Montana Crime Rates & City Safety Scores
Population-adjusted FBI reporting rates; see the city profiles below.
Key facts
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Montana displays a 11.52-point adjusted-score range in its 2025 source-year cohort: Missoula, Montana at 38.49 points out of 100 versus Billings, Montana at 26.97.
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Montana displays 3 jurisdiction profiles from a scoring run containing 48 reportable jurisdictions in its 2025 source-year directory; 3 displayed profiles have scores.
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Montana has 2 displayed jurisdictions with decreasing reported trajectories versus 0 increasing and 1 stable, comparing weighted 2024 reporting with 2025.
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Billings, Montana has a reporting population of 118,321 residents versus 60,412 in Great Falls, Montana, in the 2025 source-year displayed cohort.
Quick answer
In the Safety Atlas 2026 public safety index, the highest-scoring city in Montana is Missoula with an adjusted safety score of 38.49 out of 100, ranked across 3 tracked jurisdictions using 2025 FBI reporting.
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Montana city safety rankings
Ranked by adjusted Safety Atlas score. The table lists the 3 most populous jurisdictions in this directory; each rank is calculated within this displayed 3-jurisdiction cohort.
| City / Jurisdiction | Cohort Rank | Population | Safety Score | Overall Trend | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missoula | #1 of 3 | 75,600 | 38.49 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Great Falls | #2 of 3 | 60,412 | 35.37 | → Stable | View Report → |
| Billings | #3 of 3 | 118,321 | 26.97 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
* Trajectory trends compare weighted year-over-year reporting from 2024 to 2025. Scores describe relative reported rates, not personal risk. Cohort rank covers only the 3 jurisdictions listed above.
Data, definitions and reuse
Violent: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault. Property: burglary, larceny, vehicle theft, arson. Monthly counts are summed over the agencies that reported each month, and agency coverage changes over time.
| Month | Violent | Property | Agencies reporting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 555 | 2410 | 102 |
| Feb | 597 | 1975 | 102 |
| Mar | 792 | 2409 | 102 |
| Apr | 694 | 2393 | 102 |
| May | 795 | 2752 | 102 |
| Jun | 777 | 2658 | 102 |
| Jul | 821 | 2748 | 102 |
| Aug | 719 | 2842 | 102 |
| Sep | 667 | 2751 | 102 |
| Oct | 621 | 2644 | 102 |
| Nov | 670 | 2351 | 102 |
| Dec | 546 | 2257 | 102 |
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<img src="https://www.safetyatlas.us/img/charts/montana-crime-trend-2025.webp" alt="Chart of Montana crime statistics: Montana agencies reported 8,254 violent offenses in 2025, 0.8% fewer than the 8,323 in 2024, with 102 agencies reporting each month. Shows violent and property offenses per month." width="1200" height="675" loading="lazy" style="max-width:100%;height:auto">
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Montana in 7 numbers
- Every major offense fell in 2025. Burglary -22% (3,456 to 2,688), motor vehicle theft -18%, larceny-theft -8%, robbery -4%, homicide 3%, aggravated assault -2%.
- Almost half of all reports are property crime. 35,578 of 75,400 reports (47.2%); larceny-theft alone is 24,568 (32.6%).
- Clearances skew toward violent crime. 71% of homicides cleared vs 22% of larcenies and 23% of motor vehicle thefts (2025, reports cleared divided by reports received, reporting agencies only).
- Homicides fell by nearly a fifth. 62 reports in 2025 vs 60 in 2024 (3%) across reporting agencies.
- The biggest volume is not violent. Simple assault (11,361) alone outweighs the entire personal-safety total (8,858, 11.7% of reports).
- Watch the monthly shape. Larceny-theft peaked in Aug (2,306) and troughed in Feb (1,589), a 1.5× swing inside a single year.
- These are reporting-agency sums. 31 of 103 agencies reported burglary in December 2025 (vs 31 in January); totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
Takeaways are computed from summed FBI CDE reported counts (source year 2025, 103 agencies in file). They describe reported data, not forecasts; check the methodology and coverage notes before reuse.
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Montana monthly trend: reporting-agency sums through December 2025
Annual totals hide timing. The bars below show 2025 reported counts per month summed across reporting agencies for three indicator offenses. Counts only; there is no honest monthly denominator at this grain, so no rates are shown.
