Kensington Market Crime Report

Kensington Market is a Toronto neighbourhood and primarily outdoor market located in downtown Toronto. The neighbourhood boundaries are College Street in the north, Dundas Street in the south, Spadina Avenue in the east and Bathurst Street in the west.  Other major streets in the area include Augusta Avenue, Nassau Street, Baldwin Street and Kensington Avenue. The actual Kensington Market itself is a major area in the neighbourhood, but there are a number of Victorian homes in the neighbourhood as well as Kensington Community School and Toronto Western Hospital. The Kensington Market neighbourhood itself is very diverse.

Kensington Market Crime Rates

The Kensington Market neighbourhood has an average of 12.71 crimes against people per 1000 living and working in the region. It also has an average of 41.76 crimes against property per 1000. When looking at the crime rate of a specific area it is important that you do not focus all of your attention solely on the exact neighbourhood in question. Criminals do not immediately stop at certain streets or other arbitrary boundaries. Therefore you are able to determine more about a neighbourhood by looking at the areas that surround it as well. Neighbourhoods close to Kensington Marketing include Little Italy and Chinatown. For more information on neighbourhood crime, please visit the neighbourhood crime reports section of our website.

Kensington Market Crime

In May 2011, three men were shot in Kensington Market. From CBC News:

Three men were shot early Sunday morning outside an after-hours club in Toronto’s Kensington Market, police said. Emergency personnel were dispatched to an area on Augusta Avenue near Denison Square around 4:30 a.m. Paramedics said they took one person to hospital with a minor gunshot wound, but police later said three people had been shot and injured, all minor.

Weeks later, in June 2011, another shooting took place in the area. From Inside Toronto:

Toronto Police are investigating the second shooting in as many weeks in the Kensington Market area. This latest incident took place Sunday, June 12 at 3:30 a.m. when two groups of men reportedly got into an altercation outside a bar near College and Bathurst streets. Investigators report one of the men involved in the fight pulled out a handgun and shot a man in his 20s in the stomach. A second man in his 40s suffered a gun shot wound to the leg. Both victims were rushed to hospital and treated for their injuries.

In August 2010, two people were taken to the hospital after a shooting on Grange Avenue, near Augusta. From the Toronto Star:

Two men were taken to hospital Thursday evening after a double shooting near Kensington Market. According to police, the shooting happened around 7 p.m. on Grange Ave., near Augusta Ave. When officers arrived they found two victims — a man in his early 20s who had been shot in the torso and a second man who was shot in the foot, an EMS official confirmed. Both were taken to a nearby trauma center — the man in his early 20s in serious condition. The second victim is expected to recover.

In July 2009 a man was stabbed repeatedly with a broken golf club in Bellevue Square Park near Kensington Market. From Digital Journal:

A man was found stabbed four times with the shaft of a broken golf club Wednesday evening near Kensington Market in Toronto. The man was rushed to hospital before 7 pm with serious injuries. He was stabbed in the face, twice in the right side and once in his lower back.

In May 2007 a man was shot in Kensington Market. From CTV:

A man in his mid-20s was shot in the head near Kensington Market early Sunday morning, the Toronto Star reports. Emergency officials found the victim on Augusta Avenue, near College Street and Spadina Avenue, after being called to the scene at about 3 a.m. Kensington Market Crime Report article from Safetech Security @ 2012