Almost 1,000 break-ins have been reported throughout Montreal within the first two and a half months of 2026, and the info exhibits some neighbourhoods are being hit significantly tougher than others.
The Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) has recorded 994 break-and-enter incidents between January 1 and March 11, 2026, in keeping with the most recent knowledge out there by means of town’s Vue sur la sécurité publique interactive instrument.
That works out to roughly 14 break-ins per day throughout the island — a barely sooner tempo than what was recorded in late January, when town was averaging about 13.5 incidents day by day.
The place break-ins are concentrated
The SPVM’s interactive crime mapping tool exhibits that sure areas are seeing way more exercise than others, and the sample seems to be much like what Montreal skilled all through 2025.
Essentially the most placing cluster on the map sits within the Ville-Marie and Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve space, which accounts for the very best focus of incidents on the island by a major margin. The downtown core and surrounding east-end neighbourhoods proceed to be essentially the most focused components of town.
A screenshot from the SPVM’s interactive crime mapping tool.SPVM
Montréal-Nord can also be displaying elevated numbers within the northeast, together with exercise within the Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension hall additional west. Côte-des-Neiges and the realm round Notre-Dame-de-Grâce are additionally showing prominently within the knowledge.
On the western finish of the island, incident counts are significantly decrease, although pockets of exercise are nonetheless seen round Dollard-des-Ormeaux.
What the tempo suggests for 2026
If the present charge holds by means of the remainder of the 12 months, Montreal may very well be on observe for someplace round 5,000 to five,200 break-ins in 2026, which might really signify a drop from 2025’s total of 6,139.
That might be welcome information after two consecutive years of will increase. For context, this is how break-and-enter incidents have trended in Montreal over the previous decade:
- 2015: 9,947
- 2016: 9,483
- 2017: 8,816
- 2018: 7,052
- 2019: 6,715
- 2020: 5,733
- 2021: 4,809
- 2022: 5,554
- 2023: 6,048
- 2024: 5,844
- 2025: 6,139
It is price noting that early-year projections can shift considerably as the hotter months arrive. In 2025, October was the only busiest month for break-ins, with 579 incidents recorded, and the summer time months weren’t far behind.
Different crimes tracked to date in 2026
Break-ins are certainly one of a number of crime classes the SPVM tracks publicly. The Vue sur la sécurité publique instrument additionally covers mischief, theft, and different offences, giving residents a broad image of felony exercise throughout town.
If you wish to see how your particular road or neighbourhood is faring, the interactive map is accessible by means of the City of Montreal’s website, the place you possibly can filter by crime sort and time interval.