Montréal police (SPVM) recorded 29,832 crimes in its open dataset in 2025, 9.2% fewer than in 2024 (32,854), and 21 of its 29 neighbourhood police districts recorded fewer incidents, according to City of Montréal open data checked on 22 October 2026. The West Island districts of Baie-D’Urfé to Kirkland (312) and Dollard-Des Ormeaux (344) recorded the fewest.
Data: Ville de Montréal, “Actes criminels” open dataset (SPVM), licensed under CC BY 4.0, updated 21 October 2026 and checked 22 October 2026; district names from the SPVM’s neighbourhood station pages (spvm.qc.ca), checked 22 October 2026. Context: Statistics Canada, police-reported crime statistics for 2025 (released 22 July 2026). All totals, shares and changes are our own calculation from these sources. Updated 22 October 2026.
Key facts
- The SPVM’s open dataset lists 29,832 crimes in 2025, down 9.2% from 32,854 in 2024 (our calculation from City of Montréal open data).
- 21 of 29 neighbourhood police districts (postes de quartier, PDQ) recorded fewer crimes in 2025 than in 2024.
- Motor vehicle theft fell 24% on the island of Montréal in 2025, from 8,661 to 6,579 incidents.
- The largest drop was in PDQ 5 (Dorval, Pointe-Claire): 873 crimes in 2025, down 33% from 1,308.
- From January to September 2026 the SPVM recorded 21,695 crimes, 4.3% fewer than in the same months of 2025.
- The Montréal census metropolitan area (CMA) had a Crime Severity Index of 61.3 in 2025, down 5%, according to Statistics Canada.
How is crime measured in Montréal neighbourhoods?
Montréal crime by neighbourhood is best measured with the SPVM’s 29 neighbourhood police districts, called postes de quartier (PDQ), because every record in the City’s open crime dataset is tagged with a PDQ number. A PDQ is the territory served by one neighbourhood police station; it can be a single borough (PDQ 13 is LaSalle), part of a borough, or several small cities (PDQ 1 covers five West Island municipalities).
The “Actes criminels” dataset is the City of Montréal’s daily list of crimes recorded by the SPVM in six categories: break-ins, theft from vehicles, vehicle theft, mischief, robbery and offences causing death. It covers the whole island of Montréal. The City states that the dataset is not the SPVM’s official statistics; the official monthly source is the SPVM’s Bilan mensuel de la criminalité.
The dataset has no population figures, so this guide uses counts and shares, not rates per 100,000. Districts differ a lot in size, population and the number of daily visitors, so counts should not be read as a ranking of how safe each neighbourhood is. For rates, see our guide is Montréal safe?, which uses Statistics Canada data.
Which Montréal neighbourhoods recorded the fewest crimes in 2025?
The West Island recorded the fewest crimes in Montréal in 2025: PDQ 1 (Baie-D’Urfé, Beaconsfield, Kirkland, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Senneville) had 312 incidents and PDQ 4 (Dollard-Des Ormeaux) had 344, according to City of Montréal open data. Each accounted for about 1% of the island’s total.
| Police district (PDQ) and area | Crimes 2024 | Crimes 2025 | Change 2024–2025 | Share of island total (2025) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDQ 1 – Baie-D’Urfé, Beaconsfield, Kirkland, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Senneville | 311 | 312 | 0% | 1.0% |
| PDQ 4 – Dollard-Des Ormeaux | 315 | 344 | +9% | 1.2% |
| PDQ 8 – Lachine, Saint-Pierre | 608 | 530 | −13% | 1.8% |
| PDQ 46 – Anjou | 593 | 552 | −7% | 1.9% |
| PDQ 3 – L’Île-Bizard, Pierrefonds, Sainte-Geneviève, Roxboro | 513 | 589 | +15% | 2.0% |
| PDQ 45 – Rivière-des-Prairies | 528 | 604 | +14% | 2.0% |
| PDQ 16 – Verdun, Île-des-Sœurs | 707 | 662 | −6% | 2.2% |
| PDQ 12 – Ville-Marie Ouest, Westmount | 677 | 671 | −1% | 2.2% |
| PDQ 49 – Montréal-Est, Pointe-aux-Trembles | 671 | 678 | +1% | 2.3% |
| PDQ 30 – Saint-Michel | 935 | 765 | −18% | 2.6% |
The ten districts with the lowest counts together recorded about 19% of Montréal’s crimes in 2025 (our calculation). The SPVM’s Métro district (PDQ 50) is not a neighbourhood and is left out of this table; it recorded 185 incidents in 2025.
