What is the crime rate in Laurel, MT?

In 2025, the Laurel Police Department reported 22 violent crimes and 225 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 303 violent and 3,100 property crimes per 100,000 of the 7,258 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: 303
Property per 100,000: 3,100
Violent crimes: 22
Property crimes: 225

Crime reported by the Laurel 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	35	486	223	3,099	7,195
2024	39	543	259	3,605	7,185
2025	22	303	225	3,100	7,258

Violent crimes reported went from 35 in 2023 to 22 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 223 in 2023 to 225 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.

Laurel against Montana and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Laurel	303	3,100
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 Laurel, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Laurel	—	303	3,100
Billings	13 mi	765	2,515
Columbus	23 mi	351	1,606
Red Lodge	40 mi	357	179
Hardin	57 mi	487	1,568
Powell	63 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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