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Montreal crime in 2025

In 2025, Montreal recorded 24,467 reported incidents, representing an 8.3% decrease from 26,684 incidents in 2024. Theft from vehicle was the leading category with 6,164 incidents, followed by break and enter with 5,990 and auto theft with 5,400. Year-over-year changes reflect police reporting patterns rather than per-capita risk. The 2025 total represents 8.5% of the 288,658 incidents logged across Montreal's 12-year open-data archive.

24,467
Incidents in 2025
8.5%
Share of selected city data
7 of 12
Rank among years
Theft from vehicle
Top category
6,164 incidents
-8.3%
Year-over-year
vs 2024

Category mix in 2025

25.2% of 2025 incidents
24.5% of 2025 incidents
Auto theft 5,400
22.1% of 2025 incidents
Mischief 5,199
21.2% of 2025 incidents
Robbery 1,686
6.9% of 2025 incidents
0.1% of 2025 incidents

Montreal crime 2025

In 2025, Montreal recorded a total of 24,467 incidents, marking an 8.3% decrease compared to the 26,684 incidents logged in 2024. These figures represent the full-archive calendar-year count for the city of Montreal, QC, reflecting official open-data reporting across all tracked categories during this twelve-month period. Note that annual totals reflect administrative reporting rather than individual per-capita risk.

This page provides a detailed breakdown of Montreal's 2025 incident totals, examining category distributions and year-over-year changes across the municipality. In 2025, vehicle-related offences and property categories represented the highest individual volumes, led by theft from vehicle with 6,164 records and break and enter with 5,990 records, while robbery recorded 1,686 incidents and homicide recorded 28.

Year-over-year

During 2025, Montreal's incident volume declined by 8.3% from 2024, moving from 26,684 recorded incidents down to 24,467. Within the city's 12-year dataset covering 2015 through 2026, the 2025 total ranks 7th in overall annual volume. The 2025 figure accounts for 8.5% of Montreal's all-time total of 288,658 recorded incidents across all archive years. This reduction follows two consecutive years of higher annual totals in 2023 with 28,657 incidents and 2024 with 26,684 incidents, placing 2025 near the middle of historical multi-year totals for the city.

Key stats

What these numbers mean

Montreal's 2025 incident breakdown is heavily dominated by vehicle and property offences, which together form the top four categories. Theft from vehicle led with 6,164 records, followed closely by break and enter at 5,990, auto theft at 5,400, and mischief at 5,199. Meanwhile, personal violence categories registered far lower figures, with robbery at 1,686 incidents and homicide at 28. Ranking 7th out of 12 historical years from 2015 to 2026, 2025 demonstrates a moderate annual volume.

About this dataset

Frequently asked questions about Montreal crime in 2025

How many incidents were recorded in Montreal in 2025?

Montreal recorded a total of 24,467 incidents in 2025. This annual count represents 8.5% of the city's 288,658 total incidents catalogued across the entire 12-year dataset spanning 2015 through 2026. The 2025 volume ranks 7th overall among those 12 recorded years.

Did reported incidents in Montreal increase or decrease in 2025?

Reported incidents in Montreal decreased by 8.3% in 2025 compared to 2024. The annual count fell from 26,684 incidents in 2024 to 24,467 in 2025. Note that annual totals reflect administrative open-data reporting rather than direct changes in per-capita risk.

What were the most frequent crime categories in Montreal during 2025?

The most frequent category in Montreal during 2025 was theft from vehicle with 6,164 recorded incidents. Break and enter ranked second with 5,990 incidents, followed by auto theft with 5,400 incidents and mischief with 5,199 incidents. Robbery logged 1,686 incidents and homicide logged 28.

Where does the 2025 Montreal crime data originate?

The 2025 figures for Montreal, QC are derived from official municipal open-data releases. These public records track municipal incidents over time, with Montreal logging 24,467 incidents in 2025 out of an all-time total of 288,658 records spanning 2015 to 2026.

Sources

Official open-data records for Quebec (QC) provide the source figures for Montreal's incident data.

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