In 2017, Montreal recorded 26,207 total reported incidents, marking a 3% decline from 27,024 incidents in 2016. Break and enter was the most frequent category with 8,454 recorded incidents, followed by theft from vehicle with 6,728 and mischief with 5,800. These figures reflect open-data police reporting for the calendar year rather than per-capita risk, with 2017 ranking sixth overall for total volume across the twelve years in the city dataset.
During the 2017 calendar year, Montreal, Quebec logged 26,207 open-data incidents, marking a 3% decrease compared to the 27,024 incidents recorded in 2016. It is important to note that annual incident totals reflect official police reporting patterns and recorded data volume rather than per-capita risk.
This narrative provides a detailed statistical summary of Montreal's 2017 incident counts across all archived categories, led by Break and enter with 8,454 reported incidents and Theft from vehicle with 6,728 incidents. The 2017 volume accounted for 9.1% of Montreal's cumulative archive of 288,658 incidents documented between 2015 and 2026 across 12 total recorded years.
In 2017, Montreal recorded 26,207 incidents, representing a 3% reduction from the 27,024 incidents documented in 2016. This moderate year-over-year decrease continued a downward trajectory from 2015, which logged 28,102 incidents. Among the 12 total recorded years spanning 2015 to 2026, 2017 ranked 6th overall in total volume. Within 2017, property-related categories comprised the majority of logged entries, led by Break and enter at 8,454 incidents, Theft from vehicle at 6,728 incidents, and Mischief at 5,800 incidents, while Homicide recorded 21 incidents.
In 2017, Montreal's incident mix was heavily dominated by property offences, with Break and enter (8,454) and Theft from vehicle (6,728) accounting for the highest counts. Mischief followed with 5,800 incidents, while Auto theft reached 3,791. Ranking 6th among 12 dataset years from 2015 to 2026, 2017 sits near the middle of Montreal's historical volume. The 26,207 total incidents reflect a continued decline from 28,102 in 2015 before counts dropped further to 20,840 in 2020.
In 2017, Montreal reported 26,207 total open-data incidents. This annual count represented 9.1% of the 288,658 cumulative incidents documented across the city's full 12-year archive from 2015 to 2026. The 2017 total reflects all primary incident categories recorded in the municipal dataset for that calendar year.
Reported incidents in Montreal decreased by 3% in 2017 compared to 2016. In 2017, the city recorded 26,207 incidents, down from 27,024 in 2016. This continued a multi-year decline from 28,102 incidents logged in 2015, placing 2017 as the 6th highest year out of 12 recorded years.
Break and enter was the leading category in Montreal during 2017, with 8,454 recorded incidents. Other major categories in 2017 included Theft from vehicle with 6,728 incidents, Mischief with 5,800 incidents, and Auto theft with 3,791 incidents. Robbery logged 1,413 incidents, while Homicide recorded 21 incidents.
The 2017 data originates from municipal open-data releases for Montreal, QC. The dataset comprises 288,658 total recorded incidents spanning 12 calendar years from 2015 through 2026, with 2017 accounting for 26,207 of those logged entries. Year-over-year figures reflect changes in official reporting records.
Data is sourced from municipal open-data portals serving Montreal, QC.