The official Toronto crime map is the Toronto Police Service Public Safety Data Portal, which maps reported crime across the city with locations moved to the nearest intersection. For the bigger picture, Statistics Canada’s 2025 figures put the Toronto metro area’s Crime Severity Index (CSI) at 55.0, down 7% on 2024 and well below the Canadian figure of 75.0. The crime rate was 3,950 incidents per 100,000 people, down 5%.
Data: Statistics Canada, police-reported crime statistics for 2025 (released 22 July 2026), Crime Severity Index and incident-based crime tables. Figures are for the Toronto census metropolitan area unless stated; “Toronto Police” figures cover the City of Toronto only. Map features described below were checked on the Toronto Police data portal. Comparisons and percentages not in the release are our own arithmetic. Updated 5 October 2026.
What the official Toronto crime map shows
Toronto Police publish their maps through the Public Safety Data Portal. Two interactive crime apps are the most useful for checking an area:
- Year-to-date crime app. Covers the current year and, according to the portal, is updated every six hours. It includes the service’s community safety indicators plus bicycle thefts and motor vehicle thefts.
- Year-end crime app. A snapshot of completed years, covering Major Crime Indicators, homicides, shootings, bicycle thefts and motor vehicle thefts.
Both apps let you filter by crime category, neighbourhood and police division. Toronto Police also offer maps of crime by neighbourhood, calls for service and fatal traffic collisions.
Two details matter when you read the map. First, the portal says crime locations “have been deliberately offset to the nearest road intersection node” to protect privacy, so a dot does not mark a specific house or business. Second, homicides and shootings are mapped by the date they happened, while other categories use the date they were reported. The portal also notes that homicide and shooting data can be delayed, especially over weekends and holidays.
How to use the Toronto crime map, step by step
- Open the Toronto Police Public Safety Data Portal and choose the year-to-date crime app for recent activity, or the year-end app for full past years.
- Search for the address, intersection or neighbourhood you care about and zoom in to a walkable radius.
- Filter by crime type. Break-ins and car theft matter most for homes and parking; assaults and robberies matter more for walking routes.
- Set a long enough time window. A few weeks of data can look empty or alarming by chance; a full year is a fairer picture.
- Compare with a second area you know well, so you have a baseline rather than judging a cluster of dots in isolation.
- Read the portal’s terms and notes before drawing conclusions, especially about offsets and counts by neighbourhood.
What a crime map can’t tell you
Crime maps are helpful but limited. Keep these points in mind:
- Offsets cluster dots. Because incidents are moved to the nearest intersection, busy junctions can look like hotspots. Toronto Police note that, because of the offset, counts by division and neighbourhood “may not reflect the exact count of occurrences reported within these geographies”.
- Only reported crime appears. Statistics Canada’s victimization survey found that in 2019 only about 29% of victimizations were reported to police.
- Footfall drives counts. Crime tends to concentrate where lots of people are: downtown, nightlife strips, shopping centres and transit hubs. More incidents in a busy area does not mean a higher personal risk per visit.
- Map counts are not the CSI. The CSI weights serious offences more heavily, so a map full of minor thefts can sit alongside a low severity score.
Toronto crime in 2025: the key numbers
These are Statistics Canada figures for the Toronto census metropolitan area, which is wider than the City of Toronto.
| Measure | Toronto CMA 2025 | Toronto CMA 2024 | Canada 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crime Severity Index | 55.0 | 59.4 | 75.0 |
| Crime rate per 100,000 | 3,950 | 4,177 | 5,585 |
| Homicide rate per 100,000 | 0.91 (64 victims) | 1.90 | 1.61 |
| Motor vehicle theft per 100,000 | 238 (16,711) | 325 | 201 |
| Break and enter per 100,000 | 169 (11,886) | 184 | 262 |
| Robbery per 100,000 | 60 (4,235) | 73 | 55 |
| Shoplifting ($5,000 or under) per 100,000 | 386 (27,132) | 328 | 502 |
The picture is mostly one of decline. Car theft fell 27% by rate, the homicide rate roughly halved and robbery dropped about 17% (our arithmetic). Shoplifting is the main exception, up about 18%.
For the City of Toronto alone, the Toronto Police Service’s CSI was 59.98 in 2025, down from 68.62 in 2024 (about 13% lower). Its violent CSI fell from 99.83 to 81.11. Among Canada’s six largest metro areas, only Ottawa had a lower CSI than Toronto in 2025.
The full figures are in Statistics Canada’s 2025 crime release and its Crime Severity Index table. Remember that a metro area’s figures blend busy city centres with quieter suburbs, so they describe the region as a whole, not any one street.
How Canada Crime Map helps
Police maps show individual incidents; our job is context. Our Canada crime map (coming soon) will put official Statistics Canada figures for every metro area side by side, so you can see how Toronto compares with the rest of the country. For a fuller look at Toronto’s trends, crime types and safety at night, read our guide Is Toronto safe?
Want Toronto’s crime map on your phone?
Safety App Canada puts official crime data on a live map, plans walking routes that avoid high-risk areas and sends one-tap SOS alerts to the people you trust. Coming soon to Android and iPhone.
Toronto crime map FAQ
Is there an official crime map for Toronto?
Yes. The Toronto Police Service runs a Public Safety Data Portal with interactive year-to-date and year-end crime apps, plus maps of crime by neighbourhood and calls for service.
How up to date is the Toronto Police crime map?
The portal says its year-to-date crime app is updated every six hours. Homicide and shooting data can lag, particularly on weekends and holidays.
Why are so many crimes shown at the same intersection?
Toronto Police deliberately move each incident to the nearest road intersection to protect privacy. Several nearby incidents can therefore appear stacked on one point.
Is crime in Toronto going down?
By Statistics Canada’s 2025 figures, yes: the Toronto metro CSI fell 7% to 55.0 and the crime rate fell 5% to 3,950 per 100,000. Shoplifting rose, while car theft, robbery and break-ins fell.
Can I use the map to decide where to rent or buy?
It is a useful starting point, not a verdict. Look at a full year, compare with areas you know, and remember that busy streets record more incidents simply because more people pass through.
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