The neighbourhood of New Toronto is located in the south-west area of the city in the former City of Etobicoke. It was once an independent municipality. The neighbourhood’s boundaries are Lake Ontario in the south, the Canadian National Railway lines in the north, Dwight Avenue in the east and Twenty-Third Street in the west. The neighbourhood is a mix of residential homes, commercial businesses and an industrial area.
New Toronto Crime Statistics
The crime against people in New Toronto is generally quite low though the crime against property is considered high.
In the area bordered by Dwight Avenue, Fourteenth Street, Lake Ontario and Lake Shore Boulevard, there is an average of 11.67 crimes against people per 1000 living and working in the region and 23.87 crimes against property. North of Lake Shore to the railway tracks, there is an average of 11.19 crimes against people and 19.75 crimes against property.
The area bordered by Fourteenth Street, Twenty-Third Street, Lake Shore Boulevard and Lake Ontario has an average of 8.92 crimes against people and 48.09 crimes against property per 1000 living and working in the area. This is one of the
Toronto neighbourhoods with the most property crime. North of Lake Shore in this area there is an average of 20.32 crimes against people and 28.43 crimes against property.
New Toronto Crime Information
In May 2011 a man was stabbed in the Lake Shore Boulevard and Islington Avenue area. He suffered multiple stab wounds. From CP24:
Police said the victim was stabbed during some kind of dispute in the 2800 block of Lake Shore Boulevard West near Islington Avenue shortly before 1 a.m.
In December 2011 a man was stabbed near Lake Shore Boulevard and Kipling Avenue. According to the Toronto Star, “the man was rushed to trauma centre with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.”
In 2010, a man was charged with impersonating a police officer to rob an apartment in New Toronto. From Inside Toronto:
A Toronto court officer is charged with impersonating a police officer after an Etobicoke woman was the victim Wednesday night of an armed robbery in her New Toronto apartment. A second man has also been charged. A third male suspect is outstanding. There are no descriptions available.
Around 9:20 p.m. July 28, the woman answered a knock on the door of her Sixth Street and Lake Shore Boulevard West-area apartment. Three men, one armed with a handgun, forced their way into the apartment, police said. The men demanded property, police said, then fled. The woman did not sustain any injuries.
Also in 2010, a 13-year-old boy was stabbed behind the MasterCard Centre for Hockey Excellence, the Toronto Maple Leafs practice facility. Also from Inside Toronto:
An argument between two 13-year-old boys turned violent Sunday night after one was stabbed behind the Leafs’ practice arena in New Toronto.
Police said the boy was transported to hospital March 21 with non-life threatening injuries, treated and released. The boys know one another and attend the same school, Det.-Sgt. Madelaine Tretter of 22 Division’s criminal investigation bureau said Monday.
In 2008 a man was found with no vital signs in a New Toronto residence. He was suffering from multiple stab wounds. From CityTV:
Detectives are hunting for a suspect in a homicide that started out as an unknown trouble call.
When officers arrived at a residence on Coin St. near Lake Shore and Islington, they found the victim suffering from serious stab wounds. He had no vital signs, and although paramedics tried to revive him, he was pronounced dead at the scene. A post-mortem has determined the multiple stab wounds caused his death.
