Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Bozeman, MT Crime Grade
How Bozeman 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Montana
2/10
vs. Montana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Bozeman, MT was 380.0 per 100,000 residents (224 incidents over a population of 58,949). That puts Bozeman Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 7% below the Montana statewide rate of 407.2.
That ranks Bozeman #2,957 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 22% of them, and #2 of 7 in Montana. Violent crime is down 15% year over year and up 1% over the last five years.
Bozeman, MT crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Montana Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 380.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,957 of 3,771
- MT rank
- #2 of 7
- Safer than
- 22% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 15%
- 5-year change
- up 1%
- Population
- 58,949
- Reporting agency
- Bozeman Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Bozeman Police Department (FBI ORI MT0160100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Bozeman, MT
Also known as
- Bozetown
- Missouri
- Boseman
- Sweet Pea City
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Bozeman (red), Montana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Bozeman 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 | 374.6(197) | 328.6(184) | 428.4(246) | 447.8(262) | 380.0(224) |
| Murder | 1.9(1) | 1.8(1) | 1.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 1.7(1) |
| Rape | 140.7(74) | 89.3(50) | 125.4(72) | 95.7(56) | 108.6(64) |
| Robbery | 11.4(6) | 7.1(4) | 22.6(13) | 12.0(7) | 13.6(8) |
| Aggravated assault | 220.6(116) | 230.4(129) | 278.6(160) | 340.1(199) | 256.2(151) |
| Property crime | 1350.2(710) | 1809.0(1,013) | 1920.8(1,103) | 1803.1(1,055) | 1589.5(937) |
| Burglary | 110.3(58) | 137.5(77) | 99.3(57) | 143.6(84) | 83.1(49) |
| Larceny | 1112.5(585) | 1528.7(856) | 1704.9(979) | 1536.5(899) | 1402.9(827) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 112.2(59) | 132.1(74) | 113.2(65) | 99.1(58) | 89.9(53) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Bozeman, 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 Bozeman 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 Bozeman calculated?
- Bozeman'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 Bozeman 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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