Safest Affordable Neighbourhoods in Toronto (2025 Crime Map)

Quick answer

Measured per resident, Toronto's least violent neighbourhoods in 2025 were Leaside-Bennington, Lawrence Park South, Forest Hill South and Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills, all with fewer than 280 violent incidents per 100,000 residents against a city median of 719. They are also among the most expensive.

If you need a lower rent too, Lambton Baby Point, West Rouge, East L'Amoreaux, Maple Leaf and Eringate-Centennial-West Deane combine below-median violent crime with below-median rents. 28 of the 158 neighbourhoods meet both tests.

Two things most crime maps miss: the wealthiest areas have little violence but some of the highest break-in rates, and car theft is concentrated in the north-west near Highways 401, 400 and 427.

Map: 158 neighbourhoods, per resident

Tap a neighbourhood to see its numbers.

Incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025. Personal safety = assault, robbery, shootings and homicide; car crime = car theft plus theft from cars. Rent: median monthly shelter cost for renters, 2021 census. Near a highway: share of the neighbourhood's area within 250 m of an expressway or ramp (City of Toronto Centreline). Each crime and rent colour is one fifth of the 158 neighbourhoods. "Use my location" works in your browser only; your location is not sent anywhere.

Safer and more affordable: the shortlist

Neighbourhoods where violent crime per resident and median renter shelter cost are both at or below the city median, ordered by violent crime.

Neighbourhood	Violent per 100k (2025)	Break-ins per 100k	Car crime per 100k	Renter shelter cost (2021)
Lambton Baby Point	313	35	139	$1,100
West Rouge	327	75	619	$1,400
East L'Amoreaux	376	234	247	$1,380
Maple Leaf	415	79	530	$1,290
Eringate-Centennial-West Deane	433	110	349	$1,450
Danforth East York	456	87	424	$1,230
L'Amoreaux West	489	162	357	$1,260
Keelesdale-Eglinton West	513	110	426	$1,210
Stonegate-Queensway	523	218	323	$1,280
Humewood-Cedarvale	526	212	242	$1,340
Milliken	551	254	1,006	$1,400
Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan	559	125	465	$1,330
Alderwood	585	202	355	$1,450
Malvern East	587	81	411	$1,300
Broadview North	591	97	300	$1,300

Check the car column if you will park outside: West Rouge and Milliken are low on violence but well above the city median of 376 car thefts and thefts from cars per 100,000.

Three patterns behind the numbers

Money buys less violence, not fewer break-ins. Rosedale-Moore Park (456 per 100,000) and Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills (403) have among the highest break-in rates in the city, more than twice the median of 173, while their violent crime is among the lowest.
Car theft follows the highways. West Humber-Clairville had 1,321 car thefts per 100,000 residents in 2025, about seven times the median, followed by Humber Summit, York University Heights and Milliken.
Some high rates are not about residents. Downtown areas such as Yonge-Bay Corridor and Downtown Yonge East draw far more visitors and workers than they house, which inflates per-resident rates. Mimico-Queensway has the highest violent rate on paper, but its assaults jumped from 230 in 2019 to 1,014 in 2025 while robberies stayed around 10; the Toronto South Detention Centre is in the Mimico area, and incidents inside an institution are counted where it sits.

The income split shows the first pattern clearly. Grouping the 158 neighbourhoods into five equal groups by median household income:

Per 100,000 residents, 2025	Lowest-income fifth	2nd	3rd	4th	Highest-income fifth
Median household income (2020)	$68,500	$77,750	$84,000	$92,000	$108,500
Robbery	77	92	59	63	52
Assault	876	678	624	672	417
Home break-ins	158	170	164	183	232
Car theft	193	250	189	178	185

Robbery and assault are highest where incomes are lowest, and break-ins highest where incomes are highest: there is more to steal from homes in wealthier areas, while street robbery and assault are more common in busier, lower-income areas.

