Kensington-Chinatown (78), Toronto

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About this neighbourhood

TL;DR. Between January and July 2026, Kensington-Chinatown (78) recorded 436 reported incidents, representing 2% of the 21,841 total incidents in Toronto. Assault was the leading category in the neighbourhood with 243 incidents. Other top categories included break and enter with 85 incidents, theft from vehicle with 41, bike theft with 20, and robbery with 19 incidents. Violent incidents totaled 288 during this same period.

About this data

Kensington-Chinatown (78) is a designated neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario. According to official records for 2026 (YTD, through Jul), Kensington-Chinatown (78) registered a total of 436 incidents. This count represents 2% of the total 21,841 incidents recorded city-wide across all Toronto neighbourhoods during this year-to-date period. The counts published for this period reflect the latest calendar year from the open-data archive cut at the last complete month.

The underlying open-data archive for Kensington-Chinatown (78) spans from 2000-01-01 through 2026-08-14. Across this long-term date range, the archive contains a cumulative total of 7,742 recorded incidents for this specific neighbourhood. Within the 2026 year-to-date dataset of 436 incidents, violent incidents comprise 288 recorded events, while non-violent and property-related events make up the remainder of the overall neighbourhood count.

Recent trend

The incident data for Kensington-Chinatown (78) covers an observation window starting on 2000-01-01 and continuing through 2026-08-14, spanning the years 2000 to 2026. Over this entire period, the archive includes 7,742 total incidents for the neighbourhood. When analyzing trends across multiple years, readers should note that open-data neighbourhood boundary definitions may vary from year to year. Shifts in administrative boundaries or reporting guidelines over time can influence multi-year comparisons, meaning historical numbers reflect the specific boundary definitions in effect during each recording period.

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