Where did crime fall the most in Montréal in 2025?
Crime fell the most in PDQ 5 (Dorval, L’Île-Dorval, Pointe-Claire), where recorded incidents dropped 33%, from 1,308 in 2024 to 873 in 2025, according to City of Montréal open data. Most of that drop came from vehicle theft, which fell from 732 to 441 in the district.
| Police district (PDQ) and area | Crimes 2024 | Crimes 2025 | Change 2024–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PDQ 5 – Dorval, L’Île-Dorval, Pointe-Claire | 1,308 | 873 | −33% |
| PDQ 23 – Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | 1,365 | 1,050 | −23% |
| PDQ 30 – Saint-Michel | 935 | 765 | −18% |
| PDQ 7 – Saint-Laurent | 1,453 | 1,220 | −16% |
| PDQ 20 – Downtown (Ville-Marie Ouest), Mount Royal park | 2,162 | 1,829 | −15% |
| PDQ 42 – Saint-Léonard | 1,065 | 913 | −14% |
| PDQ 15 – Saint-Paul, Petite-Bourgogne, Pointe-Saint-Charles, Saint-Henri, Ville-Émard | 1,601 | 1,380 | −14% |
| PDQ 38 – Le Plateau-Mont-Royal | 2,554 | 2,265 | −11% |
Eight districts recorded more crimes in 2025, including PDQ 21 downtown (explained below), PDQ 3 (Pierrefonds area, +15%), PDQ 39 (Montréal-Nord, +15%) and PDQ 45 (Rivière-des-Prairies, +14%); several of these started from low counts.
Why does downtown Montréal record the most crime?
Downtown Montréal records the most crime because the SPVM counts incidents where they happen, and the city centre has far more shops, offices, parked cars and daily visitors than residential districts. PDQ 21 (Centre-ville est, Centre-Sud, Vieux-Montréal and the islands) recorded 3,343 crimes in 2025, or 11.2% of the island’s total, and PDQ 20 (Centre-ville ouest) recorded 1,829.
PDQ 21’s count rose 28% from 2024, but the comparison is not like for like. Former PDQ 22 recorded 1,261 crimes in 2024, no longer appears in the 2025 data or on the SPVM website, and PDQ 21 now lists Centre-Sud in its territory. Combining PDQ 21 and former PDQ 22 for 2024 (3,882), the area recorded about 14% fewer crimes in 2025 (our calculation).
The five districts with the most recorded crimes (PDQ 21, 38, 20, 26 and 39) accounted for 35% of the island’s total in 2025. High counts in busy central districts are common in every large city; our Toronto crime rate by neighbourhood and Ottawa crime by neighbourhood guides show the same pattern.
Which crimes are most common in Montréal?
Theft from motor vehicles was the most common crime in Montréal’s open dataset in 2025, with 8,076 incidents, or 27% of the total, according to City of Montréal open data. Break-ins were second (6,656) and vehicle theft third (6,579).
| Category (SPVM) | Crimes 2024 | Crimes 2025 | Change 2024–2025 | Share of total (2025) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from / of parts of motor vehicles | 8,709 | 8,076 | −7% | 27.1% |
| Break and enter | 6,332 | 6,656 | +5% | 22.3% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 8,661 | 6,579 | −24% | 22.1% |
| Mischief | 7,232 | 6,416 | −11% | 21.5% |
| Robbery | 1,894 | 2,066 | +9% | 6.9% |
| Offences causing death | 26 | 39 | +13 incidents | 0.1% |
| Total | 32,854 | 29,832 | −9.2% | 100% |
Vehicle theft explains about two-thirds of the island’s overall decline in 2025 (2,082 of 3,022 fewer incidents, our calculation). Break-ins and robbery were the two categories that increased. For prevention advice, see car theft in Canada and break-ins in Canada.