Larceny-theft, month by month
→ Stable, 24568 reports vs 26736 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 1,910 | 31 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 1,589 | 31 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 1,936 | 31 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 1,912 | 31 | Full |
| May 2025 | 2,227 | 31 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 2,154 | 31 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 2,181 | 31 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 2,306 | 31 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 2,290 | 31 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 2,201 | 31 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 1,979 | 31 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 1,883 | 31 | Full |
Simple assault, month by month
→ Stable, 11361 reports vs 12228 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 940 | 31 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 810 | 31 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 976 | 31 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 888 | 31 | Full |
| May 2025 | 1,064 | 31 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 951 | 31 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 1,095 | 31 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 1,006 | 31 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 976 | 31 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 943 | 31 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 859 | 31 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 853 | 31 | Full |
Vandalism, month by month
↓ Decreasing, 10162 reports vs 11468 in 2024 (down 11% in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 735 | 32 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 535 | 32 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 907 | 32 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 875 | 32 | Full |
| May 2025 | 910 | 32 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 947 | 32 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 1,052 | 32 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 997 | 32 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 915 | 32 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 761 | 32 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 789 | 32 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 739 | 32 | Full |
Clearances: what got cleared in 2025
71% of homicides cleared vs 22% of larcenies, clearance follows violent crime, not volume.
| Offense | Reported | Cleared | Clearance rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 62 | 44 | 71.0% |
| Aggravated Assault | 6,552 | 3,893 | 59.4% |
| Robbery | 406 | 212 | 52.2% |
| Burglary | 2,688 | 768 | 28.6% |
| Larceny-theft | 24,568 | 5,481 | 22.3% |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 2,705 | 628 | 23.2% |
Clearances ÷ reports received; clearances may concern earlier reports, so this is not a solve rate.
Monthly counts summed over reporting agencies, FBI CDE source year 2025. A hyphen (-) means not reported, not zero. Totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
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Montana city reports
- Missoula safety report: #1 of 3, population 75,600, score 38.49, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Great Falls safety report: #2 of 3, population 60,412, score 35.37, and the displayed trajectory is → Stable.
- Billings safety report: #3 of 3, population 118,321, score 26.97, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
Reading the comparison
Scores compare reported rates; they do not predict personal risk. Methodology · Coverage
Monthly count comparisons
Montana reporting agencies recorded 2,306 larceny-theft offenses in Aug 2025 versus 1,589 in Feb 2025, a difference of 717 reports; 31 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 31 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 24,568 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Montana reporting agencies recorded 1,095 simple assault offenses in Jul 2025 versus 810 in Feb 2025, a difference of 285 reports; 31 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 31 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 11,361 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Montana reporting agencies recorded 1,052 vandalism offenses in Jul 2025 versus 535 in Feb 2025, a difference of 517 reports; 32 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 32 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 10,162 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Montana reporting agencies recorded 44 cleared homicide offenses against 62 reports received in 2025 (71.0%), compared with 5,481 cleared larceny-theft offenses against 24,568 reports (22.3%), a 48.7-percentage-point difference between the displayed clearance ratios; clearances can concern earlier reports.
Billings, Montana records 26.97 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 6.64 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 33.61; its reporting population of 118,321 residents accounts for 46.5% of the 254,333 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Missoula, Montana records 38.49 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 4.88 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 33.61; its reporting population of 75,600 residents accounts for 29.7% of the 254,333 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Great Falls, Montana records 35.37 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 1.76 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 33.61; its reporting population of 60,412 residents accounts for 23.8% of the 254,333 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Montana reporting-agency sums contain 24,568 larceny-theft reports in 2025 versus 26,736 in 2024, 2,168 reports (8.1%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 30 to 31 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Montana reporting-agency sums contain 11,361 simple assault reports in 2025 versus 12,228 in 2024, 867 reports (7.1%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 30 to 31 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Montana reporting-agency sums contain 10,162 vandalism reports in 2025 versus 11,468 in 2024, 1,306 reports (11.4%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 31 to 32 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
How to read the Montana directory
The scoring run contains 48 reportable jurisdictions in Montana. This public directory displays the 3 most populous jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set, and each displayed city's rank is calculated within this displayed 3-jurisdiction cohort.
Within the displayed cohort, Missoula has the highest adjusted score at 38.49, and Billings has the lowest at 26.97. The public-cohort range is 11.52 points; use the offense-rate tables on each city profile to understand that spread.
Current trajectories in the displayed cohort: 2 decreasing, 1 stable, and 0 increasing. Trends compare weighted 2024 and 2025 reporting and do not forecast future incidents.
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