Updated 2026-05-14 from public police-call data

Old North crime notes.

My read on what the public police-call data says about Old North, and why the answer changes a lot from one street to the next.

Short answer

Old North is not one simple crime number.

Here is the honest version: in this data pull, Old North comes in at about 8.2 police calls per 100 home addresses on a yearly pace. The citywide comparison is about 3.8. So yes, this pass shows Old North about 113.9% higher than that citywide house-street comparison.

But that headline number is not the whole story. A lot of the activity sits around certain edges and busier streets. Many of the established residential sections had no mapped calls at all in this pull.

This is not me saying a street is safe or unsafe. It is a practical read of public police-call data, with the limits stated clearly.

What homeowners should take from it

If you own in Old North, the useful point is not "good neighbourhood" or "bad neighbourhood." The useful point is that the exact street matters. A Richmond-facing house, a Huron-edge house, and a quiet interior character-home block are not the same conversation.

In this pass, 64.3% of the larger Old North street sections had zero mapped calls. That is why I would explain Old North block by block: strong, quiet pockets are real, but the busier edges should not be glossed over.

Top current call types

The most common Old North labels in this pull were: Theft (32), Vandalism (24), Burglary from Motor Vehicle (16), THEFT FROM M.V. UNDER $5000 (6), Burglary - Residential (5), Assault - Simple (2). I would treat those as police-call labels, not the final word on what happened in every case.

Street sections with no mapped calls.

Larger Old North street sections where this data pull did not map any residential-area police calls.

StreetHome addressesMapped callsYearly pace
Thornton5200.0
William4900.0
Harrison3600.0
Victoria3400.0
Victoria3300.0
Mayfair3300.0
Victoria3100.0
Waterloo3000.0

Street sections I would explain carefully.

These are not "bad streets." They are the sections where a simple Old North label is not enough.

StreetHome addressesMapped callsYearly paceTop police-call labels
Richmond2116147.9Theft; Vandalism; Burglary from Motor Vehicle
Richmond138119.5Theft; Burglary from Motor Vehicle; Vandalism
Huron20658.2Theft; Vandalism; Burglary - Residential
Grosvenor39629.9THEFT FROM M.V. UNDER $5000; Burglary from Motor Vehicle; Vandalism
Regent16224.3Arson; Burglary - Residential
Logan18221.6Vandalism; Theft
Grosvenor11117.6Vandalism
Maitland11117.6Vandalism

Behind the scenes

Why I am careful with the wording.

The source is public police-call data. It is useful, but it is not perfect. Locations can be approximate, labels can change, and a police call is not always the same thing as a final crime outcome.

For the comparison, I keep calls that map back to residential areas, remove obvious retail/business call types, and compare them to nearby low-density home addresses within 200 metres. The "yearly pace" number simply turns the current date range into a rough calls-per-100-homes comparison.

When this page refreshes, the URL stays the same. The date, numbers, and hidden structured-data modified date get updated.

Related Old North guides.

This page makes more sense when you also look at quiet streets, street quality, walkability, and value.