15 Toronto Crime Statistics and Trends for 2025

Any­one con­cerned with pub­lic safe­ty — whether a home­own­er, renter, busi­ness own­er, or pol­i­cy­mak­er — should stay informed about crime trends in Toron­to.

At Pro­tec­tion Plus, we’ve ana­lyzed data from law enforce­ment, inde­pen­dent stud­ies, and crime report­ing to find 15 Toron­to crime sta­tis­tics you need to know. Under­stand­ing these stats will help you iden­ti­fy risks, improve home secu­ri­ty, enhance busi­ness secu­ri­ty, and keep you informed about crim­i­nal activ­i­ty.

Let’s dive in.

Toronto Crime Statistics — 2024 Overview

Crime data from the Toron­to Police Ser­vice (TPS) reveals:

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• Homi­cide in Toron­to sky­rock­et­ed in 2024, with 85 mur­ders com­pared to 73 in 2023.
• Assaults increased from 46.5% of report­ed major crime indi­ca­tors (MCIs) in 2023 to more than half (50.6%) of reports in 2024.
• Auto theft reports were the low­est since 2021, indi­cat­ing relief from years of surg­ing car­jack­ings. With 9,598 reports in 2024, auto thefts fell from the peak of 12,515 (27.7% of all MCIs) in 2023.
• Break-and-enter decreased from 7,644 reports in 2023 to 6,860 in 2024.
• Sex­u­al vio­la­tions con­tin­ue to go up, reach­ing 3,551 reports fol­low­ing a con­sis­tent rise since 2020.
• The surge in rob­beries since 2021 is slow­ing, increas­ing slight­ly from 3,144 reports in 2023 to 3,196 in 2024.
• Theft over $1,000 con­tin­ues to climb, with 1,872 reports in 2024 com­pared to 1,736 in 2023.

Toronto Crime Statistics and Trends — 2025 Snapshot vs. 5‑Year Breakdown

The fol­low­ing Toron­to crime sta­tis­tics are based on year-to-date reports from the TPS as of August 2025, with com­par­isons to the year-to-date in 2024 and crime trends since 2020.

1. Major crimes drop 11.2% year-over-year, but total crimes have steeply risen over the past 5 years

Toron­to is on track for a wel­come decrease in major crimes in 2025. As of August, near­ly all MCIs in the city have declined com­pared to the year-to-date in 2024, with 26,095 year­ly reports to date ver­sus 29,505 by the same month the pre­vi­ous year.

2. There were roughly 3 murders per 100,000 residents in 2024 — but 2025 is on track to halve that number

As of August 2025, there had been 23 mur­ders report­ed in the city of Toron­to, a steep decline of 56.6% over the 53 homi­cides report­ed dur­ing the same peri­od the pre­vi­ous year. By the end of 2024, 85 homi­cides were record­ed.

• In 2021, Toron­to saw a sim­i­lar spike in the homi­cide rate, with 85 mur­ders record­ed that year.

3. Shooting incidents increased 33.6% to 461 in 2024, with 43 gun deaths

There were 43 deaths and 120 injuries in Toron­to last year as shoot­ings spiked from 345 in 2023 to 461 in 2024.

• This rep­re­sents a 48.3% increase in deaths year-over-year, but a 13.7% decrease in injuries.
• 2020 still holds the five-year high for shoot­ing inci­dents with 462. There were 39 police-report­ed gun deaths that year and 178 injuries.
• As of August 2025, there had been 160 shoot­ing events (a 45.6% decrease), 12 gun deaths and 66 injuries.
• Near­ly 90% of crime guns seized in Toron­to come from the U.S.
• Accord­ing to Sta­tis­tics Cana­da, approx­i­mate­ly one in sev­en shoot­ing inci­dents nation­wide are linked to tow-truck indus­try turf wars.

4. Assaults in Toronto have slightly decreased in 2025 after climbing steadily since 2020

A total of 14,212 year­ly assaults had been report­ed in Toron­to as of August 2025, a 2.4% decrease from the same peri­od in 2024. This is the first time assaults have decreased year-over-year dur­ing the report­ing peri­od.

• This includes 2,451 assaults with a weapon so far in 2025 com­pared to 2,580 in the same time peri­od the pre­vi­ous year.
• There were a total of 4,564 assaults with a weapon report­ed in 2024.
• As of August 2025, there have been 616 assaults with bod­i­ly harm report­ed, com­pa­ra­ble to 623 reports filed by the same month the pre­vi­ous year.
• In 2024, there were a total of 1,075 assaults with bod­i­ly harm report­ed.

