PUBLIC SAFETY DATA
The Toronto Police Service Public Safety Data Portal is intended to improve the understanding of policing, improve transparency and enhance confidence through the creation and use of open data for public safety in Toronto.
The Public Safety Data Portal makes available, raw event data from incidents which have been reported to and/or investigated by the Toronto Police Service. For privacy reasons, this data does not include personal information (such as names, addresses, etc.) but does include information such as the type of incident, date, time, nearest intersection, etc.
Open data from events leading up to December 31 of the previous calendar year is available for download. Open data from January 1 of the current calendar year is not available for download but can be viewed through a suite of online tools and interactive maps.
Below are just a few of the tools available through this portal.
For more information, please visit DATA & MAPS
Open Datasets (Year End)
Website: OPEN DATA
Visit this page to view and download raw datasets leading up to December 31 of the previous calendar year. Downloadable datasets include categories such as reported crime, traffic incidents, etc.
Data Analytics Dashboards (Year-to-Date, Year End)
Website: DATA ANALYTICS
Visit this page to view and/or download open datasets through a series of interactive dashboards which you can use to graph statistical data and trends with a variety of filters.
Toronto Police Maps (Year-to-Date, Year End)
Website: MAPS
Visit this page to view open datasets through a series of searchable interactive maps which you can use to filter events by the type of incident, date, location, etc. Featured maps include the Year-to-Date Crime App (which maps the locations of events reported up to the previous day) and the Community Asset Portal (which maps the locations of social services such as shelters, community resource navigators, mental health and youth support services).
RACE AND IDENTITY-BASED DATA COLLECTION
The Strategy
The Toronto Police Service is committed to the promotion of equity, fairness and non-discriminatory policing in Toronto.
The provincial Anti Racism Act of 2017 mandated the collection of race-based data by organizations in the public sector, specifically child welfare, education and justice sectors, for the purpose of eliminating systemic racism and advancing racial equity.
For the Toronto Police Service, data collection started on January 1, 2020.
This is a pivotal point in the history of the Toronto Police Service. Our work today to incorporate an anti-racism approach to our policies and procedures, will have far-reaching and progressive impacts for generations to come.
Our modernization plan, The Way Forward, calls for us to meet the needs of a complex city, embrace partnerships and be where the public needs us.
And, our core values direct us to do the right thing, and connect with compassion. The Race and Identity-Based Data Collection Strategy meets all of these principles.
We continue to develop as modern police service that is consistent, transparent, inclusive and community-focused.