Crime Trends in Barrie: Which Areas Are Getting Worse?

Added: 2026-05-21

[00:00:02]Hi, you're with Mark and Diane Real Estate News and Views. And today, Mark, we're going to take a look at the crime map. And it seems like lately we've been hearing a lot more a lot more um in more areas of the city. Let me say that.

[00:00:23]>> Yeah. I just think you know we the we the you know and again this is just not Barry isolated Barry Ontario incident this is going happening across multiple municipalities and we're a big city right and it kind of happens in bigger communities in a more does and then we break that down in bigger neighborhoods we're going to see more going on more housing more malls more traffic whatever it's going to be but it's you know it's been in the in the spotlight for the last 5 weeks here in Barry where we've seen some more violent stuff And of course, and it's related to downtown, right? That's kind of what goes on downtown. Um, and I think I do think the city is trying some things, Dan. I think they're trying their best, but I also think on some ways they could be doing different things. I feel looking at comments from um things on say very concerned citizens where it's it's an a massive group of people 60 70,000 people on there communicating and and and again people feel unsafe about going to some areas with violent crime and we've seen random shooting downtown what 6 weeks ago.

[00:01:32]>> Mhm.

[00:01:33]>> I went down to walk Ted why is it Dunlop street all blocked off? That's a concern for public safety. What happens if you're I was walking Ted an hour beforehand. I'm sorry. This was in this was in 3 or 4:00 in the morning when it happened, but how many people are walking home from from bars, restaurants at that time?

[00:01:50]>> It's town at that time.

[00:01:53]>> So, I think it could have been a lot worse than what happened. We've seen um an incident on Dunlop East. A friend of mine posted outside of her business.

[00:02:03]There was a stabbing. you know, her husband was there powerwashing the sidewalk full of blood. Like, I just, >> you know, when is enough enough? And we're seeing more. And I think there should be more police presence. And yes, they're putting these special constables downtown.

[00:02:20]Guess their eyes. I agree. But they really I think their hands are tied.

[00:02:25]They can't go arrest somebody. They can't >> Well, apparently Mayor Nuttle in his last thing said open drug use. They're going to start arresting them. And a lot of things I've I've seen like down in in the south end here in my neighborhood, um they had that random shooting where somebody just drove by and shot up their cars and their house. I mean, they didn't kill anybody. Um but I don't think they've caught the people that did that. And there was another one in the north end, too.

[00:02:55]>> Yeah, there was >> random drive by shooting thing, right?

[00:02:59]Um, and I never heard things like that before.

[00:03:04]>> No. And and I specifically think those are a targeted thing versus someone opening up fire on a neighborhood, right?

[00:03:11]>> Yes.

[00:03:12]>> Reason why. But, you know, again, it it becomes a public safety issue and a public safety concern. So, >> well, scary, too. It just like when you start hearing, you know, people are shooting up this and somebody got stabbed over here and then somebody got shot over there. It's like, holy crap.

[00:03:30]Like where am I living right now?

[00:03:32]Because >> there was the odd incident, but it's like every every week there's something.

[00:03:40]>> There is. And and you know from the information that I've been hearing a lot about not just recently but last few years it's all starting with how the prosecution they're not being these crimes aren't being prosecuted in a sense right even like you know open drug use as example you know people in merchants down there you know who have businesses down people that go down to shop down there we all I always see it right >> I think it's time where we have to >> to clean up more of these of these downtown areas. So, it brings more people to the community, to that community, and to the downtown. Like, I mean, I made a rule this year with all the latest stuff, I don't walk downtown anymore. I don't feel safe. I don't I'm I'm so sick of seeing it all the time that I just I just avoid it.

[00:04:27]>> Well, how many times has a Georgian mall jewelry stores been robbed?

[00:04:31]>> Three, I think.

[00:04:32]>> Three or four at least, minimum.

[00:04:34]>> Yeah.

[00:04:35]>> Right. So, >> and when did we ever hear that before?

[00:04:39]Never. Right. It's >> the federal government's, you know, soft on crime thing that, >> you know, these people know it. Nothing really happens. Rarely catch them. So, >> a lot of times, yeah, I heard I heard they busted um three I I think it was three people from Bmpton and one from somewhere else.

[00:04:59]>> Yeah.

