Photo: Loozrboy from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Birchcliffe-Cliffside sees less crime per resident than 64% of Canadian towns
Weighted by seriousness, its crime scores 66 on the index for 2023–2025, beside 60.3 for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Even so, the index fell from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025. Counting crime the police covering Birchcliffe-Cliffside reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades B for safety: #363 of 862 in Ontario. Per 1,000 residents, 7.0 cases of property crime were recorded a year (7.8 in the typical Toronto neighbourhood).
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. Crime severity and crime rate: one figure for all of the Toronto service area.
The B for Birchcliffe-Cliffside, and how it is built
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: #363 of 862 in Ontario and #652 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.
Birchcliffe-Cliffside against the rest of Toronto
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Property crime per 1,000 a year
Of 158 Toronto neighbourhoods, Birchcliffe-Cliffside comes 81st counting from the lowest rate: above the typical one.
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 |
| … | |||
| 79 | West Queen West | 7.4 | 8 |
| 80 | Briar Hill-Belgravia | 7.4 | 8.9 |
| 81 | Birchcliffe-Cliffside | 7.5 | 7 |
| 82 | Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn | 7.5 | 5.9 |
| 83 | Wychwood | 7.5 | 6.8 |
| … | |||
| 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.
What Toronto’s police record, by type
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.
Birchcliffe-Cliffside, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 69.5, and its lowest 2025, at 60. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ moved from 64.3 to 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Birchcliffe-Cliffside | 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 Birchcliffe-Cliffside, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Birchcliffe-Cliffside
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birchcliffe-Cliffside | 23,115 | 66 | 92.6 | B |
| Oakridge | 13,913 | 66 | 92.6 | C+ |
| Clairlea-Birchmount | 27,690 | 66 | 92.6 | C+ |
| Taylor-Massey | 15,050 | 66 | 92.6 | B+ |
| East End-Danforth | 22,055 | 66 | 92.6 | B− |
| O'Connor-Parkview | 18,746 | 66 | 92.6 | B+ |
| Kennedy Park | 17,156 | 66 | 92.6 | C |
Same police, same number: 6 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- What clearance means. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
Questions about safety in Birchcliffe-Cliffside
Is Birchcliffe-Cliffside safe?
With 12 violent incidents and 34.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Birchcliffe-Cliffside comes to 66 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more have a median of 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Birchcliffe-Cliffside?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 19.5, assault at 6.6 and fraud at 5.1, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Birchcliffe-Cliffside?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 14%, to 60 from 69.5.
How much of Birchcliffe-Cliffside’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 51% of violent crime and 19% of everything else, 31% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police service that covers 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).