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Guides and analysis built on the same Toronto Police open data that powers the map: checking crime near an address, reading Safety Scores, and understanding neighbourhood trends.

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New to Safety Score? Read these 2 guides first.

Guide

How to Check Crime Near Any Toronto Address (Free, Using Police Data)

A step-by-step guide to checking reported crime near a Toronto address using official Toronto Police open data - what to look for, and what the numbers actually mean.

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Guide

What Is a Good Safety Score in Toronto? Understanding the 1-100 Scale

What Safety Score means for Toronto neighbourhoods and addresses: why 70 is typical, what moves a score up or down, and how to compare areas fairly.

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A couple on a Toronto residential street reviews a tablet with a map beside a For Sale sign in front of a brick detached home at golden hour

Checking Crime Before You Buy a Home in Toronto: A Complete Guide

Buying a Toronto home? How to check reported crime near any address using police open data — Safety Scores, incident tables, trends, and what to ask before you make an offer.

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Dusk on a Forest Hill South street with a private security SUV parked outside a large brick home and a guard beside the vehicle

Forest Hill South Crime: Why Residents Are Paying for Private Security

Break-ins, security gates, and overnight patrol cars in Forest Hill South — what Toronto police data shows, why affluent neighbourhoods feel targeted, and how to check your own street.

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Golden hour on a leafy Toronto residential street with detached homes and a couple walking a dog, the downtown skyline and CN Tower visible in the distance

Toronto's Safest and Least Safe Neighbourhoods in 2026 (By the Numbers)

All 158 Toronto neighbourhoods ranked by Safety Score from police open data — the quietest pockets, the highest-crime corridors, and what the middle of the pack actually looks like.

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Night at a busy Toronto downtown corner with police tape, officers, pedestrians, brick storefronts, and a streetcar on wet pavement

Toronto Shootings and Violent Crime by Neighbourhood: 2025–2026 Trends

Where are shootings, assaults, and robberies concentrated in Toronto? Neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood analysis from Toronto Police open data — and how it differs from the property crime wave.

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Night on a Toronto suburban street: two figures in hoodies at a white SUV with an open door and electronic devices, while a porch security camera records from a lit brick home

Auto Theft in Toronto: How to Check Your Street Before It Happens

Toronto's auto-theft wave peaked in 2023 and has eased since — but rates still vary block by block. See which neighbourhoods lead the city, how to check your driveway on the crime map, and what prevention actually helps.

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