Crime in Toronto, Canada

What's sketchy with Toronto is that the cops aren't there for an armed robbery, but a Canadian woman calling the cops on a guy approaching her gets special treatment like cops arriving there promptly and several cops come to the scene. It's social justice initiatives.

And one can't defend himself from an armed robber because the law gives the criminal more rights than the robbery victim. And the same Canadian woman who called the cops on a guy saying hi on his way to work will protect and protest for the criminal's rights.

I find it deeply concerning that while the Toronto transit system over polices on people not tapping their Presto card, even to the extent of the recent incident of a female TTC employee allegedly stabbing a TTC rider over a fare dispute at Dundas Station, annoying panhandlers are allowed to be on the property asking TTC riders for money.

And what's even more disturbing is that the TTC workers on site shrug their shoulders when complaints are made about specific Roma panhandlers using their preteen girl relatives as ways to sell drugs, and solicit sensual services (which is definitely child abuse).

But instead the TTC and authorities want to be aggressive over a $3 Presto fare instead of dealing with real crime.

There appears to be rising hatred against people from India and Indian origin people, violent hate crimes against Jewish persons (a Toronto Jewish school for girls, and several synagogues were targeted several times in the past year), and the culture in Toronto is becoming sketchier, gangster and a safe haven for criminals.

Toronto is becoming less family friendly, and this is evident in the way that Canadians are more intolerant towards Indian origin people and Jewish persons.

Indian origin people tend to be family-oriented even taking care of their grandparents rather than spending tens of thousands a month on those modern-day prisons for retirees (LTC homes).

And what you're going to get in Toronto (and surrounding areas) is a thug, single mother, Karen (a single or divorced Canadian woman), or all of the above causing problems with you if you're Indian or Jewish, and there are no self-defense laws in Canada.

Canada needs to enact stand your ground laws and many of the hate crimes against Indians and Jewish persons will lessen because the victims will be armed and protected by the law using self-defense against a racist or antisemite.

Toronto is probably one of safest cities I’ve visit in North America

I remember going downtown in 2005-2010.

It was wonderful to stroll around and explore. Could ride your bike around Eaton Centre, hang in Kensington Market, or Yorkville, or anywhere.

Today drug addicts have made it unsafe.

Protests of all kinds make living in downtown frustrating. There’s wild demonstrations every week now. We are diverse: But it’s not a good diverse like before. Too many odd ball youth. Toronto is just not what it was. I have accepted that.

Pretty okay in terms of crime from my perspective. Homelessness is increasing with the housing price, but that's like a Canada-wide problem and not just the GTA. There were a lot of car thieves, but it seemed to have died off looking at the police report graphs (https://data.torontopolice.on.ca/pages/major-crime-indicators). Funnily instead of grand theft auto right now there's guys beating up speed cameras.

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wasn't really helpful but can you put the crimes and safety in a paragraph

I have to agree with some of the posters.

The Toronto Police would rather send several squad cars for a complaint of street harassment from a young woman, but if you are a homeowner, and own a car, and the car gets stolen, the Toronto Police tells you to let the car insurance company deal with it.

It's like approaching women is a serious crime in Toronto, but carjackings and home invasions are not. Toronto is a crap-hole.

While Toronto has historically been considered a relatively safe city, recent increases in murders, robberies and carjackings have raised concerns about public safety. Residents and visitors alike must exercise extreme vigilance, especially when navigating the city at night. Despite efforts by law enforcement, these crimes continue to occur with alarming frequency. It's crucial to stay informed about current safety recommendations and take necessary precautions to mitigate risks while in Toronto.

Toronto is becoming a weird city where police are never helpful to deal with crimes to protect the public.

But they come in squad cars to deal with petty disputes like someone being annoyed by pickup artists in clubs and malls, historical abuse cases aka Ghomeshi's Law, and they go after private citizens who criticize public servants using an archaic defamation law.

Very weird city with hints of British feudalism and nobility laws used against the common person.

Toronto Police rarely do anything to the average person who is a victim of a public assault, scam or armed robbery.

However, the Toronto Police work hard to go after people who post online content criticizing cops, public servants, teachers and politicians, especially if you criticize the LGBT movement.

People are getting angrier on the streets, lots of violence on the TTC.

A lot of confrontations in public. It's starting to feel like tension is in the air.

But all is great in the wealthy communities like Bridle Path, Lawrence Park and Royal York.

The millionaires and billionaires are having the time of their lives.

@Anon on July 24
The homeless guy is possibly more good-looking than the Karen lol

We need Batman, Spider-Man, Chisato Nishikigi, and Takina Inoue to deal with criminals in Toronto.

