Photo: Danielle Scott · CC BY-SA 2.0New Toronto sees more crime per resident than 62% of Canadian towns
For solved cases, the weighted rate is 31%, where the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ manages 38%. The index fell from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025. Its letter for safety is C+, worked out from crime the police covering New Toronto reported over 2023 to 2025: #734 of 862 in Ontario. 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: one figure for all of the Toronto service area.
The grade: C+ for New Toronto
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: #734 of 862 in Ontario and #1,555 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.
New Toronto among Toronto’s neighbourhoods
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
Property crime per 1,000 a year
Ranked from the lowest rate, New Toronto is 137th of Toronto’s 158 neighbourhoods, past the middle.
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 |
| … | |||
| 135 | Annex | 12.6 | 12.5 |
| 136 | Bendale-Glen Andrew | 12.6 | 12.1 |
| 137 | New Toronto | 12.7 | 8.4 |
| 138 | Beechborough-Greenbrook | 12.9 | 8.2 |
| 139 | Rosedale-Moore Park | 12.9 | 12.9 |
| … | |||
| 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.
What Toronto’s police record, 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.
New Toronto, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 69.5, and 2025 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 | New Toronto | 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 New Toronto, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around New Toronto
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Toronto | 11,502 | 66 | 92.6 | C+ |
| Long Branch | 11,400 | 66 | 92.6 | B+ |
| Mimico-Queensway | 18,207 | 66 | 92.6 | D |
| Alderwood | 12,596 | 66 | 92.6 | A− |
| Humber Bay Shores | 22,633 | 66 | 92.6 | A− |
| Stonegate-Queensway | 25,745 | 66 | 92.6 | B |
| Etobicoke City Centre | 23,856 | 66 | 92.6 | C− |
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
- 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.
- 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.
- What 100 means. 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.
Questions about safety in New Toronto
Is New Toronto safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, New Toronto scores 66 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 12 violent and 34.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, the median is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in New Toronto?
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 New Toronto?
It went down 14% between 2023 and 2025, from 69.5 to 60.
How much of New Toronto’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).