In 2016, Montreal recorded 27,024 total police-reported incidents, representing a 3.8% decrease from 28,102 incidents in 2015. Break and enter was the leading incident category with 9,032 occurrences, followed by theft from vehicle at 7,199. These annual totals reflect open-data reporting patterns rather than per-capita risk. Overall, 2016 ranked as the third highest year for reported incidents in Montreal's 12-year dataset spanning 2015 through 2026.
In 2016, Montreal, QC recorded 27,024 total incidents in the municipal open-data archive. This figure marks a 3.8% decrease compared to the 28,102 incidents logged during 2015. It is important to note that year totals reflect reported incident records, not per-capita risk. The 2016 volume accounted for 9.4% of the 288,658 total incidents recorded across all 12 years in the city dataset from 2015 to 2026.
This page provides a comprehensive breakdown of Montreal's 2016 reported incident data. It highlights the main category distributions across the city, led by 9,032 Break and enter offences, 7,199 Theft from vehicle incidents, and 5,850 Mischief records. Additional logged categories for the year include 3,435 Auto theft incidents, 1,488 Robbery records, and 20 Homicide incidents.
During 2016, Montreal recorded 27,024 incidents compared to 28,102 incidents in 2015, representing a year-over-year decline of 3.8%. This decrease placed 2016 as rank 3 among the 12 years recorded in the city series between 2015 and 2026. As with all annual figures, year totals reflect reported incident volume rather than per-capita risk. The 2016 total represents a 9.4% share of the 288,658 total incidents logged across the entire city dataset. Break and enter was the most frequent category in 2016 with 9,032 incidents, followed by Theft from vehicle with 7,199 incidents and Mischief with 5,850 incidents.
With 27,024 incidents, 2016 stands as the third-highest annual volume in Montreal's 12-year dataset spanning 2015 through 2026. Break and enter led all categories at 9,032 incidents, followed by Theft from vehicle at 7,199 and Mischief at 5,850. Together with 3,435 Auto theft cases, property-focused categories dominated the year's top entries. While overall counts decreased by 3.8% from 2015's 28,102 incidents, 2016 remained higher than subsequent lower-volume years like 2020, which logged 20,840 incidents.
In 2016, Montreal recorded 27,024 total reported incidents in its municipal open-data archive. This annual figure accounted for 9.4% of the 288,658 total recorded incidents across the full city dataset spanning 2015 through 2026. Annual totals represent reported open-data logs rather than per-capita risk.
Reported incidents in Montreal decreased by 3.8% in 2016 compared to the previous year. The 2016 count stood at 27,024 incidents, down from 28,102 incidents logged in 2015. Despite this annual drop, 2016 ranked 3rd highest overall out of 12 total years evaluated in the city's open-data series.
The leading category in Montreal for 2016 was Break and enter with 9,032 reported incidents. Theft from vehicle was the second most frequent category with 7,199 incidents, followed by Mischief with 5,850 incidents, Auto theft with 3,435 incidents, Robbery with 1,488 incidents, and Homicide with 20 incidents.
The 2016 incident figures for Montreal are sourced directly from municipal open-data releases in Quebec (QC). The dataset includes 27,024 recorded incidents for 2016 within a broader 12-year tracking window spanning from 2015 to 2026, which contains 288,658 total city records.
Data for Montreal is sourced from official municipal open-data releases in QC.