Is North Toronto Safe?
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Is North Toronto safe?
North Toronto has a crime score of 12.5 out of 100, ranking #138 of 158 Toronto neighborhoods — about 13% of neighborhoods have lower crime scores. Its highest rate category is assault. Source: Toronto Police Service open data (2025 annual crime rates; dataset updated 2026-02-02).
How does North Toronto compare to the Toronto average?
North Toronto's assault rate is 626.8 per 100,000 residents versus a citywide neighborhood average of 745.5 — below average. Its overall crime score of 12.5 ranks #138 of 158 neighborhoods.
What are the most common crimes in North Toronto?
By rate per 100,000 residents, the leading category in North Toronto is assault (626.8), followed by break and enter (174.9). 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.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
0.6% of City of Toronto
between reported incidents
of all reported incidents
reported crimes in 2025
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Areas of Concern
- Bicycle Theft is 13% higher than the city average
Safer Than Average
- Homicide is 100% lower than the city average
- Shooting is 100% lower than the city average
- Theft from Vehicle is 70% 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% | 129 #74 of 158 | -17% avg: 156 | 627 #82 of 158 | -16% avg: 745 |
Robbery Weight: 8% | 11 #81 of 158 | -31% avg: 16 | 53 #103 of 158 | -30% avg: 76 |
Break and Enter Weight: 6% | 36 #64 of 158 | -7% avg: 39 | 175 #79 of 158 | -8% avg: 190 |
Auto Theft Weight: 5% | 14 #139 of 158 | -69% avg: 46 | 68 #149 of 158 | -69% avg: 217 |
Theft Over $5000 Weight: 4% | 5 #113 of 158 | -60% avg: 12 | 24 #132 of 158 | -57% avg: 57 |
Theft from Vehicle Weight: 3% | 13 #148 of 158 | -70% avg: 43 | 63 #153 of 158 | -70% avg: 208 |
Bicycle Theft Weight: 2% | 15 #39 of 158 | +12% avg: 13 | 73 #38 of 158 | +13% 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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