What time of day are crimes recorded in Montréal?
Most crimes in Montréal’s open dataset happen during the day: in 2025, 51% were recorded on the day shift, 32% in the evening and 16% at night, according to City of Montréal open data. The SPVM records the shift (“jour”, “soir”, “nuit”) in which each incident occurred, not the exact hour.
Is crime going down in Montréal?
Crime recorded in Montréal’s open dataset is going down: the 2025 total of 29,832 was 15% below 2023 (34,966) and 16% below 2015 (35,609), and January to September 2026 (21,695) was 4.3% lower than the same period of 2025 (our calculation from City of Montréal open data). The lowest year in the series was 2020, with 25,460 incidents.
Statistics Canada data point the same way. The Crime Severity Index is Statistics Canada’s measure of the volume and seriousness of police-reported crime, with Canada in 2006 set at 100. The Montréal CMA’s index was 61.3 in 2025, down 5%, and its crime rate was 3,641 incidents per 100,000 people, also down 5% (Statistics Canada, released 22 July 2026). Read more in Crime Severity Index explained, compare with the rest of the province in safest cities in Quebec, or see the latest month in our Montréal crime report for September 2026.
How do I check crime near a Montréal address?
You can check crime near a Montréal address in four steps:
- Find your police district on the SPVM website (spvm.qc.ca, “Postes de quartier”) by searching your neighbourhood.
- Open the City’s Vue sur la sécurité publique map, or our Montréal crime map guide, which uses the same open data.
- Look at a full year and the same months in past years, not one week, because counts swing from month to month.
- Remember that busy streets, shopping areas and Métro stations attract more incidents than quiet residential streets nearby.
Our general guide how to check crime in your neighbourhood covers other cities, and the French-language overview criminalité à Montréal follows the 2026 trend.
What are the limits of this data?
- Six categories only. Assaults, sexual offences, fraud and many other crimes are not in the open dataset.
- No population. Counts are not rates; a large or busy district will record more incidents.
- Boundary changes. PDQ 22 disappeared from the data in 2025, and 19 incidents in 2024 were tagged with a district code (55) that no longer appears.
- Not official statistics. The City of Montréal says this dataset does not represent the SPVM’s official statistics.
- Unreported crime is missing. Statistics Canada’s 2019 victimization survey found only about 29% of incidents were reported to police.
Attribution: VILLE DE MONTRÉAL. Actes criminels, [Jeu de données], dans Données Québec, 2016, mis à jour le 21 octobre 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Adapted from Statistics Canada, police-reported crime statistics, 22 July 2026. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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Montréal crime by neighbourhood FAQ
What is the safest neighbourhood in Montréal?
By recorded crime counts, the West Island areas of PDQ 1 (Baie-D’Urfé, Beaconsfield, Kirkland, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Senneville) had the fewest crimes in 2025, with 312, followed by Dollard-Des Ormeaux with 344.
Which area of Montréal has the most crime?
Downtown east and Vieux-Montréal (PDQ 21) recorded the most crimes in 2025, 3,343 or 11.2% of the island’s total, largely because of the large number of businesses, visitors and parked cars.
Did crime go down in Montréal in 2025?
Yes. The SPVM’s open dataset shows 29,832 crimes in 2025, 9.2% fewer than in 2024, and Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index for the Montréal CMA fell 5% to 61.3.
Is car theft still a problem in Montréal?
Vehicle theft fell 24% in 2025, to 6,579 incidents, but it was still about one in five crimes in the City’s open dataset.
Is Montréal safer than Toronto?
Montréal’s Crime Severity Index (61.3) was higher than Toronto’s (55.0) in 2025, but its crime rate was lower, as explained in our Toronto vs Montréal vs Vancouver crime comparison.
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