Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in High Park North than in 67% of Canadian towns
The index fell from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025. About 31% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Graded on crime the police covering High Park North reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores B+ for safety: #283 of 862 in Ontario. There were 6.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year (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. Measured across the Toronto service area: crime severity and crime rate.
What’s behind High Park North’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: #283 of 862 in Ontario and #547 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 High Park North sits within Toronto
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Property crime per 1,000 a year
High Park North records more than the typical Toronto neighbourhood, 89th 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 |
| … | |||
| 87 | Bendale South | 7.7 | 6.1 |
| 88 | Keelesdale-Eglinton West | 7.8 | 6.8 |
| 89 | High Park North | 7.8 | 6.1 |
| 90 | Woodbine Corridor | 7.8 | 5.7 |
| 91 | Morningside | 8.1 | 5.3 |
| … | |||
| 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.
High Park North, 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 typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | High Park 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 High Park North, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around High Park North
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Park North | 22,162 | 66 | 92.6 | B+ |
| Junction Area | 14,205 | 66 | 92.6 | C |
| Runnymede-Bloor West Village | 10,129 | 66 | 92.6 | B |
| Junction-Wallace Emerson | 23,484 | 66 | 92.6 | B− |
| High Park-Swansea | 22,970 | 66 | 92.6 | A− |
| Weston-Pelham Park | 10,680 | 66 | 92.6 | B− |
| Roncesvalles | 14,725 | 66 | 92.6 | B− |
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
- An index, not a verdict. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The index’s scale. 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.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in High Park North
Is High Park North safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, High Park North scores 66 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 12 violent and 34.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more the figure is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in High Park North?
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 High Park North?
No: the index fell 14%, from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
How much of High Park North’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?
The city police’s, as reported for 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).