Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Missoula, MT Crime Grade
How Missoula 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
6/10
vs. Montana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Missoula, MT was 586.0 per 100,000 residents (464 incidents over a population of 79,184). That puts Missoula Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 44% above the Montana statewide rate of 407.2.
That ranks Missoula #3,402 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 10% of them, and #5 of 7 in Montana. Violent crime is down 3% year over year and down 9% over the last five years.
Missoula, MT crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Montana Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 586.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,402 of 3,771
- MT rank
- #5 of 7
- Safer than
- 10% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 3%
- 5-year change
- down 9%
- Population
- 79,184
- Reporting agency
- Missoula Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Missoula Police Department (FBI ORI MT0320100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Missoula, MT
Also known as
- Nemissoolatakoo
- In-may-soo-let-que
- Im-i-sul-e-tiku
- Hnme'suuli
- In-mae-soo-la
- Missoula Mills
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. Missoula (red), Montana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Missoula 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 | 646.1(503) | 638.0(483) | 560.9(439) | 601.9(475) | 586.0(464) |
| Murder | 1.3(1) | 2.6(2) | 1.3(1) | 2.5(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 83.5(65) | 83.2(63) | 72.8(57) | 111.5(88) | 98.5(78) |
| Robbery | 51.4(40) | 40.9(31) | 46.0(36) | 45.6(36) | 42.9(34) |
| Aggravated assault | 509.9(397) | 511.2(387) | 440.8(345) | 442.3(349) | 444.5(352) |
| Property crime | 3281.9(2,555) | 3567.8(2,701) | 3735.8(2,924) | 3685.2(2,908) | 2844.0(2,252) |
| Burglary | 323.7(252) | 347.4(263) | 334.7(262) | 329.5(260) | 222.3(176) |
| Larceny | 2709.0(2,109) | 2990.6(2,264) | 3169.8(2,481) | 3131.4(2,471) | 2489.1(1,971) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 223.5(174) | 216.6(164) | 203.1(159) | 197.7(156) | 114.9(91) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Missoula, 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 Missoula 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 Missoula calculated?
- Missoula'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 Missoula 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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