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Safety index · Old Toronto, Toronto · data through June 2026

Is Roncesvalles safe?

Roncesvalles records a high level of reported crime for Toronto. Its SafeRoute safety index is 35 out of 100 — 21 points below the citywide median of 56, ranking 135th of 158 Toronto neighbourhoods — based on 338 incidents reported to the Toronto Police Service within 1 km of the neighbourhood centre (data through June 2026).

35/100
Elevated
SafeRoute safety index for the area within 1 km of the centre of Roncesvalles — higher is safer. 135th of 158 Toronto neighbourhoods.

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.

Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 28% of severity-weighted reports come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 28% overnight.

Where incidents cluster

Gardiner ExpresswayLake Shore Boulevard West neighbourhood centre 1 dot = 1 report · darker = more severe 500 m N ↑
338 incidents reported within 1 km of the Roncesvalles centre · Toronto Police data through June 2026 · basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors. Reports cluster toward the south-east of the map — the area immediately around the neighbourhood centre is comparatively quiet.
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What's reported here

Violent crime
219 · 65%
Burglary
75 · 22%
Robbery
15 · 4%
Vehicle crime
19 · 6%
Other theft
10 · 3%

When it happens

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Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from police incident timestamps.

Walking in Roncesvalles at night?

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Common questions

Is Roncesvalles safe at night?

Elevated overall (safety index 35/100). About 56% of severity-weighted incidents in Roncesvalles 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 Roncesvalles?

Violent crime — 219 of 338 incidents (65%) reported within 1 km of the neighbourhood centre through June 2026.

How is the Roncesvalles 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.