What is the crime rate in Libby, MT?

In 2025, the Libby Police Department reported 15 violent crimes and 11 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 447 violent and 328 property crimes per 100,000 of the 3,355 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: 447
Property per 100,000: 328
Violent crimes: 15
Property crimes: 11

Crime reported by the Libby 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	5	153	27	828	3,260
2024	5	151	25	756	3,306
2025	15	447	11	328	3,355

Violent crimes reported went from 5 in 2023 to 15 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 27 in 2023 to 11 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.

Libby against Montana and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Libby	447	328
Lincoln County	207	299
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 Libby, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Libby	—	447	328
Bonners Ferry	41 mi	245	665
Ponderay	45 mi	89	624
Sandpoint	47 mi	64	1,126
Thompson Falls	55 mi	191	510
Whitefish	56 mi	176	1,266
Kalispell	58 mi	409	1,744
Columbia Falls	63 mi	138	1,052
Priest River	64 mi	0	528

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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