How many thefts from vehicles are there in Montreal?
Montreal, QC recorded 6,199 thefts from vehicles in 2025, the most recent complete year — a rate of 351.6 per 100,000 residents.
Theft of property from inside a vehicle. Montreal residents also search for this category as car break-ins, vehicle break-ins and items stolen from cars — all of those refer to the same police-reported offences counted on this page.
These figures cover 31,949 thefts from vehicles 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 thefts from vehicles by year, 2021–2026
Montreal thefts from vehicles peaked in 2022 with 7,061. 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 thefts from vehicles 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 thefts from vehicles happen in Montreal?
Monday is the most common day for thefts from vehicles in Montreal, at 16% of the total — 11% above what an even split across the week would give.
What time of year do thefts from vehicles peak in Montreal?
Every year stacked together, so this is seasonality rather than a trend. October is the busiest month for thefts from vehicles in Montreal with 3,051 across the whole period, and February is the quietest with 2,099.
Montreal thefts from vehicles: common questions
How many thefts from vehicles are there in Montreal?
Montreal, QC recorded 6,199 thefts from vehicles in 2025, the most recent complete year — a rate of 351.6 per 100,000 residents. These figures cover 31,949 thefts from vehicles recorded in Montreal between September 2021 and September 2026 — every incident Données Montréal (SPVM) has published in that window.
Are thefts from vehicles going up or down in Montreal?
Montreal thefts from vehicles peaked in 2022 with 7,061. The most recent figure is 3,830 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 thefts from vehicles happen in Montreal?
Données Montréal (SPVM) publishes a work shift rather than an exact hour. On that basis most Montreal thefts from vehicles fall in the day shift, which accounts for 58% of them.
What day of the week do most thefts from vehicles happen in Montreal?
Monday is the most common day for thefts from vehicles in Montreal, accounting for 16% of them — 11% above an even split across the week.
What time of year do thefts from vehicles peak in Montreal?
Adding every year together, October is the busiest month for thefts from vehicles in Montreal (3,051 across the whole period) and February is the quietest (2,099).
How common are thefts from vehicles compared to other crime in Montreal?
Theft from vehicle makes up 24.6% of all crime recorded in Montreal over this period — 31,949 of 129,710 incidents.
What is the theft from a vehicle rate in Montreal?
Montreal recorded 351.6 thefts from vehicles 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 theft from a vehicle data cover?
These figures cover 31,949 thefts from vehicles 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.