Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Billings, MT Crime Grade
How Billings grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Montana — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Montana
9/10
vs. Montana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Billings, MT was 759.6 per 100,000 residents (931 incidents over a population of 122,571). That puts Billings Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 87% above the Montana statewide rate of 407.2.
That ranks Billings #3,572 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 5% of them, and #7 of 7 in Montana. Violent crime is up 1% year over year and down 30% over the last five years.
Billings, MT crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Montana Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 759.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,572 of 3,771
- MT rank
- #7 of 7
- Safer than
- 5% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 1%
- 5-year change
- down 30%
- Population
- 122,571
- Reporting agency
- Billings Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Billings Police Department (FBI ORI MT0560100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Billings (red), Montana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Billings vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 1091.8(1,204) | 943.4(1,112) | 898.9(1,091) | 748.5(914) | 759.6(931) |
| Murder | 6.3(7) | 11.0(13) | 7.4(9) | 8.2(10) | 3.3(4) |
| Rape | 113.4(125) | 80.6(95) | 85.7(104) | 80.3(98) | 84.0(103) |
| Robbery | 117.0(129) | 123.0(145) | 123.6(150) | 86.0(105) | 73.4(90) |
| Aggravated assault | 855.1(943) | 728.8(859) | 682.2(828) | 574.1(701) | 598.8(734) |
| Property crime | 4852.5(5,351) | 4359.2(5,138) | 3646.0(4,425) | 3122.7(3,813) | 2495.7(3,059) |
| Burglary | 568.6(627) | 571.8(674) | 347.7(422) | 365.3(446) | 239.9(294) |
| Larceny | 3300.9(3,640) | 3078.9(3,629) | 2737.2(3,322) | 2306.2(2,816) | 1956.4(2,398) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 940.4(1,037) | 684.7(807) | 533.1(647) | 420.9(514) | 286.4(351) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Billings, MT Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Billings Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Billings calculated?
- Billings's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Montana state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Montana cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Billings Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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