Incident-based crime statistics (actual incidents, rate per 100,000 population, percentage change in rate, unfounded incidents, percent unfounded, total cleared, cleared by charge, cleared otherwise, persons charged, adults charged, youth charged / not charged), by detailed violations (violent, property, traffic, drugs, other Federal Statutes), police services in Quebec, 1998 to 2024.

The number of homicides in Montréal decreased by ** incidents (-***** percent) since the previous year. Nevertheless, the last two years recorded a significant higher number of homicides than the preceding years.

Crime severity index (violent, non-violent, youth) and weighted clearance rates (violent, non-violent), police services in Quebec, 1998 to 2024.

The number of incidents of property crime violations in Montréal increased by ***** incidents (+**** percent) in 2023. In total, the number of incidents amounted to ******* incidents in 2023.

Number and rate (per 100,000 population) of homicide victims, Canada and Census Metropolitan Areas, 1981 to 2024.

Crime severity index (violent, non-violent, youth) and weighted clearance rates (violent, non-violent), Canada, provinces, territories and Census Metropolitan Areas, 1998 to 2024.

Context

http://donnees.ville.montreal.qc.ca/dataset/actes-criminels

Criminal acts recorded by the Montreal Police Service (SPVM).

Content

The data has been obfuscated and modified to guarantee respect for privacy and protection of personal information:

Location: the geographic position of the event was located at one of the intersections of the street segment where the event took place. Temporality: the time of the event is represented by the date and the shift (or time of day: day, evening, night) during which the event was recorded.

CATEGORY: Nature of the event. List of values:

Introduction: breaking and entering a public establishment or a private residence, theft of firearms from a residence Theft in / on a motor vehicle: theft of the contents of a motor vehicle (car, truck, motorcycle, etc.) or of a vehicle part (wheel, bumper, etc.) Motor vehicle theft: car, truck, motorcycle, tractor snowmobile with or without trailer, construction or farm vehicle, all-terrain vehicle Mischief: Graffiti and damage to religious property, vehicle or general damage and all other types of mischief Robbery: Robbery accompanied by commercial violence, financial institution, person, purse, armored vehicle, vehicle, firearm, and all other types of robbery Death offense: First degree murder, second degree murder, manslaughter, infanticide, criminal negligence, and all other types of death offenses DATE: Date of reporting the event to the SPVM in YYYY-MM-DD format HH: mm: ss (note: the time part is not used)

QUART: Time of day to report the event to the SPVM. List of values:

day: Between 8:01 am and 4:00 pm evening: Between 4:01 p.m. and midnight night: Between 12:01 am and 8:00 am PDQ: Neighborhood station number covering the territory where the event took place. The territory covered by each position is available in the PDQ limits data set

X and Y: Geospatial position according to the MTM8 projection (SRID 2950)

The value 0 is used when no geographic position was provided when entering the information (less than 5% of cases). LAT and LONG: geographic position of the event after obfuscation at an intersection according to the WGS84 geodetic reference system.

The value 1 is used when no geographic position was provided when entering the information (less than 5% of cases).

Acknowledgements

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

http://donnees.ville.montreal.qc.ca/dataset/actes-criminels

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Incident-based crime statistics (actual incidents, rate per 100,000 population, percentage change in rate, unfounded incidents, percent unfounded, total cleared, cleared by charge, cleared otherwise, persons charged, adults charged, youth charged / not charged), by detailed violations (violent, property, traffic, drugs, other Federal Statutes), Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police, 1998 to 2024.

In 2022 in Montréal, the largest city in the Canadian province of Québec, the most frequent type of property crime recorded by police was theft under ***** Canadian dollars of non-motor vehicles, with over ****** incidents. The second most frequent type of crime related to property that year was theft of motor vehicle. In 2022, Montréal was the city with the third highest number of property crimes in Canada, behind Toronto and Vancouver.

Number, percentage and rate (per 100,000 population) of homicide victims, by racialized identity group (total, by racialized identity group; racialized identity group; South Asian; Chinese; Black; Filipino; Arab; Latin American; Southeast Asian; West Asian; Korean; Japanese; other racialized identity group; multiple racialized identity; racialized identity, but racialized identity group is unknown; rest of the population; unknown racialized identity group), gender (all genders; male; female; gender unknown) and region (Canada; Atlantic region; Quebec; Ontario; Prairies region; British Columbia; territories), 2019 to 2024.

This statistic shows the homicide rate in Canada in 2023, distinguished by metropolitan areas. In 2023, the homicide rate was highest in Thunder Bay, with 5.39 victims per 100,000 population. During the same year, the national homicide rate was 1.94 per 100,000 population in Canada.

This statistic shows the crime severity index value of metropolitan areas in Canada in 2023. As of 2023, the crime severity index in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, stood at 116.31.

Police-reported hate crime, number of incidents and rate per 100,000 population, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police, 2014 to 2024.

The selected police-reported crime statistics during the COVID-19 pandemic special survey collects timely monthly aggregate information on the types of police-reported activity, including criminal incidents and other calls for service, which occurred during the months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Number and percentage of homicide victims, by type of firearm used to commit the homicide (total firearms; handgun; rifle or shotgun; fully automatic firearm; sawed-off rifle or shotgun; firearm-like weapons; other firearms, type unknown), Canada, 1974 to 2018.

Nombre, pourcentage et taux (pour 100 000 habitants) de victimes d'homicide, selon le groupe d'identité racisée (total, selon le groupe d'identité racisée; groupe d'identité racisée; Sud-Asiatique; Chinois; Noir; Philippin; Arabe; Latino-Américain; Asiatique du Sud-Est; Asiatique occidental; Coréen; Japonais; autre groupe d'identité racisée; identité racisée multiple; identité racisée, mais le groupe d'identité racisée est inconnu; reste de la population; groupe d'identité racisée inconnu), le genre (toutes les identités de genre; personnes de genre masculin; personnes de genre féminin; genre inconnu) et la région (Canada; région de l'Atlantique; Québec; Ontario; région des Prairies; Colombie-Britannique; territoires), 2019 à 2024.

Nombre et taux (pour 100 000 habitants) de victimes d'homicide, Canada et régions métropolitaines de recensement, 1981 à 2024.