14 h. ago Toronto's crime rate soars 40% above New York in one department

Toronto is known as a low-crime city compared to locales with similar or greater populations, but it may surprise some to learn that the 416 is way ahead of even New York City, Detroit and Los Angeles in one specific category of criminal activity.A new study published on Tuesday by independent Canadian think tank the Fraser Institute reveals that Ontario cities like Toronto, Hamilton and Windsor outpace several major U.S. cities in property crime. This includes many places known for their high crime rates, like New York City, Detroit, L.A. and Flint, Michigan.The study looked at the property crime (e.g., burglary, theft, motor vehicle theft) rates of large urban areas with populations of 100,000 people or more, using maximum annual crime rates from 2019 through 2022.Toronto's per person property crime rate exceeded New York's by a shocking 40 per cent, though overall crime rates are obviously much higher in what is the United States' largest city.Howeve...

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15 h. ago SPORTUN: Tackling the growing threat of organized retail theft

What was once perceived as mere shoplifting has now evolved into a sophisticated and dangerous criminal enterprise

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27 h. ago CRIME SCENE: Toronto man accused of assaulting parking enforcement officer

A 55-year-old Toronto man is accused of assaulting a Toronto Police parking enforcement officer in the east end. Toronto Police said officers responded on March 10 at 1:31 p.m. to a call for a fail-to-remain personal injury collision in the Danforth Ave.-Dawes Rd. area. It’s alleged that a parking enforcement officer was attempting to conduct […]

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33 h. ago Toronto man accused of advocating genocide against Jewish community

A 32-year-old Toronto man faces dozens of charges including advocating genocide and willful promotion of hatred following a months-long investigation into hate crimes allegedly aimed toward the Jewish community. Toronto Police said the aforementioned two charges are rarely laid in Canada and were laid with the consent of the Ministry of the Attorney General. Police […]

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6 d. ago Toronto woman pleads guilty to negligence in dog attack that seriously injured child

A Toronto woman who faced multiple charges in a dog attack that seriously injured a child has pleaded guilty to some of them, including a criminal charge of negligence. Court records show Patrycja Siarek entered the pleas in a Toronto court last Friday. She had also been charged with infractions under the provincial Dog Owners’ […]

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1 week ago Toronto Crime Stoppers offers $500 reward for retail theft tips: ‘This is no longer shoplifting’

Toronto Crime Stoppers is offering an enhanced $500 reward for tips while launching an Organized Retail Theft and Illicit Trade Awareness Campaign. Tips received between March 7 and June 6 will be eligible for the reward. “What has become increasingly clear is that this is no longer shoplifting,” Toronto Crime Stoppers Chair Sean Sportun said […]

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1 week ago ‘It’s really bad’: Vancouver forum on fighting retail crime draws hundreds

The event drew representatives from across the country, and came amid a growing focus on organized retail theft and incidents that have increasingly resulted in violence.

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1 week ago Nearly $370 million lost to fraud in city last year: Toronto Police

Cops reveal top-five scams during news conference

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2 w. ago Toronto man charged after trio of incidents involving children

A 34-year-old Toronto man faces a dozen charges after a trio of suspicious incidents involving children. Toronto Police said between Feb. 13 and March 3, officeres responded to three calls in the Annette St.-Pacific Ave. area and the Humberside Ave.-High Park area. It’s alleged that on Feb. 13, two children were walking in the Annette […]

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2 w. ago HUNTER: Toronto like Chicago ‘fixated’ on niche liberal issues instead of crime

Jerry Partee brought Chicago’s tally of deaths so far this year to 67 on Sunday afternoon. Cops say the 48-year-old was gunned down in a drive-by shooting at 2:23 p.m. not far from the United Center on West Walton St. Partee took bullets in the chest. No one has been arrested. This does not seem […]

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2 w. ago CRIME SCENE: Toronto man, 2 teens cuffed after crackdown on ‘violent’ carjackings

Two teens and a 20-year-old from Toronto are facing a slew of charges in a Toronto Police carjacking probe. Police said the holdup squad started an investigation earlier this year into a series of “violent” robberies involving a group of suspects allegedly linked to six carjackings and two thefts between Jan. 23 and Feb. 22. […]

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3 w. ago CRIME SCENE: Toronto cops hunt alleged assailant following east

A 30-year-old Toronto man is wanted by police after a person was assaulted earlier this month in the Danforth area. Toronto Police said they responded to an assault call on Feb. 10 at about 3:45 a.m. in the Pape-Danforth Aves. area after the victim was allegedly attacked by the accused. Jevonn Smith is wanted for […]

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3 w. ago Teen stabbed homeless Toronto man twice during swarming, Crown tells murder trial

A teen girl who took part in the violent swarming of a homeless Toronto man more than two years ago was the only one in the group who could have stabbed him twice during the attack, prosecutors alleged Wednesday at her murder trial. The girl — one of eight teens charged in the case — […]

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3 w. ago Ontario city is second worst for violent crime in Canada and Toronto is way down the list

International headlines about Toronto's car theft issue and rising rates of crime in general may give the impression that the city, being Canada's biggest, is the country's hotspot for serious offences.But, at least when it comes to violent crime, a new study actually puts Toronto quite far down the list of the worst places in Canada, coming behind 23 other cities and also the national average for select metropolitan areas.The study, from the Fraser Institute, compared crime trends across cities and provinces, but also in Canada versus the U.S. It analyzed locales with 100,000 or more people, looking mostly at StatCan data from between 2019 and 2022 and using the metric of average incidents per 100,000 residents annually.The findings were somewhat surprising.Out of the Great White North's five most major cities, Calgary had the worst stats, coming in 11th out of 36 places ranked. Vancouver was somewhat better, in 16th when ...

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4 w. ago Violent Crime and Retail Theft Initiative to receive an additional 12 officers this spring

Retail crime continues to plague Manitoba despite enhanced efforts like the retail crime initiative. The province is planning to stop up measures once again.

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