What is the crime rate in Polson, MT?

In 2025, the Polson Police Department reported 60 violent crimes and 143 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 1,042 violent and 2,484 property crimes per 100,000 of the 5,756 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: 1,042
Property per 100,000: 2,484
Violent crimes: 60
Property crimes: 143

Crime reported by the Polson 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	49	868	222	3,935	5,642
2024	57	988	183	3,172	5,770
2025	60	1,042	143	2,484	5,756

Violent crimes reported went from 49 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 222 in 2023 to 143 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.

Polson against Montana and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Polson	1,042	2,484
Lake County	462	1,068
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 Polson, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Polson	—	1,042	2,484
Ronan	11 mi	626	1,921
Kalispell	37 mi	409	1,744
Plains	38 mi	78	469
Columbia Falls	47 mi	138	1,052
Whitefish	53 mi	176	1,266
Thompson Falls	56 mi	191	510
Missoula	56 mi	591	2,863

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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