With the climate heating up, Montreal is seeing an uptick in break-ins throughout the island.
Montreal recorded 487 break-ins in Could, the best single-month whole of 2026 by a major margin and a step up from April’s 410. That pushes the operating whole to 2,220 as of Could 31, based on knowledge from the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM), tracked by way of the town’s Vue sur la sécurité publique interactive mapping tool.
At roughly 15.7 break-ins per day, Could was the busiest month of the yr to this point, and the numbers line up with a sample that has held in earlier years, the place hotter months are inclined to drive greater incident counts throughout the island.
The place the incidents are concentrated
The SPVM’s map exhibits the identical normal hotspots which have outlined 2026, with the east finish absorbing the heaviest share of incidents by a large margin. The Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve space stays the only greatest cluster on the map, with 261 incidents recorded in that zone alone. Central Montreal follows with 156, whereas Verdun posted a notably elevated rely of 119 on the south shore-facing fringe of the island.
Montreal North continues to seem prominently within the knowledge with 67 incidents, and the François-Perrault hall to the east registered 77. The Villeray and Rosemont areas stay energetic in the midst of the island.
The west finish tells a special story. Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Pointe-Claire and Beaconsfield posted comparatively modest numbers in comparison with the central and jap clusters, persevering with a sample that has held all year long.
How 2026 is trending
On the present tempo, Montreal is on monitor to complete the yr someplace round 5,300 break-ins, which might nonetheless symbolize an enchancment over current years however is creeping upward from earlier projections.
This is how the annual totals have seemed 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
Could’s surge is a reminder that the hotter months are inclined to do a variety of work in these annual totals. In 2025, October alone accounted for 579 incidents, the busiest single month of the yr, so how the following few months play out will matter an important deal for the place 2026 in the end lands.
If you wish to test exercise in your particular avenue or neighbourhood, the SPVM’s interactive map is accessible by way of the City of Montreal’s website, the place you may filter by crime sort and date vary.