates; per-neighbourhood rates use the 2021 Census (25% sample).

Data summary for Toronto-wide

Toronto-wide: rate per 10,000 residents by category, 2016–2025. A dash means unavailable.
Year	Assault	Auto Theft	Break and Enter	Robbery	Theft Over $5,000
2016	61.4	11.4	22.8	11.3	3.7
2017	61.5	12.3	24.2	12.1	4.2
2018	62.8	15.4	26.2	11.3	4.3
2019	65.6	16.6	29.0	10.9	4.8
2020	56.7	17.9	23.6	8.2	4.2
2021	61.3	20.8	19.6	6.8	3.7
2022	65.9	29.6	20.3	8.1	5.0
2023	72.0	36.0	24.3	8.7	5.5
2024	72.6	26.4	20.7	8.4	5.7
2025	70.9	19.7	18.5	6.8	5.9

About this data

How to read these figures

What does “crime” mean for Toronto?: Crime by neighbourhood means the indicators Toronto Police Service publishes for Toronto (2016–2025). They are reported incident or offence counts, not arrests, charges, or a safety score. The same heading in another city is not the same offence.
Where do the numbers come from?: Police figures come from Toronto Police Service. Area boundaries come from City of Toronto · neighbourhood boundaries. Rates, when a denominator exists, use Statistics Canada · Census and population estimates and are shown per 10,000 residents. A missing year, indicator, or boundary stays missing.
How often is this updated?: The site is updated periodically, with no fixed public schedule and no live feed. Comparable charts use full years. A year-to-date control, when the page has one, labels the partial year separately.
What does this not show?: Drug offences and overdose deaths are separate series, not part of these neighbourhoods. There is no single cross-city crime index. Counting rules and source links are on the Toronto about page.

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