House areas vs tower areas

Crime patterns depend on what people live in. We grouped neighbourhoods where at least 60% of homes are houses (detached, semi or row) and those where at least 60% are apartments in buildings of five or more storeys (2021 census), then compared the typical (median) neighbourhood in each group.

Per 100,000 residents, 2025	Mostly houses (30 areas)	Mostly towers (37 areas)	All 158
Personal safety (assault, robbery, shootings, homicide)	568	729	720
Assault	497	678	636
Robbery	64	57	70
Home break-ins	166	150	173
Car theft	241	98	193
Theft from cars	201	153	188
Bike theft	11	64	30

House areas: less violence, but about 2.5 times the car theft of tower areas. If you will park in a driveway, ask about anti-theft devices and insurance rates.
Tower areas: more assaults (likely in part because busy streets, transit and nightlife sit among the towers) and about six times the bike theft; use a secure bike room.
Break-ins are similar in both groups, at about the city median. In tower areas they include storage lockers, garages and businesses, not only apartments.

Living near a highway

Studies of roads in Toronto and Vancouver found traffic pollution is highest next to major roads and can stay elevated up to about 250 metres away (Metro Vancouver near-road study summary; University of Toronto NO2 mapping). We measured how much of each neighbourhood lies within 250 m of an expressway or its ramps (Highway 401, 427, 400, the Gardiner, the Don Valley Parkway and Allen Road).

About 11% of the city's land is within that distance, and 83 of the 158 neighbourhoods have none. The most exposed are Harbourfront-CityPlace (73%), Avondale (62%), South Parkdale (62%), Broadview North (54%), Henry Farm (53%). Distance is not the whole story: wind, building height and busy local streets matter too. Researchers found someone on a downtown side street surrounded by busy roads can breathe more traffic pollution than someone living right beside a major road in the suburbs.

Citywide trend

Incidents in Toronto	2019	2023	2024	2025
Violent (assault, robbery, shootings, homicide)	24,658	27,795	29,126	27,515
Break and enter	8,438	7,634	6,824	6,092
Auto theft	5,299	12,418	9,551	7,240
Shootings and firearm discharges	492	343	461	262
Homicides	79	72	85	45

All five fell in 2025. Car thefts are down 42% from their 2023 peak but still above 2019, and break-ins have fallen every year since 2019. Across Canada's cities, Toronto's overall crime severity is among the lowest; see crime rate by city.

