Rise in Toronto home invasions tied to houses in some of city's wealthiest neighbourhoods
The rise in home invasions in Toronto over the last few years is largely due to a significant increase in home invasions involving houses in some of the city's wealthiest neighbourhoods, according to a CBC News analysis of Toronto police data. Residents of those neighbourhoods have been taking matters into their own hands. Beefing up home security, and calling for criminal reform to address a problem that police attribute, at least partially, to a shift from carjackings to brazen home invasions to access keys to steal vehicles.