[00:04:59]>> In the smash and grab jewelries.

[00:05:02]>> And they were doing they were doing them um all all around the city and in Barry.

[00:05:06]But I don't know if they were the guys, you know, in the last episode. I'm not sure.

[00:05:12]>> Right.

[00:05:12]>> But um half of them like I don't know. They're getting away.

[00:05:18]>> So today we want to kind of go through show the viewers a few areas in Barry where we're seeing more of some some violent crime on the up. We're seeing it in general on the uptick of course, but these are more just isolated instances in comm in different geographical areas of the community that people should be aware when you know they're looking. We have a big audience from North York coming to our community to buy that don't know that this community safety portal exists.

[00:05:44]>> Yeah. So, how I got it is I went I just searched Barry crime map.

[00:05:48]>> Yep.

[00:05:49]>> And then I I cho chose the community safety data portal.

[00:05:53]>> Yep.

[00:05:54]>> And then it brings you to the crime map.

[00:05:56]>> Right. So the crime map is up here and up here they have the crim the crime property crimes violent crime but that is over the last year >> right okay >> and it doesn't break it down by area or anything like I can just show you so it's like assaults in the last year 958 uh attempted murder homicide manslaughter four human trafficking four robbery 64 for so and it shows 2022.

[00:06:32]Look at the ward. So ward one. Can you move that up there? Is that good information? So these are this is back in 2022. So that's okay.

[00:06:43]>> Hold on.

[00:06:44]>> Okay, there we go.

[00:06:46]>> So this award one is the light blue, >> right?

[00:06:50]>> Ward two is the dark two is uh the dark blue. And that is explain war two. So war, let me explain war two so people know.

[00:06:59]>> W two is a city center, >> right? So downtown area, a lot of streets downtown and and off streets downtown. So >> yeah, >> lots of activity. So normally very consistent to what we would expect to see.

[00:07:10]>> Well, you know what's funny? So um 2023 was actually worse than 2024 and 2025.

[00:07:18]>> Yeah. Yeah. and 2026 it's only up till May so it's not even relevant yet right >> yeah it's yeah so that's some good data for people that are looking to move to the community >> yeah so if you look if you go here so ward one two three four so it shows you right >> y >> so ward 4 is also a high one here >> y >> but then when you go when you look in 2025 ward 4 actually went down.

[00:07:53]They're actually below now ward three and ward five.

[00:07:58]>> Yeah.

[00:07:58]>> And ward uh ward 8 went up.

[00:08:02]>> Yeah.

[00:08:03]>> And I noticed ward 8 go up. W 8 was one of the the ones here all the way along as well in 2022, 2023, 2024.

[00:08:15]W 8 is still high.

[00:08:18]>> Let's see. So ward eight mark is right here.

[00:08:21]>> Yeah. I wish they had more I wish they had more.

[00:08:25]>> You There's no more numbers to go further back. Eh, >> no.

[00:08:28]>> No.

[00:08:29]>> So W eight W eight is here.

[00:08:34]>> It's the Allenale area.

[00:08:37]>> Okay. You got community rec centers in there. You got city transit hubs.

[00:08:43]Um >> well that's Burton Avenue. Well, you have uh you you have that um subsidized housing, too.

[00:08:50]>> Yeah, there's lots of that in that in that Allenale area.

[00:08:54]>> That could great. And this is just not happening in say W 8. There's there's other geographical areas in the community that should get people's attention to to look. That's the whole reason behind the videos is is being proactive to really look so you have a good understanding. And they're like Dan said, they're all on the side.

[00:09:13]>> Yeah. So over here, if we go to ward one >> up here, that's that's the east end.

[00:09:19]>> Yep.

[00:09:20]>> So the assaults are 16 violent offense, other violent offenses, which you looked it up, was like it's a mixture, right, of Yeah. They things that don't already have a category like assaulting an officer and stuff like that, right?

[00:09:36]>> Yeah, they're grouped in.

[00:09:38]>> Yeah, they're grouped in. So that's ward one. But then when you look at ward two, which is the city center, the assaults are 53.

[00:09:47]>> Like all the other all the other ws, Mark, when I looked at assaults and stuff, they were like 14, 11, 9, 8.

[00:09:56]>> Yeah.

[00:09:57]>> 13.

