Photo: SimonP · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime in Cliffcrest is close to typical for Canadian towns
Its Crime Severity Index dropped from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 by 2025. Weighted by seriousness, its crime scores 66 on the index for 2023–2025, beside 60.3 for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Weighing it all, Cliffcrest earns B− for safety (#632 of 862 in Ontario), with close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported over 2023 to 2025. About 31% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 38% 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. Area-wide: crime severity and crime rate, counted over the Toronto service area.
What’s behind Cliffcrest’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: #632 of 862 in Ontario and #1,304 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.
Cliffcrest among Toronto’s neighbourhoods
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Property crime per 1,000 a year
Counting up from the quietest, Cliffcrest stands 112th of 158 in Toronto, on the higher side.
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 |
| … | |||
| 110 | Scarborough Village | 9.6 | 8.8 |
| 111 | Yonge-Eglinton | 9.8 | 7.4 |
| 112 | Cliffcrest | 9.9 | 8.7 |
| 113 | Weston-Pelham Park | 9.9 | 7.7 |
| 114 | Dovercourt Village | 9.9 | 9.5 |
| … | |||
| 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.
Cliffcrest, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 69.5, against a low of 60 in 2025. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, 2023 gave 64.3 and 2025 gave 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Cliffcrest | 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 Cliffcrest, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Cliffcrest
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliffcrest | 16,184 | 66 | 92.6 | B− |
| Kennedy Park | 17,156 | 66 | 92.6 | C |
| Eglinton East | 22,820 | 66 | 92.6 | B− |
| Scarborough Village | 16,774 | 66 | 92.6 | B− |
| Ionview | 13,382 | 66 | 92.6 | B+ |
| Bendale South | 10,885 | 66 | 92.6 | B+ |
| Clairlea-Birchmount | 27,690 | 66 | 92.6 | C+ |
Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 6 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. 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.
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- An index, not a verdict. 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 Cliffcrest
Is Cliffcrest safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Cliffcrest scores 66 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 12 violent and 34.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Cliffcrest?
Top of the list is theft under $5,000 (19.5 per 1,000 residents a year); assault, at 6.6, and fraud, at 5.1, follow.
Is crime going up in Cliffcrest?
No: the index fell 14%, from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
How much of Cliffcrest’s crime do police solve?
About 31% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 51% of violent and 19% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ is 38%.
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).