March was one other tough month for break-ins in Montreal, with 331 incidents recorded throughout the island.
That pushes the 2026 working whole to 1,323 as of March 31, based on information from the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM).
For context, these figures are based mostly on the newest information accessible by means of town’s Vue sur la sécurité publique interactive mapping tool, which tracks prison incidents throughout Montreal in close to real-time.
The March quantity works out to roughly 10.7 break-ins per day all through the month. That will sound like lots, however it’s higher than what town is used to. In truth, with greater than 1 / 4 of the yr now within the books, 2026 is shaping as much as be a notably quieter yr for break-and-enters than 2025 was.
The place the incidents are concentrated
The SPVM’s interactive map exhibits the identical normal patterns that outlined 2025, with sure components of the island absorbing a disproportionate share of incidents. The Ville-Marie and Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve space continues to indicate the heaviest focus, with the downtown core and surrounding east-end neighbourhoods remaining probably the most focused components of town.
Montréal-Nord can also be exhibiting elevated numbers within the northeast, and the Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension hall stays lively. Côte-des-Neiges and Notre-Dame-de-Grâce are nonetheless showing prominently within the information as properly.
On the western finish of the island, the numbers are significantly decrease, with some pockets of exercise seen round Dollard-des-Ormeaux.
How 2026 is trending
On the present tempo, Montreal may end the yr someplace round 5,200 break-ins, which might truly be a significant enchancment over current years. For context, this is how the numbers have stacked up going again a 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 holding in thoughts that early-year projections do not at all times maintain. In 2025, the autumn months drove a major spike — October alone accounted for 579 incidents, the busiest single month of the yr — so the hotter seasons might be telling.
If you wish to examine exercise in your particular road or neighbourhood, the SPVM’s interactive map is accessible by means of the City of Montreal’s website, the place you possibly can filter by crime kind and date vary.