Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0Crime in Mount Dennis sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
Across all the graded crimes, Mount Dennis lands on B (#484 of 862 in Ontario): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. About 31% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Even so, the index fell from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025. Statistics Canada puts its Crime Severity Index at 66 for 2023–2025; the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ scores 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. Measured across the Toronto service area: crime severity and crime rate.
The grade: B for Mount Dennis
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: #484 of 862 in Ontario and #876 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.
Mount Dennis among Toronto’s neighbourhoods
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Property crime per 1,000 a year
Mount Dennis records more than the typical Toronto neighbourhood, 102nd 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 |
| … | |||
| 100 | Ionview | 8.8 | 5.3 |
| 101 | Eglinton East | 8.9 | 9.3 |
| 102 | Mount Dennis | 8.9 | 7.2 |
| 103 | Harbourfront-CityPlace | 8.9 | 6.9 |
| 104 | Newtonbrook West | 9.1 | 12.6 |
| … | |||
| 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.
Mount Dennis, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 69.5, against a low of 60 in 2025. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, runs from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Mount Dennis | 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 Mount Dennis, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Mount Dennis
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Dennis | 13,364 | 66 | 92.6 | B |
| Rockcliffe-Smythe | 22,242 | 66 | 92.6 | B− |
| Brookhaven-Amesbury | 17,541 | 66 | 92.6 | B− |
| Humber Heights-Westmount | 10,427 | 66 | 92.6 | A− |
| Beechborough-Greenbrook | 6,419 | 66 | 92.6 | C+ |
| Weston | 18,896 | 66 | 92.6 | C+ |
| Keelesdale-Eglinton West | 11,407 | 66 | 92.6 | B+ |
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
- Cleared, not convicted. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- What the index measures. 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Mount Dennis
Is Mount Dennis 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 Mount Dennis stands, with 12 violent and 34.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Mount Dennis?
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 Mount Dennis?
No: the index fell 14%, from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
How much of Mount Dennis’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 31%: 51% for violent crime and 19% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ it is 38%.
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).