5. Sexual violations have declined 15% so far in 2025, following the consistent upward trend over the past 5 years

Reports of 1,770 sex­u­al vio­la­tions had been received by the Toron­to Police Ser­vice as of August 2025, com­pared to 2,088 by August 2024.

• This includes 1,484 reports of sex­u­al assault to date in 2025, down from 1,666 reports dur­ing the same peri­od the pre­vi­ous year.
• In 2024, there were a total of 2,866 sex­u­al assaults report­ed.

6. Robberies have dropped 12.1% in 2025 after several years of growth

A total of 1,611 rob­beries had been report­ed by August 2025, com­pared to 1,838 year-to-date in 2024.

• This includes 428 reports of rob­bery with a weapon so far in 2025, a decrease from 525 at the same point the year before.
• In 2024, there were a total of 912 reports of rob­bery with a weapon.

7. Auto thefts have dropped by 33.8% in 2025, following explosive growth over the past 5 years

As of August 2025, theft of auto­mo­biles had fall­en by one-third over the same time peri­od in 2024, with 3,859 auto thefts report­ed ver­sus 5,854 by that point the pre­vi­ous year. This is a hope­ful sign con­sid­er­ing Toronto’s car­jack­ing epi­dem­ic.

• The largest year-to-date spike occurred in 2023, with a mas­sive 47.7% increase and 7,322 auto thefts report­ed by August of that year.

8. Break-and-enters are down 12.3% in 2025, with a generally stable 5‑year trend

There were 3,502 reports of break­ing and enter­ing by August 2025, com­pared to 3,999 reports by the same month the pre­vi­ous year.

• This includes 499 reports of B&E with intent to com­mit a crime so far in 2025, a sig­nif­i­cant decrease from 554 by the same time in 2024.
• The year-end total for reports of B&E with intent reached 971 in 2024.
• Over the past five years, the largest spike in break-and-enters occurred in 2023, with year-end totals increas­ing 25.27% over 2022.

9. Theft over $1,000 has risen 8.4% in 2025 — the only MCI to increase

As of August, there had been 1,118 reports of theft over $1,000 for the year, com­pared to 1,033 over the same peri­od in 2024.

Toronto Crime Statistics by Neighbourhood

TPS data reveals how Toron­to neigh­bour­hoods ranked in 2024 based on the num­ber of MCI reports.

10. In 2024, West Humber/Clairville had the most MCI reports with 1,355, while Lambton Baby Point had the fewest with 72

Here are the 10 Toron­to neigh­bour­hoods with the most MCI reports in 2024, with the per­cent­age of change since 2023:

1. West Humber/Clairville: 1,355 (14.1% decrease)
2. Mim­ico-Queensway: 1,054 (51.4% increase)
3. Down­town Yonge East: 978 (2.7% decrease)
4. York Uni­ver­si­ty Heights: 969 (12.8% decrease)
5. Moss Park: 933 (3% decrease)
6. Yonge-Bay Cor­ri­dor: 879 (3.4% increase)
7. Kens­ing­ton-Chi­na­town: 843 (4.2% increase)
8. St. Lawrence — East Bayfront — The Islands: 794 (14.1% increase)
9. Welling­ton Place: 774 (3.5% increase)
10. NSA: 764 (13.7% increase)

These 10 Toron­to neigh­bour­hoods saw the low­est MCI reports in 2024:

1. Lambton Baby Point: 72 (7.7% decrease)
2. Guild­wood: 89 (11.9% decrease)
3. Wood­bine-Lums­den: 91 (40% increase)
4. Blake-Jones: 105 (27.6% decrease)
5. For­est Hill North: 110 (41.5% decrease)
6. Cale­do­nia Fair­bank: 111 (10.5% decrease)
7. Avon­dale: 113 (1.8% increase)
8. Cen­ten­ni­al Scar­bor­ough: 117 (1.7% decrease)
9. Maple Leaf: 117 (9.3% decrease)
10. Pleas­ant View: 120 (14.9% decrease)

11. MCI reports in Mimico-Queensway jumped 51% from 2023 to 2024, while reports in Forest Hill North fell 41%

These five Toron­to neigh­bour­hoods saw the most sig­nif­i­cant per­cent­age increase in MCI reports from 2023 to 2024:

1. Mim­ico-Queensway increased 51.4% to 1,054.
2. Wood­bine-Lums­den increased 40% to 91.
3. Yonge-Egling­ton increased 36.2% to 297.
4. Elms-Old Rex­dale increased 32.6% to 183.
5. Hum­bert Heights-West­mount increased 30% to 130 reports.

