Montreal Crime Report January 2026
View live map →Montreal, QC recorded 1681 crimes in January 2026, down 4.8% from December 2025 and down 11.7% from January 2025. Break & enter was the most frequently reported crime category in Montreal this month, accounting for 29% of all Montreal crime. Montreal's daily crime count was steady across January 2026, peaking on January 22 with 81 crimes.
Montreal Daily Crime Trend
Montreal's crime count was steady over the course of January 2026, holding fairly consistent from the first half of the month to the second. The busiest day for Montreal crime was January 22 (81 crimes), and the quietest was January 31 (36 crimes). Use the dropdown below to see the daily trend for a specific crime type.
Hover the chart for exact daily counts. Dashed line marks the daily average (54.2/day).
Montreal Crime by Category
Break & enter saw the largest increase in Montreal from December 2025, up from 389 to 481 crimes. Theft from vehicle saw the largest decrease, down from 514 to 428 crimes. Crime categories a portal doesn't publish are omitted rather than shown as zero — see below for exact counts and month-over-month change per crime category in Montreal.
All Montreal Crime Reports by Month
Sourced from Données Montréal (SPVM). Category totals may undercount categories a portal doesn't publish — missing is not the same as zero.