In 2020, Montreal logged 20,840 total reported incidents, representing a 3.8% decrease compared to 21,661 incidents in 2019. This annual count reflects official police reporting rather than per-capita risk. Break and enter was the most reported category with 5,549 incidents, closely followed by theft from vehicle at 5,542 incidents. Mischief and auto theft recorded 4,738 and 3,869 incidents respectively, while 22 homicides were recorded during the year.
During the 2020 calendar year, Montreal recorded 20,840 police-reported incidents in the official open-data repository, marking a 3.8% decrease from the 21,661 incidents logged in 2019. It is important to note that annual counts reflect official police recording and public reporting practices rather than direct per-capita risk measures for the population.
This historical overview provides a comprehensive statistical breakdown of reported incidents across Montreal, Quebec for 2020. The page examines top incident categories—including break and enter, theft from vehicle, mischief, auto theft, robbery, and homicide—and tracks how the 2020 volume compares to the total of 288,658 incidents archived between 2015 and 2026.
The 20,840 incidents recorded in Montreal during 2020 represent a 3.8% decline compared to the 21,661 incidents logged in 2019. The 2020 total accounted for 7.2% of the overall city total of 288,658 incidents stored in the dataset between 2015 and 2026. Among the 12 total years archived, 2020 ranked 11th in annual incident volume, higher only than 2026 which recorded 13,577 incidents. Property offences comprised the majority of top categories in 2020, headed by 5,549 break and enter incidents and 5,542 theft from vehicle incidents.
Montreal's 2020 dataset highlights a strong predominance of property-related incidents, with break and enter (5,549) and theft from vehicle (5,542) finishing virtually tied at the top of the category standings. Ranking 11th out of 12 recorded years, 2020 marked one of the lowest annual incident totals in Montreal's 2015–2026 open-data archive, standing well below the peak year of 2023 (28,657 incidents). Mischief (4,738) and auto theft (3,869) rounded out the major volume drivers, while violent offences like robbery (1,120) and homicide (22) remained comparatively low.
Montreal recorded 20,840 total police-reported incidents in 2020. This annual count represented 7.2% of the 288,658 incidents logged in the city's open-data archive across all recorded years from 2015 through 2026, ranking 2020 as 11th among the 12 archived years in total incident volume.
Reported incidents in Montreal decreased in 2020, falling 3.8% from the 21,661 incidents recorded in 2019 down to 20,840 incidents. This represented a continuation of declining annual totals since 2015, when Montreal logged 28,102 incidents, before totals rose again in subsequent years such as 2022 (26,798 incidents).
Break and enter was the leading incident category in Montreal during 2020 with 5,549 reported incidents, followed closely by theft from vehicle at 5,542 incidents. Other prominent categories included mischief with 4,738 incidents and auto theft with 3,869 incidents, while robbery registered 1,120 incidents and homicide recorded 22 incidents.
The data for 2020 originates from municipal open-data portal records for Montreal, Quebec (QC). The dataset encompasses 288,658 total recorded incidents spanning from 2015 to 2026, providing full-archive calendar-year counts for historical analysis of police-reported incident totals across the municipality.
Data is compiled from municipal open-data portal records for Montreal, QC, covering reported incidents from 2015 through 2026.