The positive relationship between crime and mental health puts forth the notion that both crime and mental health are alarming issues that residents of Toronto neighbourhoods are facing. The geographic analysis of crime and mental health further highlights the regions that are in need of more support to combat high crime incidence and mental health visit rate along with those that are in need of additional support to maintain low crime incidence and visit rates.

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The city of Toronto already has several services from crisis lines and substance use treatment services to legal and educational support services in place for its residents. The analyses within this project can be applied to help examine whether those services are located in areas where residents can easily access them, especially in the regions where crime and mental health-related issues are more prevalent. This project can also be utilized to verify the effectiveness of Toronto's existing services. If a neighbourhood with a high crime count and visit rate also has an abundance of services available, this may call for a deeper investigation of those services and their lack of support.

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Hence, the next step towards preventing crime and mental health-related issues is to conduct additional research for each neighbourhood to ensure that any changes to the interventions or policies accurately reflect and respond to a neighbourhood's most current situation and the core needs of its residents. Though this project is far from complete, it not only illustrates the urgent nature of crime and mental health within Toronto, but it also offers a starting point through which policymakers can work towards creating and providing more effective support to mitigate the detrimental impacts of crime and mental health-related issues.