These five neigh­bour­hoods saw the most sig­nif­i­cant per­cent­age decrease in MCI reports from 2023 to 2024:

1. For­est Hill North decreased 41.5% to 110.
2. Kingsway South decreased 40.6% to 136 reports.
3. Princess-Rosethorn decreased 39.5% to 141.
4. For­est Hill South decreased 38.8% to 137.
5. Lea­side-Ben­ning­ton decreased 35.7% to 146.

Violent Crime and Property Crime — Toronto and Ontario Ranked

A 2025 report from the Fras­er Insti­tute com­pares the rates of vio­lent crime and prop­er­ty crime in Toron­to and the Ontario cen­sus met­ro­pol­i­tan area (CMA) to nation­al crime trends.

12. By CMA, Toronto ranks 24th in violent crime

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Per 100,000 peo­ple in Toron­to, there were just over 200 vio­lent crimes from 2019–2020. This ranks Toron­to high­er than Cana­di­an cities like Que­bec and Ottawa, but low­er than cities like Edmon­ton, Mon­tre­al, Cal­gary, and Van­cou­ver.

• Win­nipeg has the high­est rate of vio­lent crimes, with rough­ly 670 offences per 100,000 pop­u­la­tion.
• Mean­while, Sher­brooke has the low­est rate, with a fig­ure near 0.1%.
• The nation­al aver­age is approx­i­mate­ly 260 offences per 100,000 peo­ple.

13. Ontario ranks 4th in violent crime nationwide

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Over the past 20 years, Ontario, which includes Toron­to, has most­ly main­tained a rank of fourth in vio­lent crime among Cana­di­an CMAs.

• Saskatchewan and Man­i­to­ba have con­sis­tent­ly led in vio­lent crime since 2004, with rough­ly 500 offences per 100,000 pop­u­la­tion in 2022.
• Alber­ta and British Colum­bia also gen­er­al­ly have high­er rates of vio­lent crime than Ontario, with BC dip­ping below Ontario from 2017 to 2018.
• Gen­er­al­ly, vio­lent crime rates are low­est in Que­bec and Atlantic Cana­da (AC). AC includes provinces New­found­land and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Sco­tia, and New Brunswick.

14. Toronto ranks 27th in property crime nationwide

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In Toron­to from 2019 to 2022, the prop­er­ty crime rate was rough­ly 1,750 per 100,000 pop­u­la­tion. This places Toron­to high­er than major cities like Que­bec, Mon­tre­al, and Ottawa (Que­bec), but low­er than Ottawa (ON/QC), Hal­i­fax, Vic­to­ria, Cal­gary, Van­cou­ver, and oth­ers.

• The top three Cana­di­an cities with the high­est prop­er­ty crime rates are Regi­na, Saska­toon (5,500 per 100,000), Kelow­na, British Colum­bia (4,900 per 100,000), and Leth­bridge, Alber­ta (4,500 per 100,000).
• The nation­al aver­age for prop­er­ty crime is approx­i­mate­ly 2,500 per 100,000 pop­u­la­tion.

15. Ontario ranks 5th in property crime nationwide

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Ontario, which includes Toron­to, has long bat­tled the Atlantic CMA to rank fifth in prop­er­ty crime, with the CMAs fre­quent­ly switch­ing places in the rank­ings over the past two decades. The Atlantic CMA includes the east­ern provinces. The most recent data for Ontario shows a rate of about 2,000 prop­er­ty crimes per 100,000 pop­u­la­tion.

• Saskatchewan and Man­i­to­ba are near­ly tied with Alber­ta in prop­er­ty crime, lead­ing the nation with rough­ly 3,200 offences per 100,000 pop­u­la­tion.
• Prop­er­ty crime rates are low­est in British Colum­bia, with approx­i­mate­ly 1,000 offences per 100,000 pop­u­la­tion.

What These Toronto Crime Statistics Reveal

Toron­to crime sta­tis­tics paint a pic­ture of a city expe­ri­enc­ing both progress and per­sis­tent chal­lenges. While many major crime indi­ca­tors are declin­ing this year — includ­ing homi­cides, shoot­ings, auto thefts, rob­beries, and break-ins — these drops fol­low sev­er­al years of steady increas­es. This sug­gests that while short-term trends are promis­ing, long-term vig­i­lance remains essen­tial.

At the neigh­bour­hood lev­el, datasets reveal extreme vari­a­tion in crime rates from one part of the city to anoth­er, with dou­ble-dig­it increas­es or sig­nif­i­cant reduc­tions.

Toron­to con­tin­ues to rank in the mid-range nation­al­ly for both vio­lent and prop­er­ty crime, show­ing that Canada’s largest city isn’t immune to broad­er provin­cial or nation­al crime trends.

These pat­terns rein­force the need for proac­tive secu­ri­ty — espe­cial­ly in areas or cat­e­gories where crime is still ele­vat­ed.

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