Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainPer resident, Brookhaven-Amesbury records about as much crime as the typical place among Canadian towns
In 2023 the index stood at 69.5; it fell to 60 in 2025. What’s more, its Safety Grade, B− (#501 of 862 in Ontario), rests on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025: close to the middle of Canadian towns. A Crime Severity Index of 66, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 60.3 for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Each year brought 8.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, 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 published for the Toronto service area, not by town.
What’s behind Brookhaven-Amesbury’s grade
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: #501 of 862 in Ontario and #924 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.
Where Brookhaven-Amesbury sits within Toronto
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Property crime per 1,000 a year
Of 158 Toronto neighbourhoods, Brookhaven-Amesbury comes 95th 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 |
| … | |||
| 93 | Woburn North | 8.3 | 8.4 |
| 94 | Greenwood-Coxwell | 8.3 | 8.1 |
| 95 | Brookhaven-Amesbury | 8.5 | 8.2 |
| 96 | Rockcliffe-Smythe | 8.6 | 7.9 |
| 97 | Little Portugal | 8.6 | 7.4 |
| … | |||
| 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.
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.
Brookhaven-Amesbury, year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 69.5 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 60 in 2025. 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 | Brookhaven-Amesbury | 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 Brookhaven-Amesbury, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Brookhaven-Amesbury
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookhaven-Amesbury | 17,541 | 66 | 92.6 | B− |
| Rustic | 9,543 | 66 | 92.6 | B |
| Mount Dennis | 13,364 | 66 | 92.6 | B |
| Beechborough-Greenbrook | 6,419 | 66 | 92.6 | C+ |
| Maple Leaf | 10,040 | 66 | 92.6 | A− |
| Weston | 18,896 | 66 | 92.6 | C+ |
| Keelesdale-Eglinton West | 11,407 | 66 | 92.6 | B+ |
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
- Reading the number. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- Solved cases. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
Questions about safety in Brookhaven-Amesbury
Is Brookhaven-Amesbury safe?
Against a typical 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, Brookhaven-Amesbury’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 Brookhaven-Amesbury?
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 Brookhaven-Amesbury?
It went down 14% between 2023 and 2025, from 69.5 to 60.
How much of Brookhaven-Amesbury’s crime do police solve?
31%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ manages 38%. Violent crime is cleared at 51% and non-violent crime at 19%.
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).