[00:09:58]Um, nobody was over 20.

[00:10:01]>> Okay.

[00:10:02]>> The city center is 53.

[00:10:05]>> Yeah. And the other violent offenses were 21 where everybody else all the other wards were seven eight. Now w eight was the other bad one right.

[00:10:14]>> Yeah it was.

[00:10:16]>> So the other offense all other violent offenses there were 10 and assaults were 12.

[00:10:23]>> Yeah.

[00:10:24]>> Bail violations 14.

[00:10:27]Motor vehicle theft three. Mischief.

[00:10:29]Like it it separates them. Now before we could just pick here what we wanted to look at. I know >> we can't do that now.

[00:10:39]It doesn't let you. So, w seven is the Holly area and nine assaults, other vi uh other violent offenses. Eight. Those were one of the higher ones, too.

[00:10:52]>> Big. I want to make sure this area is tons of residential housing. It's a big geographical area in the community.

[00:10:58]>> It's huge.

[00:10:59]>> Huge. So, >> and lots of high schools. It's got a lot of So, like how many of those are even um high school kids, >> right? There there's lots, you know, there's lots of schools, there's, you know, there's lots of traffic, lots of restaurants, lots of retail. Like, so you're going to see some of those in We don't want to come on here and and just pinpoint a really really bad Well, we do in a sense of when we talk about World War II. Yes, that is the, you know, extreme in the community and but there's some beautiful streets in that war, too.

[00:11:38]But there's also some surrounding streets of where these crimes are happening that are really impacted that are on the rise that people should be keep an eye out for these cuz it's spilling over to them more in the, you know, the robberies and, you know, breaking into cars and sheds and stealing property, right? Well, the offensive weapons down here were 23 in war and >> Sure. And Right. And >> offensive weapons over like in ward seven which is a holier was seven.

[00:12:15]>> Yeah.

[00:12:16]>> In ward eight one.

[00:12:19]>> Yeah.

[00:12:20]>> Ward nine three.

[00:12:24]>> Yeah.

[00:12:24]>> W 10 none.

[00:12:28]>> None. Yeah. done. So like all the other wards, this is the whole the whole city and you can definitely see um that we have a concentration here downtown. But Mark, it's still everywhere to a degree, >> just at a smaller scale.

[00:12:49]>> That's it.

[00:12:50]>> It's at a smaller scale and we're not seeing it. You know what I mean? Um I again I live in war too so I see it every day, right? So it's, you know, I drive by and I see it, right? So it's just not enjoyable to drive by and see, you know, someone posted a video the other day. There was a guy with an axe breaking off a bike lock and then he just put back in his jacket. Hey, if I saw that, I I I would be going, "Holy cow, I'm going to the other side of the street because I don't know the the the the mental wellness of this individual.

[00:13:21]I'm not putting trust in this."

[00:13:23]probably nothing would happen, but I'm not putting myself into a situation where something could happen.

[00:13:29]>> Yeah. Well, I'm in Ward 10, which I don't really see it, >> but there's been some driveby shootings not far from me where they shot up a car and like there's been some um breaking enters >> that I heard about in the neighborhood.

[00:13:48]>> Mhm. So, like they're everywhere to a degree, but there's definitely a concentration down there. And if if people want to move into certain areas, I told someone on Saturday that I showed a housemark.

[00:14:04]>> He asked me, "Well, what kind of area is this? Is it safe?" And I said, >> "Well, you know, you should go to the Barry crime map."

[00:14:10]>> Yep.

[00:14:11]>> And take a look.

[00:14:13]>> Don't don't just believe me.

[00:14:16]>> No.

[00:14:17]>> Because he said, "Well, don't lie to me." I said, "Well, I wouldn't lie to you anyway."

[00:14:21]>> Yeah.

[00:14:22]>> But when it comes down to it, you can go look for yourself >> so you get a good feel and you don't have to just trust what somebody's telling you cuz a lot of agents will lie.

[00:14:34]>> Oh, yeah. This area is great.

[00:14:36]>> And and this is the thing. So, you could just drive. There's beautiful streets in Holly. There's beautiful streets in all these areas here. But then you know there's some not so great streets and it's happening in on some of the good streets as well.

