In 2021, Montreal recorded 22,057 total reported incidents, representing a 5.8% increase from 20,840 incidents in 2020. Theft from vehicle was the most recorded category with 6,138 incidents, followed by auto theft at 5,362 and mischief at 4,688. Break and enter recorded 4,670 incidents, while robbery had 1,173 and homicide had 26. Annual totals reflect open-data police reporting rather than individual per-capita risk.
In 2021, Montreal recorded 22,057 total open-data incidents, representing a 5.8% increase compared to the 20,840 incidents published in 2020. This annual figure accounts for 7.6% of the 288,658 total incidents documented in the full city archive spanning from 2015 through 2026. Readers should evaluate year-over-year changes with the understanding that year totals reflect open-data reporting volume rather than changes in per-capita risk.
This summary provides a comprehensive breakdown of Montreal's 2021 public open-data records across specific offense classifications. Vehicle-related property offences made up a significant portion of the total, headed by 6,138 thefts from vehicles and 5,362 auto thefts, alongside 4,688 mischief incidents and 4,670 break and enter cases.
In 2021, Montreal registered 22,057 reported incidents in its municipal open data, representing a 5.8% increase over the 20,840 incidents recorded during 2020. This change placed 2021 at rank 9 out of 12 recorded years in the city archive from 2015 to 2026. Although 2021 counts rose relative to 2020, the annual total remained lower than volumes seen in 2015, which reached 28,102 incidents, or 2023, which recorded 28,657 incidents. When reviewing these annual figures, note that year totals reflect municipal open-data reporting activity rather than changes in per-capita risk across the city.
Vehicle offences dominated Montreal's 2021 open-data profile, led by 6,138 thefts from vehicle and 5,362 auto thefts. Mischief (4,688) and break and enter (4,670) recorded nearly identical counts, forming the second-tier volume drivers. Despite a 5.8% increase from 20,840 incidents in 2020, 2021 ranked 9th out of 12 years in the city archive spanning 2015 to 2026. Robbery (1,173) and homicide (26) occupied substantially lower positions in the annual mix.
Montreal recorded 22,057 open-data incidents in 2021. This count represented 7.6% of the 288,658 total incidents published in the city's full open-data archive across 12 recorded years from 2015 to 2026. The 2021 total placed the year at rank 9 overall in total incident volume.
Reported open-data incidents in Montreal increased by 5.8% in 2021 compared to the previous year. The city logged 22,057 incidents in 2021, up from 20,840 in 2020. These year-over-year figures reflect published open-data reporting volume rather than changes in per-capita risk across the municipality.
The most common category in Montreal during 2021 was theft from vehicle with 6,138 incidents. Auto theft ranked second at 5,362 incidents, followed by mischief with 4,688 records and break and enter with 4,670 records. Robbery recorded 1,173 incidents, while 26 homicides were reported.
The data is published through official open-data releases for Montreal, QC. The 2021 subset includes 22,057 recorded incidents out of a 288,658 total city-wide archive spanning 2015 to 2026. All figures reflect public incident records made available by municipal authorities.
Data for Montreal, QC is derived from official municipal open-data portals and public police incident records.