How do I change my notification settings?
If you are already a CrimePoint subscriber and want to change how you receive your notifications (frequency, postal code, reporting radius, etc.), you must first unsubscribe from CrimePoint. You will receive a verification email to confirm that you want to unsubscribe.
Then subscribe to CrimePoint again using your new notification settings. You will receive another verification email to confirm that you want to subscribe again.
Your notifications settings have now been changed!
In case of an Emergency or a Crime in Progress, call 9-1-1 immediately.
If you require Police assistance but are not in an emergency situation (e.g., reporting thefts, vandalism, fraud, etc.) or for other situations where no person or property is in immediate danger, please call the Toronto Police Service non-emergency number at (416) 808-2222.
To report a crime online, please visit torontopolice.on.ca/core
To report anonymously, please call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), visit 222tips.com, leave a tip on the Toronto Police Service Leave a Tip page on Facebook, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637).
Every incident that is investigated by the Toronto Police is assigned a reference number (also known as an occurrence or case number). These reference numbers are included in all CrimePoint notifications. If you want to provide investigators with more information about any reported incident, please quote the reference number.
If you have more information about a reported incident, you can file a supplemental report at torontopolice.on.ca/core/supplemental_report.php
To report anonymously, please call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), visit 222tips.com, leave a tip on the Toronto Police Service Leave a Tip page on Facebook, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637).
CrimePoint uses open data from the Toronto Police Public Safety Data Portal. This data represents frontline reporting published by the Toronto Police Service.
The data in CrimePoint notifications matches the same data published by the Toronto Police Service at the time of distribution. To protect the privacy of those involved, no personal information is ever shared and the exact locations of all incidents are randomly offset to nearby intersections. As cases are more fully investigated, some details may be subject to change. We do not report on changes to ongoing investigations.
CrimePoint notifies you when an incident has been reported to the Toronto Police Service and published (usually within 24 hours) to the Toronto Police Year-to-Date Crime App. If an incident is reported to the police days, weeks or even months later, it will begin to appear in CrimePoint notifications on the day it was reported and published — not necessarily on the day the incident occurred.
CrimePoint is designed to notify you when a major crime incident has been reported to the police in your area. When you subscribe to CrimePoint, you can tell us your postal code and set a reporting radius (in kilometres). If a crime is reported within your reporting radius, we’ll let you know.
Ideally, it is best to set your reporting radius to 1, 2 or 3 km. If you set your reporting radius too high, you may receive very long lists of incidents and it can be more difficult to determine which of those incidents actually occurred in your immediate area.
Our system will only report up to 50 incidents in one notification email. If you find that you are regularly receiving very long lists of reported incidents, then you may want to lower your reporting radius.
The privacy of your personal information is very important to us. Your name, email address and postal code are only used for the purposes of personalizing your notification settings and communicating with you. We do not share your personal information with anyone.
We are a group of like-minded volunteers and Toronto-area residents whose work with Neighbourhood Watch and Community Police Liaison Committees has been recognized by the Toronto Police Service, local media outlets, and members of government.
CrimePoint was created to raise awareness of criminal activity in our neighbourhoods and aid in our collective ability to recognize suspicious activity when we see and/or hear it. If you know about a crime reported in your area, you are more likely to take precautions to prevent it from happening again, and report suspicious activity you may have seen or heard to the proper authorities.
CrimePoint is designed for local area residents, caregivers, schools, business owners, community leaders, Neighbourhood Watch groups, Homeowners Associations (HOAs), Business Improvement Areas (BIAs), Community Police Liaison Committees (CPLCs), etc. Our experience has proven that there is a great deal of public interest in receiving crime notifications and helping to improve the safety and security of our neighbourhoods.
If you have any further questions, please contact us at Hello@CrimePoint.info