[00:14:49]>> It is >> right. So you know what I mean? But as as a agent say outside this community merch driving showing in ward 7 or 10 or 11 look at this area. There's nothing going on here. Meanwhile the bar crime map says there is as an example. So it becomes being proactive for >> that home buyer to to do their own due diligence >> that for sure. And you know I I had that I also met a couple uh this weekend I was telling you about who bought in an area and doesn't think he likes the area now like cuz he didn't know.

[00:15:30]>> And that h it happens a lot.

[00:15:32]>> It happens a it does happen a lot. How many times have you had clients say >> I didn't realize what we were buying into?

[00:15:39]>> I agree. This isn't this is an everyday occurrence in a sense that we hear about, right?

[00:15:44]>> Yeah.

[00:15:45]>> When our phone rings from from new prospects and stuff like that, I want to sell my house or you know what I mean? I I bought this three years ago and you know or 10 years ago and it's oh god.

[00:15:56]Oh, we work with an out of town agent.

[00:15:58]Big red flag, right?

[00:16:00]>> Yeah. I you know what I want to share one more thing because you know how Leticia Heights has that big that big uh stigma kind of.

[00:16:09]>> Yeah. So I think Leticia Heights is ward >> is it five? Let's see.

[00:16:17]>> Yeah.

[00:16:17]>> Yeah.

[00:16:18]>> So when we looked at [snorts] where was it where we saw Okay.

[00:16:31]I think it went down more.

[00:16:33]>> Hold on. I want to get rid of W eight.

[00:16:36]>> Okay. So it was W five, right? Yes, it was.

[00:16:40]>> So, W five is purple. Look at purple.

[00:16:43]>> Yeah, >> purple.

[00:16:45]>> It's one of the lowest.

[00:16:46]>> It's the lowest, >> right?

[00:16:48]>> Every year. Look. Purple. Purple.

[00:16:51]Purple.

[00:16:52]>> Yep.

[00:16:52]>> Oh, green was lower over here.

[00:16:54]>> Yep. And you know, >> it's the lowest.

[00:16:57]>> Yeah. And that area has been changing for years.

[00:17:00]>> It It has, but people still have the stigma, >> right?

[00:17:03]>> People still talk about it when they say, "Oh, I don't want to buy in Leticia Heights." bad area.

[00:17:07]>> Tell them, you know, it's actually a lot better.

[00:17:10]>> It's a more affordable area in the community, not a bad area.

[00:17:14]>> And not only that, Mark, I think it's got a lot of older people that have been living there for 20 years. Like, I know people that live in there and all their neighbors are older. They've been living there for years and years. The newer neighborhoods have the newer, you know, people moving up here with the teenagers and and, you know, doing drugs and doing and doing more stuff. Mhm.

[00:17:37]>> over there like everybody's like there's a lot of older people >> and young families who who went into that marketplace over there due to more affordable homes.

[00:17:47]>> Yeah.

[00:17:48]>> They've, you know, they've taken a lot of pride and they've, you know, kind of reestablished that area and it shows in it shows in the numbers, right?

[00:17:57]>> It does the numbers. So, uh, you know, I've been noticing that for years and years and years, but like you said, to your point, it's the stigma that comes around with it. And it's that stigma is hard to break.

[00:18:08]>> Well, and that's why I wanted to at least show >> because I I think that um the the narrative of the city has changed and nobody really looks into these things. Honestly, >> they don't. They should be. You know what I mean? Any buyer today should be getting acquainted with it, right? And before making a decision, go back. You got a a year worth of data and you got previous years to go back and look on.

[00:18:36]Hm.

[00:18:37]Not bad information to to make some decisions. And you know what I mean? If you got young kids that you got to think of, you know, there's other factors in that decision.

[00:18:47]>> For sure.

[00:18:47]>> A young family be good for downtown area? Not really. I'd say no. Let's not look here. let's let's not do it. But then you cross the street over to, you know, onto into the waterfront area.

[00:19:00]It's families. It's people enjoying the the community. It's great. But then you walk three blocks up and you and you feel unsafe, right? So anyway, I think we did a good job covering off some some details and and I really encourage everyone to investigate.

[00:19:17]>> Yes. Go on the crime map and take a look see and peruse in there. Anybody can do it. Yeah, I agree. All right, >> perfect.

[00:19:25]>> Okay, >> see you. See you.