How many mischief incidents are there in Montreal?
Montreal, QC recorded 5,227 mischief incidents in 2025, the most recent complete year — a rate of 296.5 per 100,000 residents.
Wilful damage to property. Montreal residents also search for this category as vandalism, property damage and graffiti — all of those refer to the same police-reported offences counted on this page.
These figures cover 26,127 mischief incidents 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 mischief incidents by year, 2021–2026
Montreal mischief incidents peaked in 2024 with 5,885. 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 mischief incidents 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 mischief incidents happen in Montreal?
Monday is the most common day for mischief incidents in Montreal, at 16% of the total — 14% above what an even split across the week would give.
What time of year do mischief incidents peak in Montreal?
Every year stacked together, so this is seasonality rather than a trend. May is the busiest month for mischief incidents in Montreal with 2,468 across the whole period, and February is the quietest with 1,757.
Montreal mischief incidents: common questions
How many mischief incidents are there in Montreal?
Montreal, QC recorded 5,227 mischief incidents in 2025, the most recent complete year — a rate of 296.5 per 100,000 residents. These figures cover 26,127 mischief incidents recorded in Montreal between September 2021 and September 2026 — every incident Données Montréal (SPVM) has published in that window.
Are mischief incidents going up or down in Montreal?
Montreal mischief incidents peaked in 2024 with 5,885. The most recent figure is 3,237 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 mischief incidents happen in Montreal?
Données Montréal (SPVM) publishes a work shift rather than an exact hour. On that basis most Montreal mischief incidents fall in the day shift, which accounts for 54% of them.
What day of the week do most mischief incidents happen in Montreal?
Monday is the most common day for mischief incidents in Montreal, accounting for 16% of them — 14% above an even split across the week.
What time of year do mischief incidents peak in Montreal?
Adding every year together, May is the busiest month for mischief incidents in Montreal (2,468 across the whole period) and February is the quietest (1,757).
How common are mischief incidents compared to other crime in Montreal?
Mischief makes up 20.1% of all crime recorded in Montreal over this period — 26,127 of 129,710 incidents.
What is the mischief incident rate in Montreal?
Montreal recorded 296.5 mischief incidents 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 mischief incident data cover?
These figures cover 26,127 mischief incidents 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.