Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Blake-Jones records less crime than three in five Canadian towns
A Crime Severity Index of 66, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 60.3 for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. In 2023 the index stood at 69.5; it fell to 60 in 2025. Measured on crime the police covering Blake-Jones reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of B: #371 of 862 in Ontario. Property crime averaged 6.3 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, against 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: the Toronto service area.
The B for Blake-Jones, 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: #371 of 862 in Ontario and #726 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.
Blake-Jones against the rest of Toronto
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Property crime per 1,000 a year
Blake-Jones records more than the typical Toronto neighbourhood, 106th of 158 from the lowest.
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 |
| … | |||
| 104 | Newtonbrook West | 9.1 | 12.6 |
| 105 | East End-Danforth | 9.2 | 7.3 |
| 106 | Blake-Jones | 9.4 | 6.3 |
| 107 | Elms-Old Rexdale | 9.4 | 10 |
| 108 | Rexdale-Kipling | 9.5 | 9.9 |
| … | |||
| 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.
Crime across Toronto, 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.
Blake-Jones, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (69.5); the low point came in 2025, at 60. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, runs from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Blake-Jones | 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 Blake-Jones, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Blake-Jones
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake-Jones | 7,494 | 66 | 92.6 | B |
| North Riverdale | 11,491 | 66 | 92.6 | B |
| South Riverdale | 28,264 | 66 | 92.6 | C |
| Greenwood-Coxwell | 14,146 | 66 | 92.6 | B− |
| Danforth | 9,364 | 66 | 92.6 | C |
| Playter Estates-Danforth | 7,712 | 66 | 92.6 | C− |
| Danforth East York | 17,073 | 66 | 92.6 | A− |
Sharing its police with 6 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Blake-Jones
Is Blake-Jones safe?
The short answer is an index of 66 for Blake-Jones (2023–2025), built from 12 violent incidents and 34.4 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. The middle of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Blake-Jones?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 19.5 per 1,000 residents a year, then assault (6.6) and fraud (5.1).
Is crime going up in Blake-Jones?
It went down 14% between 2023 and 2025, from 69.5 to 60.
How much of Blake-Jones’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 31% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+); split up, that is 51% of violent and 19% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
The city force’s, one set of figures for the 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).