What is the crime rate in Columbia Falls, MT?

In 2025, the Columbia Falls Police Department reported 8 violent crimes and 61 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 138 violent and 1,052 property crimes per 100,000 of the 5,796 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: 138
Property per 100,000: 1,052
Violent crimes: 8
Property crimes: 61

Crime reported by the Columbia Falls 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	23	397	105	1,812	5,794
2024	16	274	95	1,627	5,838
2025	8	138	61	1,052	5,796

Violent crimes reported went from 23 in 2023 to 8 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 105 in 2023 to 61 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.

Columbia Falls against Montana and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Columbia Falls	138	1,052
Flathead County	305	1,114
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 Columbia Falls, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Columbia Falls	—	138	1,052
Whitefish	8.5 mi	176	1,266
Kalispell	12 mi	409	1,744
Polson	47 mi	1,042	2,484
Ronan	58 mi	626	1,921
Libby	63 mi	447	328
Plains	71 mi	78	469
Thompson Falls	75 mi	191	510
Cut Bank	87 mi	606	5,215

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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