What is the crime rate in Billings, MT?

In 2025, the Billings Police Department reported 938 violent crimes and 3,083 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 765 violent and 2,515 property crimes per 100,000 of the 122,571 residents it serves.

Across Montana the rates were 423 and 1,468.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 765
Property per 100,000: 2,515
Violent crimes: 938
Property crimes: 3,083

Crime reported by the Billings 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	1,095	902	4,427	3,648	121,365
2024	916	750	3,814	3,124	122,105
2025	938	765	3,083	2,515	122,571

Violent crimes reported went from 1,095 in 2023 to 938 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 4,427 in 2023 to 3,083 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.

Billings against Montana and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Billings	765	2,515
Yellowstone County	663	2,172
Montana	423	1,468
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 Billings, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Billings	—	765	2,515
Laurel	13 mi	303	3,100
Columbus	35 mi	351	1,606
Hardin	46 mi	487	1,568
Red Lodge	53 mi	357	179
Powell	72 mi	273	759

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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