What is the crime rate in Columbus, MT?

In 2025, the Columbus Police Department reported 7 violent crimes and 32 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 351 violent and 1,606 property crimes per 100,000 of the 1,992 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: 351
Property per 100,000: 1,606
Violent crimes: 7
Property crimes: 32

Crime reported by the Columbus 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	7	364	47	2,445	1,922
2024	5	261	37	1,928	1,919
2025	7	351	32	1,606	1,992

Violent crimes reported went from 7 in 2023 to 7 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 47 in 2023 to 32 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.

Columbus against Montana and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Columbus	351	1,606
Stillwater County	462	798
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 Columbus, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Columbus	—	351	1,606
Laurel	23 mi	303	3,100
Red Lodge	31 mi	357	179
Billings	35 mi	765	2,515
Livingston	63 mi	317	1,397
Powell	65 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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