Bayview Village is a Toronto neighbourhood that is located in the former city of North York. It’s boundaries are Finch Avenue in the north, Highway 401 in the south, Bayview Avenue in the west and and Leslie Street in the east. It is located just east of the Willowdale neighbourhood. The neighbourhood is made up of a a variety of different property, from single family homes and larger condominiums to retail stores, restaurants and shopping centres. There is also a large amount of parkland nearby. There is a relatively small amount of crime against people in the region, but crimes against property are average for the City of Toronto. In the area bordered by Leslie Street and Burbank Drive in the east, Sheppard Avenue and Citation Drive in the north, Bayview Avenue in the west and the 401 in the south, there is an average of 4.27 crimes against people per 1000 people living and working in the neighbourhood. There is an average of 18.12 crimes against property per 1000. North of that area up until Finch Avenue, there is an average of 7.36 crimes against people and 9.45 crimes against property. In March 2011, a teenage girl was sexually assaulted near Bayview and Sheppard. The 17-year-old was approached by five males ranging between 17 and 20 years of age. She was threatened with a knife, grabbed and taken into an alleyway where she was sexually assaulted and robbed. In September 2008, a woman was found dead in her apartment near Bayview and Sheppard. She was tied to a chair and appeared to have been stabbed to death. From the Toronto Star:
Police, firefighters and ambulance paramedics who responded to a 911 call found the woman, in her 20s, in a fourth floor apartment of a low-rise on Talara Dr. near Bayview Ave. and Sheppard Ave. E. about 6:30 p.m. She was pronounced dead at the scene. A man, also in his 20s, pulled his T-shirt over his head as he was escorted from the building by police. He may have been the person who found the victim and called police.
In September 2009 a man was shot and killed in the Leslie and Finch area. From CBC news:
The Toronto police homicide unit is investigating the fatal shooting of a man at a housing complex Monday night. Police officers arrived at the Field Sparroway complex near Leslie Street and Finch Avenue East around 8:45 p.m. Monday after hearing reports of gunfire and screaming. Sheldon Anthony Henry, 23, had been shot several times, police said. His body was found at the front door of one of the homes in the complex.
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