Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Helena, MT Crime Grade
How Helena 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Montana
6/10
vs. Montana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Helena, MT was 565.3 per 100,000 residents (200 incidents over a population of 35,377). That puts Helena Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 39% above the Montana statewide rate of 407.2.
That ranks Helena #3,381 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 10% of them, and #4 of 7 in Montana. Violent crime is up 10% year over year and down 18% over the last five years.
Helena, MT crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Montana Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 565.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,381 of 3,771
- MT rank
- #4 of 7
- Safer than
- 10% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 10%
- 5-year change
- down 18%
- Population
- 35,377
- Reporting agency
- Helena Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Helena Police Department (FBI ORI MT0250100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Helena, MT
Also known as
- Hopkinsville
- Epł Yuts’mn
- Last Chance Gulch
- Crabtown
History
Named by miners after Saint Helena, Minnesota. The native variant name translates as “Possessing Red Paint.”
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. Helena (red), Montana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Helena 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 | 688.8(236) | 773.0(262) | 682.1(237) | 513.7(181) | 565.3(200) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 3.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 2.8(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 134.3(46) | 168.2(57) | 164.1(57) | 113.5(40) | 147.0(52) |
| Robbery | 49.6(17) | 29.5(10) | 31.7(11) | 28.4(10) | 33.9(12) |
| Aggravated assault | 504.9(173) | 572.3(194) | 486.4(169) | 368.9(130) | 384.4(136) |
| Property crime | 3251.4(1,114) | 3298.3(1,118) | 3025.0(1,051) | 2593.8(914) | 2857.8(1,011) |
| Burglary | 306.5(105) | 283.2(96) | 224.5(78) | 232.7(82) | 251.6(89) |
| Larceny | 2664.8(913) | 2693.5(913) | 2555.8(888) | 2213.5(780) | 2399.9(849) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 271.4(93) | 292.1(99) | 224.5(78) | 139.1(49) | 192.2(68) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Helena, 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 Helena 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 Helena calculated?
- Helena'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 Helena 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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