Montreal recorded 3,312 break and enter incidents in 2026 through July, representing 24.7% of the 13,399 total city incidents across all categories. Break and enter ranks second among six open-data crime categories in Montreal. In 2025, full-year break and enter incidents reached 5,990, up 5.4% from 5,684 in 2024. Le Plateau-Mont-Royal recorded the highest count among listed neighbourhoods, with 347 incidents in 2026.
Data current through . Source: official police open-data portal covering Montreal.
This page details public crime data for Break and enter incidents in Montreal, Quebec, covering the selected period of 2026 (YTD, through Jul). During these months, local open data registered 3,312 Break and enter incidents city-wide. Break and enter represents exactly 24.7 percent of Montreal's total 13,399 recorded incidents across all six tracked categories in the current dataset.
The underlying dataset spans from January 1, 2015, to August 12, 2026. For the last complete calendar year of 2025, Montreal published 5,990 Break and enter incidents, which reflects a 5.4 percent increase compared to 5,684 incidents in 2024. Across the multi-year category archive, reported incidents reached a peak of 9,032 in 2016 before declining to 4,670 in 2021 and returning to 5,990 in 2025.
In Montreal's 2026 YTD open-data release, Break and enter ranks 2nd among 6 total categories with 3,312 incidents. It is less frequent than Theft from vehicle, which stands 1st with 3,411 incidents. However, Break and enter has a higher count than Auto theft (2,932 incidents) and Mischief (2,811 incidents). It also recorded higher totals than Robbery, which logged 925 incidents, and Homicide, which recorded 8 incidents during the same period. Together, these figures place Break and enter as one of the major reported offence types in the city's public dataset.
Break and enter represents almost a quarter of all reported incidents in Montreal, standing at 24.7 percent of the city's total. Positioned 2nd out of 6 categories, it is surpassed only by Theft from vehicle. In 2025, the category recorded 5,990 incidents, a 5.4 percent increase over 2024's 5,684 incidents, though remaining below the 2016 peak of 9,032. Among police districts, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal (PDQ 38) shows the highest count at 347 incidents in the 2026 YTD dataset.
In the 2026 year-to-date period through July, Montreal recorded 3,312 Break and enter incidents in its public open-data feed. This category count represents 24.7 percent of the 13,399 total incidents logged across all six categories in Montreal during the same period.
Break and enter ranks 2nd among 6 categories in Montreal's 2026 year-to-date data with 3,312 incidents. It is less frequent than Theft from vehicle (3,411 incidents), but higher than Auto theft (2,932 incidents), Mischief (2,811 incidents), Robbery (925 incidents), and Homicide (8 incidents).
Across the multi-year archive, annual Break and enter counts in Montreal peaked at 9,032 in 2016 before dropping to a low of 4,670 in 2021. In the most recent full calendar year of 2025, Montreal recorded 5,990 incidents, a 5.4 percent increase from 5,684 in 2024.
In the 2026 year-to-date dataset, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal (PDQ 38) logged the highest count with 347 Break and enter incidents. It was followed by Centre-ville / Vieux-Montréal (PDQ 21) with 263 incidents, and Côte-des-Neiges / Outremont (PDQ 26) with 209 incidents.
Crime data for Montreal is sourced from the official municipal open data portal of Montreal, QC.