What Are The Safest Areas In Toronto? (low crime, credit)

[Freehartz]

I agree, having moved here myself from a smaller city 30 years ago, that I'd say we fare pretty good overall but the neighborhoods mostly have that one weak spot because that's how the neighborhoods were developed: such as a low-cost housing development that is allowed to run down may be situated near a lovely single-home neighborhood, or fancy condo's. Those places like the beaches can have a high traffic of visitors in the summer which I have seen brings out some weirdo's, and I personally encountered a murder in the Avenue Road area just like our murders can be anywhere in the city. Rich people too have been victims of crime. But having said that, I have taken precautions and have not had problems. There has been more gun violence as of late, but hopefully that will not be the case at large. Its still a pretty safe city to be in. I have also taken workshops with the local police regarding protecting your business and mostly it is about precautions to take about vandalism and the landscaping so that your business does not have large amounts of bushes which handicap passerbys from seeing a robbery/attack taking place, and that sort of thing. My daughters schools have programs because yes, undesirable activity is taking place at night on the playgrounds and used needles have been found, etc. I don't think you can pinpoint any one particular area as being the safest because problems arise in many ways. Women, children, the elderly have to be cautious....cars get taken from driveways, its life. But you don't feel daily threatened, so that is the good thing. Its not something you consiously feel is over-riding your enjoyment of living here.

[Simmons98]

To get a quick summary of the areas of the murders so far this year the site:

Toronto the Violent

does a decent job of reporting most of the violent crime in Toronto. I used to live in Toronto but moved a few years back, my advice is to look at the homicide/violent crime maps either on Toronto the Violent or the toronto police website. Good luck!

[TDOTMYBLOCC]

ummm dont listen to them.. its for sure Jane and Sheppard

[mississauga75]

I grew up in the Jane and Finch area, which is not considered safe by Toronto standards and I felt perfectly fine even at night. I moved away when i was 19 and the only incident I had was getting robbed by two guys when i was a kid collecting for my paper route but this can happen anywhere. The thing is, if you look for trouble anywhere you will find it. There is no place in Toronto that is exceptionally dangerous but if you are looking for trouble you'll find it irrespective of the hood. For me, the safety of the location wouldn't be the biggest part in my decision to move to an area, but finding a place that is clean if one is apartment hunting would be a bigger consideration to me! The dirtier places are typically the sketchy places where there is more public housing and hence poorer residents that are more likely up to no good relative to more affluent places..

[Torano89]

Regent park which is considered the worst area to live in is being redeveloped so the bad area count has hopefully gone down by one.

[m0ee]

Originally Posted by KevK

Mississauga

i went to one year of highschool in mississauga and 3 in toronto
i saw more drugs in that one year in mississauga than i had ever seen in my lifetime of living in toronto.

Toronto is overall pretty safe. no matter where you live you will not get robbed or anything of that nature. even in the worst neighborhoods...(Jane/finch, Keele/Eglinton) if you want to be close to the beach, for a good price... try the birchcliff area. right along the beach in scarborough or the danforth/riverdale/upper beaches area.

[ThroatGuzzler]

Originally Posted by m0ee

i went to one year of highschool in mississauga and 3 in toronto
i saw more drugs in that one year in mississauga than i had ever seen in my lifetime of living in toronto.

Toronto is overall pretty safe. no matter where you live you will not get robbed or anything of that nature. even in the worst neighborhoods...(Jane/finch, Keele/Eglinton) if you want to be close to the beach, for a good price... try the birchcliff area. right along the beach in scarborough or the danforth/riverdale/upper beaches area.

Depends where in mississauga you're talking about, northern mississauga (meadowvale/streetsville/malton/dixie) is usually more crime ridden, but as you get closer to the lake it's different.

[ThroatGuzzler]

Originally Posted by Torano89

Regent park which is considered the worst area to live in is being redeveloped so the bad area count has hopefully gone down by one.

Those people are having to be displaced somewhere don't they? It will just shift to a new neighbourhood.

[afici0nad0]

i can't think of any neighborhood in toronto that isn't 'safe.'

crimes will happen in all neighborhoods. i don't think we are at the level the US is at (i.e. drastically diminished populations, reduced tax base, 'ghost towns').

[ThroatGuzzler]

Originally Posted by afici0nad0

i don't think we are at the level the US is at (i.e. drastically diminished populations, reduced tax base, 'ghost towns').

If you actually take a look at Windsor, it's starting to follow the same trend as it's across the river counterpart is.