Is Montreal a safe city?

[brasileira]

How safe do you think Montreal is? Are there some areas that I should avoid staying or spending time in? Is petty crime common, like pickpocketing and similar?

[Max_lincourt]

Montréal is safe. Yes there are reports of pickpockets and purse snatching and other petty crimes, but those are rare.
Still you need to be careful as you would in any city ( be weary of your surroundings and people around you, keep valuables in your hotel safe...)

[Eric_Hebert]

Hi there

I am living in Montreal for the past 20 years. Montreal is one of the safest metropolis to live in.
I lived in the plateau, Centre-sud, Rosemont and now hochelaga (HOMA) and my wife never had any problem and she he is not scare to come back at night alone after the clubs and bars close.

There is no pickpocketing scams reported, even for tourist. There are papers saying Montreal is living is lowest homicide rate in 10 years, we are in decline for the 30 years.
Use google translate: http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/justice-et-affaires-criminelles/201607/07/01-4998699-meurtres-commis-sur-le-territoire-montreal-le-plus-bas-total-en-10-ans.php

As Max lincourt told you you still need to be careful as you would in any city.

[Zendreamer_Om]

Yes I would say one of the safest place in the world... Even for a women they are not a lot of places you can access at night... Sure you still need to be street smart but overall you wont get harassed or feel insecure. If your question is about moving here the city just produced a visualisation map of all the crimes in the city
https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/vuesurlasecuritepublique/
Cheers!

[Frederic_Tremblay-N1]

• Based on crime rankings by country, Canada is the safest country in North-America. https://www.numbeo.com/crime/rankings_by_country.jsp?title=2016-mid&region=019

• Based on the Canadian census, Montreal is the safest of the 5 biggest cities in the country.
  http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/151125/t002a-eng.htm

Both of them combined makes Montreal one of the safest city in North-America.

This year (2016), we had no homicide until late march.
http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/all-quiet-on-the-homicide-front-in-montreal

[Diana_Martinez]

Hello Bianca, It's a very fair question. Montreal is probably one of the safest cities I have visited or lived in. Every town you visit will have pickpockets etc, just keep your wits about you and keep your items close. I have lived in different cities, and have never felt this level of safety until arriving in Montreal. I live in the downtown area near the golden mile, for reference.

Best of luck.

[Roxane_Cadillon]

Hi,

You can trust the people who's been responding so far. I've been living in Montréal for 5 years (I'm french, I'm used to petty crimes as I have been living in Paris)
I thought pickpockets didn't even exist in Montréal till last week, a friend of mine got her purse stolen in a café. It happens in every big city nowadays, we always have to be careful, but still it's way safer than Paris.
I live in a pretty sketch neighborhood, my street is called the "crackhead street" near berri uqam and even tho I don't feel threatened at all. No one ever offended me in this neighborhood even if weird people are hanging around there.

You'll be fine

Roxane

[Norton_Lages]

Eu acho a cidade super segura, sim. Mas, como em toda grande cidade do mundo, não se poder dar mole. Presenciei alguem ter a sua bolsa furtada. Zero violência, mas vacilou, dançou. Me adiciona no seu Zap: +1 514 433 4122.