Photo: OldYorkGuy · CC BY-SA 3.0Annex sees more crime per resident than three in four Canadian towns
By 2025 the index had dropped to 60, down from 69.5 in 2023. Still, that puts it at C for safety, judged on crime the police covering Annex reported from 2023 to 2025: #795 of 862 in Ontario. There were 12.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, compared with 7.8 in the typical Toronto neighbourhood. The index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 66 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 60.3 for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Statistics Canada, police-reported crime, 2023–2025 means. The index weighs each crime by its seriousness; rates are incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Shared with the rest of the Toronto service area: crime severity and crime rate.
Annex: C for safety, and why
The grade weighs the Crime Severity Index and its violent half, averaged over 2023–2025, against every Canadian town and city neighbourhood of 1,000 people or more.
Its place: #795 of 862 in Ontario and #1,821 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Annex among Toronto’s neighbourhoods
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Property crime per 1,000 a year
Ranked from the lowest rate, Annex is 135th of Toronto’s 158 neighbourhoods, past the middle.
Toronto’s neighbourhoods, lowest rate first
| # | Neighbourhood | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leaside-Bennington | 2.1 | 9.4 |
| 2 | Steeles | 2.5 | 4.3 |
| 3 | Lawrence Park South | 2.5 | 9.3 |
| 4 | Yonge-St.Clair | 3 | 6.4 |
| 5 | Lawrence Park North | 3.2 | 7.6 |
| … | |||
| 133 | South Parkdale | 12.5 | 7.1 |
| 134 | Black Creek | 12.6 | 7.1 |
| 135 | Annex | 12.6 | 12.5 |
| 136 | Bendale-Glen Andrew | 12.6 | 12.1 |
| 137 | New Toronto | 12.7 | 8.4 |
| … | |||
| 154 | Kensington-Chinatown | 23.8 | 23.8 |
| 155 | Moss Park | 24.2 | 12.6 |
| 156 | Downtown Yonge East | 29.6 | 18.4 |
| 157 | Mimico-Queensway | 34.7 | 7.6 |
| 158 | Yonge-Bay Corridor | 38.2 | 27.5 |
Toronto Police Service, Neighbourhood Crime Rates (City of Toronto Open Data, OGL-Toronto), 2023–2025: assault, robbery, homicide and shootings; break and enter, auto theft, theft from vehicles, theft over $5,000 and bicycle theft, per 1,000 residents by TPS’s own counts.
Toronto’s own neighbourhood figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Which crimes make up Toronto’s figures
These are Toronto’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Toronto runs highest on robbery (0.8 per 1,000 against 0.4), motor vehicle theft (3.3 per 1,000 against 1.7) and theft under $5,000 (19.5 per 1,000 against 11.5).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 65 | 0.02 | 75% |
| Sexual violations against children | 214 | 0.07 | 61% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 890.7 | 0.3 | 85% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 514.3 | 0.2 | 34% |
| Robbery | 2,723.3 | 0.8 | 43% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 202.7 | 0.06 | 83% |
| Other violent violations | 454.7 | 0.1 | 42% |
| Breaking and entering | 6,580.3 | 2 | 23% |
| Possession of stolen property | 679.3 | 0.2 | 84% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 10,504.7 | 3.3 | 5% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1,603.7 | 0.5 | 11% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 62,883 | 19.5 | 13% |
| Mischief | 11,965.3 | 3.7 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 1,117 | 0.3 | 70% |
| Administration of justice violations | 10,530.3 | 3.3 | 84% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1,117 | 0.3 | 55% |
| Drug violations | 1,132.7 | 0.4 | 76% |
| Impaired driving | 1,592.3 | 0.5 | 96% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 167 | 0.05 | 23% |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment: incidents a year are its own, the town’s share is only estimated in the tiles. Cleared: incidents solved by a charge or otherwise, as a share of those reported.
Incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 means, against the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Annex, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 69.5; the lightest was 2025, at 60. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Annex | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 68.6 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 69.5 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Annex, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Annex
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annex | 30,705 | 66 | 92.6 | C |
| University | 7,595 | 66 | 92.6 | D |
| Casa Loma | 11,369 | 66 | 92.6 | B+ |
| Bay-Cloverhill | 17,591 | 66 | 92.6 | B |
| Church-Wellesley | 22,415 | 66 | 92.6 | C |
| Palmerston-Little Italy | 13,171 | 66 | 92.6 | B |
| Yonge-St.Clair | 13,177 | 66 | 92.6 | A |
Its police also cover 6 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- An index, not a verdict. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Annex
Is Annex safe?
Against a typical 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, Annex’s Crime Severity Index stands at 66 for 2023–2025. Its police record 12 violent incidents and 34.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Annex?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 19.5 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of assault (6.6) and fraud (5.1).
Is crime going up in Annex?
It went down 14% between 2023 and 2025, from 69.5 to 60.
How much of Annex’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 31%: 51% for violent crime and 19% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ it is 38%.
Whose figures are these?
The city police’s, as reported for the whole city.
Source: Statistics Canada, police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025 (Statistics Canada Open Licence); TownRatings calculation.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, police services (tables 35-10-0186 to 0190, 0061, 0063, 0064), 2023–2025 · Statistics Canada, Incident-based crime statistics by detailed violations, police services (35-10-0178 to 0185) · Toronto Police Service, Neighbourhood Crime Rates (OGL-Toronto) · Safety Grade: TownRatings calculation. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).