The 10 Streets In Montreal You Are Most Likely To Get Your Car Broken Into
There's nothing more depressing than heading out to your car only to find out it has been broken into or stolen.
Unfortunately this happens to hundreds of Montrealers every year.
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Of course some areas are more dangerous than others, so it's important to know the spots to avoid if you care about your car.
We broke the list down into 2 parts.
The first list names the spots where your car is most likely to get broken in to and the second list names all the spots where your car is likely to get stolen. The data collected is from January 2015 to September 2016.
Top 10 Spots where Cars Get Broken Into In Montreal
1. Galeries d'Anjou
102 Break-ins
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Malls in general are dangerous because people leave a lot of valuables and recent purchases in their cars.
2. Côte-de-Liesse
89 Break-ins
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This 1 km stretch of highway is practically abandoned at night, and there are a ton of hotels and airport parking lots.
3. Palais de Justice
82 Break-ins
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Hmm, doesn't sound like justice to me.
4. Avenue Cedar
70 Break-ins
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A huge hospital parking lot and the fact that this street is totally isolated on one side makes this a very dangerous post for cars.
5. Place Vertu
62 Break-ins
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The second most popular mall for break-ins.
6. Place Versailles
60 Break-ins
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Yet another mall, starting to see a pattern yet?
7. Mont Royal Cemetary
38 Break-ins
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It seems pretty cruel but when people are grieving at the cemetery, they pay less attention to their cars.
8. Stanley and De Maisonneuve
37 Break-ins
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This is actually one of the places my car was broken in to.
9. Jarry and Léonard-De Vinci
36 Break-ins
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Take note: If there are parking lots and businesses, but no residences, don't leave your car there.
10. IKEA
30 Break-ins
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And you thought having to shop at IKEA was frustrating enough.
Top 10 Spots Where Cars Get Stolen In Montreal
1. 2. 3. Cote de Liesse Parking Lots
202 Stolen Vehicles
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You read that right, this place has so many break-ins it took the top 3 spots on our list.
4. Place Versailles
44 Stolen Vehicles
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This place is great for car thieves since you can make a quick escape on the highway.
5. Corner Beaulac and Place Robert-Joncas
28 Stolen Vehicles
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Note to self: Avoid hotel hotel parking lots located near highways. you might as well hand you keys over to the criminals.
6. Galeries d'Anjou
19 Stolen Vehicles
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At this point, maybe you should just never go to mall ever.
7. 52e Avenue
18 Stolen Vehicles
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The Holiday Inn near the airport really needs to step up their safety game.
8. Carrefour Angrignon
17 Stolen Vehicles
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God damn malls.
9. Olympic Stadium
15 Stolen Vehicles
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I'm just surprised anyone goes to the Olympic stadium at all.
10. Corner Norman and Croissant Claire
13 Stolen Vehicles
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Parking lots, businesses and warehouses. Now you're just asking for it.
