How many car thefts are there in Montreal?
Montreal, QC recorded 5,432 car thefts in 2025, the most recent complete year — a rate of 308.1 per 100,000 residents.
Theft of a motor vehicle. Montreal residents also search for this category as stolen cars, vehicle thefts, auto thefts and cars stolen — all of those refer to the same police-reported offences counted on this page.
These figures cover 35,101 car thefts recorded in Montreal between September 2021 and September 2026 — every incident Données Montréal (SPVM) has published in that window. The first year is partial — incidents past the retention window are removed, so the record starts part-way through 2021 rather than on January 1.
Montreal car thefts by year, 2021–2026
Montreal car thefts peaked in 2023 with 9,493. The complete years here are 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 — those are the ones directly comparable to each other. Pick a year for its own monthly breakdown, time-of-day pattern and areas.
* Partial year — not directly comparable to the complete years above.
What time of day do car thefts happen in Montreal?
Données Montréal (SPVM) publishes a work shift rather than an exact hour, so this is as precise as the source data gets.
What day of the week do car thefts happen in Montreal?
Car thefts in Montreal are spread fairly evenly across the week. Monday is marginally the busiest at 15%, but an even split would be 14.3% — the gap isn't big enough to call a pattern.
What time of year do car thefts peak in Montreal?
Every year stacked together, so this is seasonality rather than a trend. June is the busiest month for car thefts in Montreal with 3,261 across the whole period, and February is the quietest with 2,398.
Montreal car thefts: common questions
How many car thefts are there in Montreal?
Montreal, QC recorded 5,432 car thefts in 2025, the most recent complete year — a rate of 308.1 per 100,000 residents. These figures cover 35,101 car thefts recorded in Montreal between September 2021 and September 2026 — every incident Données Montréal (SPVM) has published in that window.
Are car thefts going up or down in Montreal?
Montreal car thefts peaked in 2023 with 9,493. The most recent figure is 3,267 in 2026 so far, which covers a partial year. The complete years in this data are 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, which are the ones directly comparable to each other.
What time of day do most car thefts happen in Montreal?
Données Montréal (SPVM) publishes a work shift rather than an exact hour. On that basis most Montreal car thefts fall in the day shift, which accounts for 51% of them.
What day of the week do most car thefts happen in Montreal?
Car thefts in Montreal are spread fairly evenly across the week. Monday is marginally the busiest at 15% of the total, but an even split would be 14.3%, so the difference is not meaningful.
What time of year do car thefts peak in Montreal?
Adding every year together, June is the busiest month for car thefts in Montreal (3,261 across the whole period) and February is the quietest (2,398).
How common are car thefts compared to other crime in Montreal?
Auto theft makes up 27.1% of all crime recorded in Montreal over this period — 35,101 of 129,710 incidents.
What is the car theft rate in Montreal?
Montreal recorded 308.1 car thefts per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on a population of 1,762,949. Rates are only calculated for complete years, since a partial year isn't comparable.
What period does this Montreal car theft data cover?
These figures cover 35,101 car thefts recorded in Montreal between September 2021 and September 2026 — every incident Données Montréal (SPVM) has published in that window. The earliest year is partial because incidents older than the retention window are removed, so it starts part-way through the year rather than on January 1. Counts reflect what the portal published — a category a service doesn't publish is missing, which is not the same as zero.
Sourced from Données Montréal (SPVM). Counts reflect incidents the portal published and may differ from figures released elsewhere — missing is not the same as zero.