In case your automotive has ever disappeared in a single day, you already know the particular dread of strolling out within the morning to an empty parking spot.
The reality is Montreal has at all times had its share of auto theft, however the previous few years pushed that actuality into uncomfortable territory for lots of residents.
Whereas numbers have been pulling again, over 2,000 vehicles have already been reported stolen on the island thus far in 2026, in line with knowledge from the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM), tracked by means of town’s Vue sur la sécurité publique interactive mapping tool.
That places town roughly on tempo with 2025, when the full-year complete landed at 5,052.
The map plots every reported theft individually and could be filtered by neighbourhood, date vary and crime kind, giving a clearer image of the place incidents are concentrated than any borough-level abstract can.
The place thefts are taking place
Outcomes from June 5, 2026.Vue sur la sécurité publique interactive mapping tool
The east finish is carrying the heaviest load by a major margin. The Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve hall and the areas stretching north by means of Rosemont, Villeray and into the François-Perrault zone present the densest clusters on the map. Montreal North additionally registers prominently on the prime of the island.
Central Montreal — the NDG, Côte-des-Neiges and Hampstead space — exhibits average exercise, whereas Verdun and the south-facing fringe of the island have their very own seen concentrations.
Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Pointe-Claire and Beaconsfield present noticeably thinner clusters in comparison with the jap and central elements of the island, although incidents are scattered all through.
What’s being focused
The place your automotive is parked issues, however so does what you are driving. In keeping with Équité Association’s most recent provincial rankings, the Toyota RAV4 ranked as Quebec’s most stolen automobile in 2024, with 921 thefts reported throughout the province. The Honda CR-V and Honda Civic adopted, with the Jeep Wrangler and Toyota Highlander rounding out the highest 5. Small and midsize SUVs with keyless entry methods make up the majority of the listing.
For those who personal a type of fashions and stay in one of many higher-activity zones on the map, the mix of location and automobile kind is value taking significantly. Équité recommends seen anti-theft units, maintaining key fobs away from doorways and home windows, parking indoors when doable, and contemplating a GPS tracker in case your mannequin seems on the listing.
How 2026 compares
Automotive theft in Montreal spiked sharply in 2022 and 2023, with the 2023 complete hitting 9,623 (the very best determine in a minimum of a decade). Numbers have been pulling again since then, dropping to 7,287 in 2024 and 5,052 in 2025.
Here is how the annual totals have appeared going again to 2016:
- 2016: 3,508
- 2017: 3,904
- 2018: 3,409
- 2019: 3,406
- 2020: 3,924
- 2021: 5,451
- 2022: 7,900
- 2023: 9,623
- 2024: 7,287
- 2025: 5,052
On the present tempo, 2026 (2,025 thefts thus far) is monitoring towards a complete within the low-to-mid 4,000s, which might mark the primary time town has been under the 2021 degree for the reason that theft surge started, and a significant step again towards the pre-pandemic baseline.
If you wish to verify exercise in your particular avenue or neighbourhood, the SPVM’s interactive map is accessible by means of the City of Montreal’s website, the place you may filter by crime kind, date vary and placement.