The murder rate climbed in the latter part of 2015 , and jumped in 2016 to 73 . In 2017 , homicides were down to 65 . On November 18 , 2018 , with Cardinal Licorish , 23 , of Ajax shot and killed at an apartment building in the area of Lawrence Avenue and Kingston Road , that death became Toronto 's 90th homicide of that year which means the city has broken its homicide record , surpassing the old record of 89 homicides in 1991 . A BlogTO post in June reveals that Toronto 's homicide rate was higher than in New York City . The 2018 homicide tally included the 10 victims in the Yonge Street van attack and the 2 victims in the Danforth shooting
Yonge Street van attack
Toronto van attack
Crime in Toronto