All 158 neighbourhoods

Show the full table, ordered from least to most violent crime per resident

#	Neighbourhood	Population (2025)	Violent per 100k	Break-ins per 100k	Car thefts per 100k	Renter shelter cost (2021)
1	Leaside-Bennington	18,786	224	181	298	$1,480
2	Lawrence Park South	16,984	236	289	177	$1,800
3	Forest Hill South	12,216	270	327	106	$1,640
4	Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills	11,654	275	403	197	$3,080
5	Steeles	25,699	280	179	140	$1,500
6	Bedford Park-Nortown	25,205	290	250	151	$1,480
7	Yonge-St.Clair	15,507	297	374	64	$1,680
8	Lawrence Park North	16,574	308	235	97	$1,660
9	Lambton Baby Point	8,614	313	35	93	$1,100
10	Centennial Scarborough	14,695	320	191	150	$1,500
11	Princess-Rosethorn	12,441	322	386	185	$1,590
12	West Rouge	22,634	327	75	446	$1,400
13	Henry Farm	25,449	346	55	193	$1,860
14	Mount Pleasant East	19,611	347	204	224	$1,510
15	Bayview Woods-Steeles	13,992	350	229	143	$1,940
16	East Willowdale	17,619	358	199	182	$2,000
17	Edenbridge-Humber Valley	18,577	361	242	231	$1,510
18	East L'Amoreaux	23,908	376	234	167	$1,380
19	Agincourt North	29,974	390	93	327	$1,480
20	Maple Leaf	11,327	415	79	309	$1,290
21	Forest Hill North	13,826	419	159	72	$1,500
22	Pleasant View	16,533	423	91	127	$1,600
23	Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview	25,305	427	123	324	$1,500
24	Markland Wood	11,437	428	245	175	$1,480
25	Eringate-Centennial-West Deane	20,086	433	110	234	$1,450
26	Islington	27,977	436	293	172	$1,580
27	Danforth East York	18,410	456	87	185	$1,230
28	South Eglinton-Davisville	28,902	460	128	59	$1,740
29	Guildwood	10,767	474	56	74	$1,480
30	Humber Bay Shores	26,343	475	95	186	$1,980
31	L'Amoreaux West	24,118	489	162	228	$1,260
32	Bayview Village	30,037	496	176	140	$1,940
33	Etobicoke West Mall	14,512	496	110	200	$1,500
34	Humber Heights-Westmount	11,340	503	115	220	$1,460
35	Keelesdale-Eglinton West	12,670	513	110	189	$1,210
36	Banbury-Don Mills	32,597	515	248	221	$1,540
37	High Park-Swansea	25,763	520	229	89	$1,530
38	Stonegate-Queensway	29,422	523	218	194	$1,280
39	Humewood-Cedarvale	16,538	526	212	133	$1,340
40	Avondale	16,527	539	109	67	$2,100
41	Kingsway South	10,329	542	271	126	$2,440
42	Westminster-Branson	28,693	544	59	188	$1,520
43	Milliken	26,329	551	254	608	$1,400
44	The Beaches	23,784	551	151	164	$1,580
45	Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan	32,021	559	125	209	$1,330
46	Yonge-Doris	24,085	581	58	100	$1,960
47	Alderwood	14,367	585	202	223	$1,450
48	Malvern East	28,466	587	81	225	$1,300
49	Agincourt South-Malvern West	28,477	590	260	274	$1,660
50	Broadview North	12,345	591	97	194	$1,300
51	Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills	14,974	594	200	307	$1,620
52	Fenside-Parkwoods	23,679	595	118	266	$1,480
53	Bathurst Manor	17,639	601	113	142	$1,500
54	Casa Loma	13,631	609	323	73	$1,980
55	Victoria Village	19,622	612	209	285	$1,270
56	Willowdale West	21,206	613	104	90	$1,800
57	Newtonbrook East	18,231	614	170	252	$1,740
58	Englemount-Lawrence	24,079	615	137	150	$1,210
59	Long Branch	13,151	624	182	160	$1,280
60	Runnymede-Bloor West Village	11,091	631	108	307	$1,600
61	Highland Creek	13,551	635	118	244	$1,250
62	Caledonia-Fairbank	10,682	637	122	281	$1,280
63	Hillcrest Village	17,975	640	200	117	$695
64	Morningside Heights	26,743	643	150	363	$1,540
65	Flemingdon Park	26,341	645	61	235	$1,340
66	West Queen West	15,457	647	259	84	$1,840
67	Lansing-Westgate	18,239	658	104	225	$1,800
68	Oakwood Village	23,504	664	106	200	$1,210
69	Mount Dennis	14,409	666	125	153	$1,200
70	Don Valley Village	31,066	666	93	206	$1,580
71	Kingsview Village-The Westway	24,019	674	117	296	$1,470
72	Bay-Cloverhill	24,089	677	286	17	$2,000
73	North Toronto	20,582	680	175	68	$1,740
74	Clanton Park	21,057	684	133	185	$1,460
75	Weston-Pelham Park	12,105	686	190	124	$1,020
76	Brookhaven-Amesbury	19,153	689	167	193	$1,270
77	Pelmo Park-Humberlea	12,651	711	119	372	$1,510
