Is Bedford Park-Nortown Safe?
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Is Bedford Park-Nortown safe?
Bedford Park-Nortown has a crime score of 11.0 out of 100, ranking #147 of 158 Toronto neighborhoods — about 7% of neighborhoods have lower crime scores. Its highest rate category is break and enter. Source: Toronto Police Service open data (2025 annual crime rates; dataset updated 2026-02-02).
How does Bedford Park-Nortown compare to the Toronto average?
Bedford Park-Nortown's break and enter rate is 250 per 100,000 residents versus a citywide neighborhood average of 189.9 — above average. Its overall crime score of 11.0 ranks #147 of 158 neighborhoods.
What are the most common crimes in Bedford Park-Nortown?
By rate per 100,000 residents, the leading category in Bedford Park-Nortown is break and enter (250), followed by assault (230.1). Counts and rates for all nine tracked categories are listed on this page.
About This Data
This dashboard presents crime statistics for Toronto neighborhoods, compiled from the Toronto Police Service's Public Safety Data Portal (Neighbourhood Crime Rates Open Data), with neighbourhood population figures from Environics Analytics projections published with the TPS open data. The crime data covers the 2025 calendar year (annual rates; dataset last updated 2026-02-02). These statistics describe relative crime levels only; many other factors contribute to neighborhood safety.
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0.8% of City of Toronto
between reported incidents
of all reported incidents
reported crimes in 2025
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Areas of Concern
- Break and Enter is 32% higher than the city average
- Theft Over $5000 is 19% higher than the city average
Safer Than Average
- Homicide is 100% lower than the city average
- Shooting is 100% lower than the city average
- Bicycle Theft is 69% lower than the city average
| Crime Type | Total Incidents | Per 100,000 Residents | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Count with rank | Comparison vs. city average | Rate with rank | Comparison vs. city average | |
Homicide Weight: 35% | 0 #1 (tied) of 158 | -100% avg: 0 | 0 #1 (tied) of 158 | -100% avg: 1 |
Shooting Weight: 25% | 0 #1 (tied) of 158 | -100% avg: 2 | 0 #1 (tied) of 158 | -100% avg: 8 |
Assault Weight: 12% | 58 #135 of 158 | -63% avg: 156 | 230 #153 of 158 | -69% avg: 745 |
Robbery Weight: 8% | 15 #57 of 158 | -6% avg: 16 | 60 #90 of 158 | -22% avg: 76 |
Break and Enter Weight: 6% | 63 #23 of 158 | +63% avg: 39 | 250 #35 of 158 | +32% avg: 190 |
Auto Theft Weight: 5% | 38 #68 of 158 | -17% avg: 46 | 151 #102 of 158 | -30% avg: 217 |
Theft Over $5000 Weight: 4% | 17 #33 of 158 | +38% avg: 12 | 67 #43 of 158 | +19% avg: 57 |
Theft from Vehicle Weight: 3% | 50 #44 of 158 | +16% avg: 43 | 198 #71 of 158 | -5% avg: 208 |
Bicycle Theft Weight: 2% | 5 #82 of 158 | -63% avg: 13 | 20 #100 of 158 | -69% avg: 64 |
The safety score sums each category's per-100k rate - capped at 100 points and weighted by the severity shown above - across all nine categories. How the score is calculated.
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