Safety index · Old Toronto, Toronto · data through June 2026
Is Kensington-Chinatown safe?
Kensington-Chinatown records a high level of reported crime for Toronto. Its SafeRoute safety index is 13 out of 100 — 40 points below the citywide median of 53, ranking 150th of 158 Toronto neighbourhoods — based on 998 incidents reported to the Toronto Police Service within 1 km of the neighbourhood centre over the 9 months to June 2026.
DATA THROUGH JUNE 2026 · 9 MONTHS OF DATA
The 0–100 scale is calibrated to Toronto — a typical Toronto neighbourhood sits near 53. It ranks Kensington-Chinatown against other neighbourhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.
The largest reported category here is violent crime (65% of reports) — worth taking seriously when walking at night; the full mix is broken down below.
Timing matters here: about 30% of severity-weighted incidents are reported overnight (midnight–6 a.m.), so route choice late at night matters more than the headline number suggests.
Where incidents cluster
What's reported here
| Violent crime | 650 · 65% | |
| Burglary | 225 · 23% | |
| Robbery | 45 · 5% | |
| Other theft | 50 · 5% | |
| Vehicle crime | 28 · 3% |
When it happens
Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from police incident timestamps.
Walking in Kensington-Chinatown at night?
SafeRoute scores every walking route against the same live crime data on this page — and shows how much of each route runs on lit streets. Pick the safer way, share your walk, and check in when you arrive. Free, no account.
Get SafeRoute on the App StoreNearby areas
- Wellington Place13/100 · High risk
- University20/100 · High risk
- Yonge-Bay Corridor8/100 · High risk
- Bay-Cloverhill12/100 · High risk
- Trinity-Bellwoods27/100 · Elevated
Common questions
Is Kensington-Chinatown safe at night?
High risk overall (safety index 13/100). About 53% of severity-weighted incidents in Kensington-Chinatown are reported between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. At night, prefer lit, busier streets — a block or two of detour often avoids the clusters on the map above.
What is the most common crime in Kensington-Chinatown?
Violent crime — 650 of 998 incidents (65%) reported within 1 km of the neighbourhood centre over the 9 months to June 2026.
How is the Kensington-Chinatown safety index calculated?
SafeRoute weights each incident reported to the Toronto Police Service by severity (violence weighs more than shoplifting), sums the last available period within 1 km of the neighbourhood centre, and normalizes against citywide crime rates onto a 0–100 scale — higher is safer. It describes reported crime only; it is not a guarantee of safety. The scale is calibrated within Toronto, so scores compare neighbourhoods to each other and cannot be read against another city's.