Is Alderwood safe?
For break-ins, Alderwood is below the Toronto average. It had 2.5 residential break-ins per 1,000 households in 2025, against 3.0 across the city, which ties for #80 of 158 neighbourhoods per household. In total, 12 were reported: 10 at houses and 2 at apartments.
This page looks at break-ins at homes only, not other kinds of crime.
reported in 2025, 7 fewer than the 19 in 2024.
Where Alderwood sits among all 158
The orange bar is Alderwood. 23% of Toronto neighbourhoods had fewer reported break-ins, and 9 had the same number. Hover or tap to compare.
Houses and apartments
2025 compared with 2024
These are counts, not rates. A larger or denser neighbourhood has more homes, so a higher count does not automatically mean each household is at higher risk. Small counts also move around from year to year, and a change of a few incidents is normal noise. With 12 incidents, Alderwood sits below the middle of the pack: the median Toronto neighbourhood had 18.5.
When break-ins are recorded
The citywide pattern in 2025, not specific to Alderwood. Many times are estimates, because people often find out after they get home.
Adjusted for size
Alderwood has about 4,785 households. That works out to 2.5 break-ins per 1,000 households in 2025, compared with 3.0 across Toronto.
Households are from the 2021 Census. See all 158 ranked per household.
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What to do about it
Most reported break-ins here were at houses, so start with every way in, not just the front door.
- Cover the front door and porch. A video doorbell shows who is at the door and records deliveries and visitors.
- Don't forget the side and back. A battery or solar outdoor camera can watch a back door, garage side door or yard without new wiring.
- Make it look occupied. Lights on timers, no piled-up mail, and tidy entrances.
A camera doesn't stop a break-in by itself. It lets you see what is happening and keeps a recording.
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About this data
Source. Toronto Police Service, Major Crime Indicators open data, published under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
What is counted. Break and enter (B&E) incidents at houses and apartments, by the year they occurred, for 2025 and 2024. The data is preliminary and may be revised, and incident locations are offset to the nearest intersection, so neighbourhood counts are approximate. Police advise not comparing these figures with other crime data sources.
How to read it. Rankings, the median and percentages are our own calculations from this data. Households are from the 2021 Census. MkaeSense is not affiliated with Toronto Police Service, and this is general information, not a prediction for any home or street.