78	Morningside	19,325	719	78	217	$1,200
79	Woodbine-Lumsden	8,625	719	70	174	$1,290
80	Blake-Jones	8,195	720	98	146	$940
81	Birchcliffe-Cliffside	25,904	722	181	266	$1,200
82	Thorncliffe Park	23,826	722	105	378	$1,370
83	Old East York	10,072	725	99	238	$1,210
84	St.Andrew-Windfields	18,704	727	385	203	$1,720
85	High Park North	25,519	729	133	74	$1,640
86	Greenwood-Coxwell	15,496	742	136	148	$1,230
87	Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn	30,270	747	89	248	$1,200
88	Woodbine Corridor	13,722	751	124	66	$1,160
89	Fort York-Liberty Village	25,723	758	124	47	$2,020
90	Junction-Wallace Emerson	27,777	760	230	108	$1,480
91	Wychwood	15,375	761	234	189	$1,330
92	North Riverdale	12,219	769	295	106	$1,440
93	Briar Hill-Belgravia	16,362	770	208	263	$1,400
94	Little Portugal	18,297	771	180	120	$1,800
95	Palmerston-Little Italy	14,054	776	256	114	$1,760
96	Malvern West	18,267	788	44	367	$1,300
97	Bendale South	11,539	789	78	295	$1,330
98	Thistletown-Beaumond Heights	10,902	798	101	321	$1,250
99	Dorset Park	27,531	803	193	356	$1,290
100	O'Connor-Parkview	20,647	804	77	179	$1,240
101	Newtonbrook West	26,457	805	193	442	$1,600
102	Yonge-Eglinton	14,709	809	136	116	$1,640
103	Rockcliffe-Smythe	24,102	834	133	158	$1,100
104	East End-Danforth	25,118	852	195	147	$1,210
105	Beechborough-Greenbrook	8,089	853	111	247	$1,060
106	Rexdale-Kipling	11,131	853	171	332	$1,200
107	Woburn North	28,743	859	181	317	$1,300
108	Taylor-Massey	16,609	867	144	193	$1,300
109	Scarborough Village	18,730	881	246	278	$1,200
110	South Riverdale	31,735	901	265	217	$1,510
111	Eglinton East	25,914	907	150	270	$1,230
112	Ionview	14,254	919	91	140	$1,180
113	Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown	34,492	919	55	275	$1,320
114	Weston	22,158	925	181	239	$1,210
115	Cliffcrest	18,043	942	188	272	$1,230
116	Harbourfront-CityPlace	35,321	943	142	57	$2,020
117	Downsview	23,055	946	165	334	$1,300
118	Elms-Old Rexdale	10,093	961	159	485	$1,330
119	Junction Area	16,077	989	305	236	$1,460
120	Rustic	10,399	990	87	212	$1,010
121	New Toronto	13,064	995	184	145	$1,120
122	Roncesvalles	16,605	1,006	253	102	$1,400
123	Trinity-Bellwoods	17,112	1,011	351	76	$1,700
124	Regent Park	16,775	1,037	167	95	$1,180
125	Dovercourt Village	13,129	1,043	236	129	$1,500
126	Etobicoke City Centre	30,908	1,048	210	602	$1,740
127	Humbermede	19,579	1,078	169	439	$1,280
128	Corso Italia-Davenport	14,171	1,094	198	198	$1,400
129	West Humber-Clairville	37,406	1,115	348	1,321	$1,320
130	Bendale-Glen Andrew	20,648	1,119	145	465	$1,580
131	St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands	44,636	1,160	164	25	$1,900
132	Rosedale-Moore Park	23,046	1,167	456	200	$1,920
133	Annex	38,487	1,172	387	117	$1,740
134	South Parkdale	26,221	1,220	240	72	$1,200
135	Cabbagetown-South St.James Town	13,073	1,224	321	92	$1,330
136	Glenfield-Jane Heights	31,831	1,253	113	226	$1,200
137	Humber Summit	13,084	1,253	397	673	$1,360
138	Wellington Place	37,790	1,268	294	98	$2,060
139	Wexford/Maryvale	31,024	1,286	255	425	$1,300
140	Black Creek	23,252	1,290	95	258	$1,200
141	Dufferin Grove	12,577	1,336	270	111	$1,500
142	Oakdale-Beverley Heights	24,522	1,342	155	453	$1,250
143	Oakridge	15,593	1,347	231	160	$1,100
144	Church-Wellesley	30,048	1,361	146	47	$1,680
145	Clairlea-Birchmount	30,603	1,363	190	288	$1,270
146	North St.James Town	23,408	1,363	154	85	$1,300
147	Yorkdale-Glen Park	21,111	1,393	341	493	$1,550
148	York University Heights	33,592	1,414	375	634	$1,300
149	West Hill	31,546	1,449	193	149	$940
150	Playter Estates-Danforth	8,427	1,471	237	249	$1,400
151	Danforth	10,245	1,640	185	264	$1,120
152	Kennedy Park	18,929	1,664	158	211	$1,000
153	University	8,216	1,887	730	183	$1,590
154	Kensington-Chinatown	22,801	2,232	443	118	$1,530
155	Moss Park	29,415	2,400	350	82	$1,470
156	Downtown Yonge East	25,119	2,516	275	76	$1,760
157	Yonge-Bay Corridor	16,661	3,685	552	162	$2,000
158	Mimico-Queensway	24,090	4,255	133	224	$1,240

