What is the crime rate in Missoula, MT?

In 2025, the Missoula Police Department reported 468 violent crimes and 2,267 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 591 violent and 2,863 property crimes per 100,000 of the 79,184 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: 591
Property per 100,000: 2,863
Violent crimes: 468
Property crimes: 2,267

Crime reported by the Missoula 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	439	561	2,924	3,736	78,269
2024	475	602	2,908	3,685	78,911
2025	468	591	2,267	2,863	79,184

Violent crimes reported went from 439 in 2023 to 468 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,924 in 2023 to 2,267 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.

Missoula against Montana and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Missoula	591	2,863
Missoula County	472	2,037
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 Missoula, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Missoula	—	591	2,863
Stevensville	26 mi	0	828
Hamilton	43 mi	521	2,211
Ronan	45 mi	626	1,921
Polson	56 mi	1,042	2,484
Plains	57 mi	78	469

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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