What is the crime rate in Montrose, CO?

In 2025, the Montrose Police Department reported 40 violent crimes and 408 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 182 violent and 1,857 property crimes per 100,000 of the 21,974 residents it serves.

Across Colorado the rates were 440 and 2,235.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 182
Property per 100,000: 1,857
Violent crimes: 40
Property crimes: 408

Crime reported by the Montrose Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	45	211	495	2,320	21,334
2024	52	240	496	2,290	21,661
2025	40	182	408	1,857	21,974

Violent crimes reported went from 45 in 2023 to 40 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 495 in 2023 to 408 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Montrose against Colorado and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Montrose	182	1,857
Montrose County	141	1,161
Colorado	440	2,235
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Montrose, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Montrose	—	182	1,857
Olathe	12 mi	204	408
Ridgway	22 mi	0	0
Delta	23 mi	142	2,497
Cedaredge	30 mi	81	810
Paonia	31 mi	0	682
Mountain Village	37 mi	81	1,457
Gunnison	51 mi	232	3,181
Palisade	52 mi	38	843

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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