Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Morningside Heights records about as much crime as the typical place among Canadian towns
By 2025 the index had dropped to 60, down from 69.5 in 2023. Even so, the index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 66 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 60.3 for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Taking everything together, Morningside Heights scores B (#488 of 862 in Ontario): close to the middle of Canadian towns, measured on crime its police reported between 2023 and 2025. There were 9.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, compared with 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 sits behind Morningside Heights’s B
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: #488 of 862 in Ontario and #888 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 Morningside Heights sits within Toronto
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Property crime per 1,000 a year
Morningside Heights records less than the typical Toronto neighbourhood, 54th 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 |
| … | |||
| 52 | Kingsway South | 6 | 11 |
| 53 | Caledonia-Fairbank | 6 | 6.5 |
| 54 | Morningside Heights | 6.1 | 9.1 |
| 55 | Englemount-Lawrence | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| 56 | Fenside-Parkwoods | 6.1 | 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.
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.
Morningside Heights, 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 | Morningside Heights | 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 Morningside Heights, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Morningside Heights
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morningside Heights | 24,972 | 66 | 92.6 | B |
| Malvern East | 26,113 | 66 | 92.6 | A− |
| Malvern West | 17,354 | 66 | 92.6 | B+ |
| Highland Creek | 12,678 | 66 | 92.6 | B+ |
| Morningside | 17,708 | 66 | 92.6 | B+ |
| Box Grove | 25,496 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| Vinegar Hill | 19,543 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
Morningside Heights has the highest index of the places around it. Just 4.6 km away, Box Grove comes to 52.8, against 66. Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 4 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- What 100 means. 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.
- The clearance rate. 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.
Questions about safety in Morningside Heights
Is Morningside Heights safe?
Police-reported crime in Morningside Heights scores 66 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 12 violent incidents and 34.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Morningside Heights?
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 Morningside Heights?
The reverse: 69.5 in 2023 came down to 60 by 2025, 14% lower.
How much of Morningside Heights’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 31% of crime (51% of violent crime, 19% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 50,000+ clears 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).