How this map differs, and its limits

Per resident, not raw counts. Big neighbourhoods always have more incidents; we divide by the City's 2025 population estimate so a neighbourhood of 40,000 and one of 9,000 compare fairly.
Violent and property crime separately. Whether you worry about your safety on the street or your car and home leads to different neighbourhoods.
A whole year, not live dots. One year of police-reported data is steadier than the last 30 days, and individual incident locations are offset by police for privacy anyway.
Rents are from 2021. The census figure is the most recent rent measure for all 158 neighbourhoods; rents are much higher now, so use it to compare neighbourhoods, not as today's price. See rent by city for current averages.
Reported crime only. Reporting habits differ between communities, and a neighbourhood average hides differences from one street to the next.

Crime data: Toronto Police Service, Neighbourhood Crime Rates (2014–2025, updated October 29, 2026), City of Toronto Open Data. Rent: City of Toronto Neighbourhood Profiles, 2021 Census. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto. Neighbourhood boundaries simplified for display. This page compares areas and says nothing about any individual or group.

Frequently asked questions

What is the safest neighbourhood in Toronto? ▼

Per resident, Leaside-Bennington had the lowest violent crime rate of Toronto's 158 neighbourhoods in 2025 (224 per 100,000), followed by Lawrence Park South, Forest Hill South and Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills. The city median was 719.

What are safe and affordable neighbourhoods in Toronto? ▼

Lambton Baby Point, West Rouge, East L'Amoreaux, Maple Leaf and Eringate-Centennial-West Deane had below-median violent crime in 2025 and below-median renter shelter costs in the 2021 census. 28 neighbourhoods meet both tests.

Which Toronto neighbourhoods have the most car theft? ▼

West Humber-Clairville had 1,321 car thefts per 100,000 residents in 2025, about seven times the city median, followed by Humber Summit, York University Heights and Milliken, all near major highways.

Is crime going down in Toronto? ▼

Yes. In 2025 violent incidents fell to 27,515 from 29,126, break-ins to 6,092, car thefts to 7,240 and homicides to 45 from 85, according to Toronto Police neighbourhood data.

Why does downtown Toronto have a high crime rate? ▼

Rates are calculated per resident, and downtown neighbourhoods such as Yonge-Bay Corridor draw many more workers and visitors than they house, so incidents involving non-residents push the per-resident rate up.

Safest Affordable Neighbourhoods in Toronto: 2025 Crime Map

Quick answer

Map: 158 neighbourhoods, per resident

Safer and more affordable: the shortlist

Three patterns behind the numbers

House areas vs tower areas

Living near a highway

Citywide trend

All 158 neighbourhoods

How this map differs, and its limits

Frequently asked questions

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Safest Affordable Neighbourhoods in Toronto: 2025 Crime Map

Quick answer

Map: 158 neighbourhoods, per resident

Safer and more affordable: the shortlist

Three patterns behind the numbers

House areas vs tower areas

Living near a highway

Citywide trend

All 158 neighbourhoods

How this map differs, and its limits

Frequently asked questions

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