Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Great Falls, MT Crime Grade
How Great Falls 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 Great Falls, MT was 609.3 per 100,000 residents (365 incidents over a population of 59,904). That puts Great Falls Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 50% above the Montana statewide rate of 407.2.
That ranks Great Falls #3,433 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 9% of them, and #6 of 7 in Montana. Violent crime is up 6% year over year and up 9% over the last five years.
Great Falls, MT crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Montana Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 609.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,433 of 3,771
- MT rank
- #6 of 7
- Safer than
- 9% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 6%
- 5-year change
- up 9%
- Population
- 59,904
- Reporting agency
- Great Falls Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Great Falls Police Department (FBI ORI MT0070100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Great Falls, MT
Also known as
- Electric 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. Great Falls (red), Montana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Great Falls 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 | 559.5(326) | 496.8(300) | 566.6(342) | 574.4(347) | 609.3(365) |
| Murder | 1.7(1) | 3.3(2) | 5.0(3) | 0.0(0) | 3.3(2) |
| Rape | 65.2(38) | 79.5(48) | 71.2(43) | 89.4(54) | 75.1(45) |
| Robbery | 46.3(27) | 31.5(19) | 26.5(16) | 46.3(28) | 33.4(20) |
| Aggravated assault | 446.2(260) | 382.5(231) | 463.9(280) | 438.6(265) | 497.5(298) |
| Property crime | 4807.3(2,801) | 4504.4(2,720) | 4700.3(2,837) | 3451.2(2,085) | 3647.5(2,185) |
| Burglary | 441.1(257) | 390.8(236) | 432.4(261) | 397.3(240) | 340.5(204) |
| Larceny | 3834.2(2,234) | 3792.3(2,290) | 4039.2(2,438) | 2810.6(1,698) | 3054.9(1,830) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 489.1(285) | 301.4(182) | 203.8(123) | 218.5(132) | 225.4(135) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Great Falls, 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 Great Falls 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 Great Falls calculated?
- Great Falls'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 Great Falls 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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