Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 4.0Forest Hill North records less crime per resident than 81% of Canadian towns
Statistics Canada puts its Crime Severity Index at 66 for 2023–2025; the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ scores 60.3. Property crime averaged 6.6 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, compared with 7.8 in the typical Toronto neighbourhood. Graded on crime the police covering Forest Hill North reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores A− for safety: #207 of 862 in Ontario. Add to that, in 2023 the index stood at 69.5; it fell to 60 in 2025.
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.
The grade: A− for Forest Hill North
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: #207 of 862 in Ontario and #349 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.
How Forest Hill North compares across Toronto
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Property crime per 1,000 a year
Forest Hill North records less than the typical Toronto neighbourhood, 26th 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 |
| … | |||
| 24 | South Eglinton-Davisville | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 25 | Maple Leaf | 4.5 | 7 |
| 26 | Forest Hill North | 4.5 | 6.6 |
| 27 | East Willowdale | 4.8 | 10.4 |
| 28 | Eringate-Centennial-West Deane | 4.8 | 8.2 |
| … | |||
| 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.
Which crimes make up Toronto’s figures
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.
Forest Hill North, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 69.5, and 2025 the lightest 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 | Forest Hill North | 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 Forest Hill North, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Forest Hill North
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Hill North | 12,432 | 66 | 92.6 | A− |
| Forest Hill South | 11,059 | 66 | 92.6 | B− |
| Englemount-Lawrence | 21,455 | 66 | 92.6 | A− |
| Briar Hill-Belgravia | 14,590 | 66 | 92.6 | B− |
| Humewood-Cedarvale | 13,978 | 66 | 92.6 | A− |
| Lawrence Park South | 15,018 | 66 | 92.6 | B+ |
| Yonge-Eglinton | 12,424 | 66 | 92.6 | B− |
6 nearby places have no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- Severity, weighed. 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 Forest Hill North
Is Forest Hill North safe?
Statistics Canada puts Forest Hill North at 66 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more sit at 60.3 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 12 and property crimes at 34.4 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Forest Hill North?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 19.5 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come assault at 6.6 and fraud at 5.1.
Is crime going up in Forest Hill North?
It went down 14% between 2023 and 2025, from 69.5 to 60.
How much of Forest Hill North’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 31% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 51% of violent crime and 19% of the rest, 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).