Malvern West has less crime per resident than 70% of Canadian towns
Its Crime Severity Index dropped from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 by 2025. Add to that, the Safety Grade comes out at B+, drawn from crime the police covering Malvern West reported through 2023 to 2025: #267 of 862 in Ontario. Per 1,000 residents, 6.6 cases of property crime were recorded a year (7.8 in the typical Toronto neighbourhood). 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.
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 for the Toronto service area.
What’s behind Malvern West’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: #267 of 862 in Ontario and #502 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.
Malvern West among Toronto’s neighbourhoods
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Property crime per 1,000 a year
Counting up from the quietest, Malvern West stands 66th of 158 in Toronto, on the lower 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 |
| … | |||
| 64 | Thorncliffe Park | 6.7 | 7.3 |
| 65 | Bathurst Manor | 6.7 | 7.7 |
| 66 | Malvern West | 6.8 | 6.6 |
| 67 | Bay-Cloverhill | 6.8 | 8.5 |
| 68 | North Toronto | 6.8 | 4.7 |
| … | |||
| 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.
Malvern West, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (69.5); 2025 was the lightest, at 60. 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 | Malvern West | 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 Malvern West, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Malvern West
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malvern West | 17,354 | 66 | 92.6 | B+ |
| Malvern East | 26,113 | 66 | 92.6 | A− |
| Morningside Heights | 24,972 | 66 | 92.6 | B |
| Morningside | 17,708 | 66 | 92.6 | B+ |
| Woburn North | 26,662 | 66 | 92.6 | B− |
| Agincourt South-Malvern West | 24,438 | 66 | 92.6 | B− |
| Agincourt North | 27,790 | 66 | 92.6 | A− |
6 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
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. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Malvern West
Is Malvern West 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 Malvern West stands, with 12 violent and 34.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Malvern West?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 19.5 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of assault (6.6) and fraud (5.1).
Is crime going up in Malvern West?
The reverse: 69.5 in 2023 came down to 60 by 2025, 14% lower.
How much of Malvern West’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 51% of violent crime and 19% of everything else, 31% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, 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).