Photo: OldYorkGuy · CC BY-SA 3.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Danforth than in 70% of Canadian towns
It grades C for safety on crime the police covering Danforth reported from 2023 to 2025: #780 of 862 in Ontario. By contrast, its Crime Severity Index dropped from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 by 2025. On Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index, the 2023–2025 average is 66, where the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ sits at 60.3. 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 Danforth’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: #780 of 862 in Ontario and #1,764 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 Danforth sits within Toronto
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Property crime per 1,000 a year
Ranked from the lowest rate, Danforth is 149th 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 |
| … | |||
| 147 | York University Heights | 15.1 | 18.6 |
| 148 | West Hill | 15.2 | 9.4 |
| 149 | Danforth | 15.5 | 8.7 |
| 150 | Oakridge | 15.5 | 6.8 |
| 151 | Kennedy Park | 17.1 | 8.9 |
| … | |||
| 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.
Toronto’s crime, type 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.
Danforth, 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. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ moved from 64.3 to 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Danforth | 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 Danforth, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Danforth
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danforth | 9,364 | 66 | 92.6 | C |
| Danforth East York | 17,073 | 66 | 92.6 | A− |
| Old East York | 9,175 | 66 | 92.6 | B+ |
| Blake-Jones | 7,494 | 66 | 92.6 | B |
| Woodbine Corridor | 12,283 | 66 | 92.6 | B+ |
| Greenwood-Coxwell | 14,146 | 66 | 92.6 | B− |
| Woodbine-Lumsden | 7,928 | 66 | 92.6 | A− |
The comparison skips 6 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. 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.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- Reading the number. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
Questions about safety in Danforth
Is Danforth safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 66 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more: that is where Danforth stands, with 12 violent and 34.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Danforth?
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 Danforth?
The reverse: 69.5 in 2023 came down to 60 by 2025, 14% lower.
How much of Danforth’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?
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).