How many break-ins are there in Montreal?
Montreal, QC recorded 6,031 break-ins in 2025, the most recent complete year — a rate of 342.1 per 100,000 residents.
Unlawful entry into a premises with intent to commit an offence. Montreal residents also search for this category as burglaries, home invasions, breaking and entering and B&Es — all of those refer to the same police-reported offences counted on this page.
These figures cover 28,597 break-ins 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 break-ins by year, 2021–2026
Montreal break-ins peaked in 2025 with 6,031. 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 break-ins 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 break-ins happen in Montreal?
Monday is the most common day for break-ins in Montreal, at 16% of the total — 14% above what an even split across the week would give.
What time of year do break-ins peak in Montreal?
Every year stacked together, so this is seasonality rather than a trend. October is the busiest month for break-ins in Montreal with 2,749 across the whole period, and February is the quietest with 1,905.
Montreal break-ins: common questions
How many break-ins are there in Montreal?
Montreal, QC recorded 6,031 break-ins in 2025, the most recent complete year — a rate of 342.1 per 100,000 residents. These figures cover 28,597 break-ins recorded in Montreal between September 2021 and September 2026 — every incident Données Montréal (SPVM) has published in that window.
Are break-ins going up or down in Montreal?
Montreal break-ins peaked in 2025 with 6,031. The most recent figure is 3,798 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 break-ins happen in Montreal?
Données Montréal (SPVM) publishes a work shift rather than an exact hour. On that basis most Montreal break-ins fall in the day shift, which accounts for 48% of them.
What day of the week do most break-ins happen in Montreal?
Monday is the most common day for break-ins in Montreal, accounting for 16% of them — 14% above an even split across the week.
What time of year do break-ins peak in Montreal?
Adding every year together, October is the busiest month for break-ins in Montreal (2,749 across the whole period) and February is the quietest (1,905).
How common are break-ins compared to other crime in Montreal?
Break & enter makes up 22% of all crime recorded in Montreal over this period — 28,597 of 129,710 incidents.
What is the break-in rate in Montreal?
Montreal recorded 342.1 break-ins 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 break-in data cover?
These figures cover 28,597 break-ins 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.