Back when rent was affordable homelessness was not such a huge prob. Between rent getting ridiculous and the tps being soooooo understaffed.....of course crime is up. If you think we have too many police then try reporting a crime......they take days to show up. They don;t even have time to hand out very many tickets for driving offences.


To the uber delivery guy that had his ebike stolen......good cuz there are way too many of you now and you all drive like idiots.....no lights.....running red lights and stop signs......Its like you think you are the only ones on the road.....TO those ppl doing the ordering for delivery......get off your fat A$$ and pry yourself away from your phone for long enough to cook or go get your own food.

Toronto isn't safe, metrics like this have been abused in the past, large numbers, to convince people that the large amount of crime won't happen to them. It will.

I think Covid-19 affected the safety nature of Toronto. The homelessness situation downtown is leading a lot of persons to crime, I read on www.adayincanada.com about the crime witnessed days back and its scary.

Toronto is garbage. I have lived here all my life. We are so far behind for a city with millions of people living in it. Homelessness everywhere, Construction everywhere, not clean, and recently have a terrible bout of cars being broken into & stolen all over the city. I live in a “safe” prestigious neighbourhood, but crime has been rising regardless. Shootings, stealing…… You are not safe anywhere in Toronto.

Toronto is overall pretty safe but the increase in youth related crime is worrying.

All these kids wanting to get internet famous has led to some awful things.

Far to many guns here. Need more police raids in high crime areas and making sure those who get arrested and put in jail, stay in jail and don’t just get put back into the streets a few months later.

The crime rate is a little high but Toronto is one of the most safest cities and relaxing cities in Canada and the world

So many boomers here thinking the world is ending.

Toronto is nowhere near what it used to be like, shootings and stabbings everyday, high robbery rate, lots of drug usage, ive seen people shooting up in the middle of the sidewalk and all the parks downtown are littered with needles and paraphernalia.

If you dont go looking for trouble youll likely be fine as long as you stay vigilant and away from bad areas. Its safer then some of the bigger us cities but nowhere near as safe the major cities in western europe.

I work as a courier in Toronto (Uber/Doordash/Skip), and yesterday April 23 between 9:30 pm and 10 pm, my Inmotion L9 was stolen at 60 John Street - Toronto.

I reported online to the police, but I am reaching out to every page on the internet to report the robbery.

The Inmotion L9 is a kind of brand new scooter, and the thief is going to need to buy a charger that is different from the others charges or try to sell the scooter online.

I can recognize my scooter, and I will keep this ad on till I find it.

So please, do not buy properties without a receipt. Not something like a scooter which was introduced to the market 4 months ago.

Every scooter has its own internal code.
If you download the Inmotion App the code of my scooter is L9-B108001F.

If you see something, please, reach out.

I am going to pay a reward of C$300 for having it back.

I saw many, but many times "homeless people" trying to steal expensive bicycles around downtown Toronto. There are an organized crime behind these crimes. Who is buying? Who is doing the logistics?

Toronto is a horrible city. Shootings in broad daylight. Needles everywhere downtown. Horribly expensive. People resort to awful things.

Toronto is a cake walk period. As one of the criminals who contributed to these statistics I can tell you I've never felt unsafe here. If you're a spineless coward Toronto is a perfect place to visit. It's an average big city so if you don't go looking for trouble you'll be absolutely fine. I've traveled in Europe, Africa and the US there are only 2 cities I've ever been where I felt genuinely unsafe - Gary, Indiana - pure F*&%KING gangland, the police escorted me out pretty sure just to make sure I didn't get car jacked. The second is Capetown had some problems during the day right downtown (nothing crazier than Toronto) but at night the city is side street after side street with no street lights and crowds of people doing whatever the F*&K they want in the dark. Having my girlfriend with me felt extremely unsafe. Never felt anything close to those feelings in european cities or Toronto even in *crack tower*, teasdale, tindle, river, cresent town, flemo, jane and finch etc the "bad" parts of Toronto are incomparable to an actual bad city. Anyone crying about how bad this place is should thank their lucky stars they've lived a sheltered enough life to be able to view this place as dangerous hahaa

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You're right!! Toronto is very safe!

great city and has been very safe in my experience, just avoid Brampton though.

Fair enough, I do apologise, but in 2019 though the homicide rate went straight back down though.

Since when did Toronto surpass NYC’s murder rate in 2018 lol. That is a straight up lie. The only city I heard that overtook NYC’s homicide rate in 2018 was London. Toronto is very safe except for the small pockets of hood areas but overall is incredibly safe.

I love Toronto. Only bad parts are some parts of Scarborough and Brampton. Other than that it’s a very vibrant city and very very safe.