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Toronto neighbourhoods ranked by shootings

Name: Toronto neighbourhoods ranked by shootings
Creator: Toronto Police Service
License: https://open.toronto.ca/open-data-license/

Yorkdale-Glen Park had the highest rate of shootings of Toronto’s 158 neighbourhoods: 48.1 per 100,000. 59 neighbourhoods had none. The typical neighbourhood had 6.5 per 100,000.

Toronto Police Service, Shootings and Firearm Discharges · Data as of Nov 10, 2026 · How it’s measured

Highest rate of shootings

Area

Typical neighbourhood: 6.5· shootings and firearm discharges per 100,000 residents in 12 months

Rank	Neighbourhood
1	Yorkdale-Glen Park	48.1
2	West Humber-Clairville	48.0
3	Elms-Old Rexdale	42.8
4	Black Creek	42.6
5	Humber Summit	41.0
6	Glenfield-Jane Heights	33.3
7	Wellington Place	31.3
8	Humber Heights-Westmount	30.0
9	Wexford/Maryvale	28.2
10	Kensington-Chinatown	27.6
11	Eglinton East	26.6
12	New Toronto	26.4
13	West Hill	24.9
14	Highland Creek	23.8
15	Malvern West	23.1
16	Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown	22.3
17	Rustic	21.3
18	York University Heights	21.2
19	Maple Leaf	20.3
20	Bendale South	18.6
21	Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn	18.5
22	Broadview North	18.3
23	Cabbagetown-South St.James Town	18.1
24	Flemingdon Park	17.8
25	Keelesdale-Eglinton West	17.6
26	Kennedy Park	17.5
27	Downtown Yonge East	16.9
28	Etobicoke West Mall	16.9
29	Bendale-Glen Andrew	16.1
30	Beechborough-Greenbrook	16.0
31	Morningside Heights	16.0
32	Regent Park	15.7
33	Palmerston-Little Italy	15.2
34	Oakridge	14.6
35	Humewood-Cedarvale	14.4
36	Greenwood-Coxwell	14.2
37	Englemount-Lawrence	14.1
38	Moss Park	14.0
39	L'Amoreaux West	13.9
40	Etobicoke City Centre	12.7
41	Woodbine-Lumsden	12.6
42	Milliken	12.5
43	St.Andrew-Windfields	11.8
44	Brookhaven-Amesbury	11.4
45	Morningside	11.3
46	Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills	11.2
47	O'Connor-Parkview	10.9
48	Old East York	10.9
49	Harbourfront-CityPlace	10.7
50	Weston	10.7
51	Thistletown-Beaumond Heights	10.2
52	Henry Farm	10.1
53	Markland Wood	9.6
54	Rexdale-Kipling	9.6
55	Weston-Pelham Park	9.4
56	Oakdale-Beverley Heights	9.3
57	East End-Danforth	9.2
58	Bedford Park-Nortown	9.0
59	High Park-Swansea	8.8
60	Agincourt South-Malvern West	8.3
61	Dorset Park	8.2
62	Alderwood	7.9
63	Malvern East	7.7
64	Corso Italia-Davenport	7.6
65	West Queen West	7.6
66	Centennial Scarborough	7.5
67	Clairlea-Birchmount	7.5
68	Ionview	7.5
69	Woburn North	7.5
70	Banbury-Don Mills	7.4
71	Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan	7.4
72	Agincourt North	7.3
73	Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills	7.2
74	Briar Hill-Belgravia	6.9
75	Annex	6.8
76	Lawrence Park South	6.7
77	Pleasant View	6.6
78	East Willowdale	6.5
79	Little Portugal	6.5
80	St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands	6.4
81	Bathurst Manor	6.3
82	North Toronto	6.3
83	Scarborough Village	6.1
84	Bay-Cloverhill	6.0
85	Danforth East York	5.9
86	Humbermede	5.9
87	Clanton Park	5.7
88	Downsview	5.6
89	North St.James Town	5.4
90	Yonge-Doris	5.0
91	South Parkdale	4.9
92	Oakwood Village	4.8
93	The Beaches	4.6
94	Bayview Village	4.5
95	Rockcliffe-Smythe	4.5
96	Steeles	4.4
97	Islington	4.3
98	Westminster-Branson	3.9
99	Don Valley Village	3.7
100	Avondale	0.0
101	Bayview Woods-Steeles	0.0
102	Birchcliffe-Cliffside	0.0
103	Blake-Jones	0.0
104	Caledonia-Fairbank	0.0
105	Casa Loma	0.0
106	Church-Wellesley	0.0
107	Cliffcrest	0.0
108	Danforth	0.0
109	Dovercourt Village	0.0
110	Dufferin Grove	0.0
111	East L'Amoreaux	0.0
112	Edenbridge-Humber Valley	0.0
113	Eringate-Centennial-West Deane	0.0
114	Fenside-Parkwoods	0.0
115	Forest Hill North	0.0
116	Forest Hill South	0.0
117	Fort York-Liberty Village	0.0
118	Guildwood	0.0
119	High Park North	0.0
120	Hillcrest Village	0.0
121	Humber Bay Shores	0.0
122	Junction Area	0.0
123	Junction-Wallace Emerson	0.0
124	Kingsview Village-The Westway	0.0
125	Kingsway South	0.0
126	Lambton Baby Point	0.0
127	Lansing-Westgate	0.0
128	Lawrence Park North	0.0
129	Leaside-Bennington	0.0
130	Long Branch	0.0
131	Mimico-Queensway	0.0
132	Mount Dennis	0.0
133	Mount Pleasant East	0.0
134	Newtonbrook East	0.0
135	Newtonbrook West	0.0
136	North Riverdale	0.0
137	Pelmo Park-Humberlea	0.0
138	Playter Estates-Danforth	0.0
139	Princess-Rosethorn	0.0
140	Roncesvalles	0.0
141	Rosedale-Moore Park	0.0
142	Runnymede-Bloor West Village	0.0
143	South Eglinton-Davisville	0.0
144	South Riverdale	0.0
145	Stonegate-Queensway	0.0
146	Taylor-Massey	0.0
147	Thorncliffe Park	0.0
148	Trinity-Bellwoods	0.0
149	University	0.0
150	Victoria Village	0.0
151	West Rouge	0.0
152	Willowdale West	0.0
153	Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview	0.0
154	Woodbine Corridor	0.0
155	Wychwood	0.0
156	Yonge-Bay Corridor	0.0
157	Yonge-Eglinton	0.0
158	Yonge-St.Clair	0.0

Map: shootings by neighbourhood

None0.0–4.54.5–7.67.6–15.7Over 15.71Top five

Numbers match the ranks in the table. Shades split the neighbourhoods into groups of similar size. Rates are per resident, so areas with many visitors and few residents, like downtown and big shopping districts, look darker.

Questions about shootings in Toronto

Which Toronto neighbourhood has the highest rate of shootings?

Yorkdale-Glen Park, with 48.1 per 100,000. West Humber-Clairville (48.0) and Elms-Old Rexdale (42.8) were next.

Which Toronto neighbourhood has the lowest rate of shootings?

59 neighbourhoods have none, including Yonge-St.Clair and Yonge-Eglinton.

What is typical for a Toronto neighbourhood?

The typical (median) neighbourhood had 6.5 per 100,000: half are above it and half below.

How is this measured?

Shootings and firearm discharges reported to Toronto Police in the 12 months up to the latest data (police update this file twice a year), per 100,000 residents. Rates are per resident, so areas with many visitors and few residents, like downtown and big shopping districts, rank high. Police place each incident at the nearest intersection. Source: Toronto Police Service, Shootings and Firearm Discharges.