Bozeman is a city of 77,400 in Gallatin County and the main city of the Bozeman metro area, home to 124,100 · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Bozeman?
Bozeman earns an A for property crime, safer than the neighborhoods where 65% of Americans live. Theft makes up 65% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A+, and vehicle theft grades A+.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 887 of 1,000Less property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
65% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Bozeman as a whole, and 35% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Bozeman scores 887.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Bozeman, MT at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Bozeman, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Bozeman
One part of Bozeman stands out for vehicle theft. Car thefts in Cooper Park, Durston Meadows & Downtown, in central Bozeman, run at about triple the rate in the rest of the city.
Burglaries are uncommon. Bozeman has burglaries at about half the US rate: 1.2 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Bozeman
Every part of Bozeman where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Bozeman run from A+ to B.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Oak Springs, westClose to the rest of Bozeman on most crimes.A865
2Brewery District & Main Street, eastBurglaries run about 90% higher here than in the rest of Bozeman.A-838
3Cooper Park, Durston Meadows & Downtown, centralBurglaries run at about triple the rate in the rest of Bozeman.A-776
Neighborhood areas of Bozeman, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is property crime going up in Bozeman?
Reported property crime in Bozeman has held about steady since 2019, within 1%. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 18 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
BozemanUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Bozeman. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Bozeman
Property, US
2016
+56%
+15%
2017
+37%
+12%
2018
+6%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-25%
-8%
2021
-29%
-10%
2022
+0%
-6%
2023
+8%
-7%
2024
-0%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Bozeman
CrimeGrade™ estimates Bozeman has about 20 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 18% less than the US as a whole and 16% less than Montana.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Bozeman, about 65% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Bozeman
Bozeman has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Bozeman, 57% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 37% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (57%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (37%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (24%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Bozeman and nearby cities
Bozeman has the most property crime of its 5 nearest cities.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets Bozeman apart: it has 3.5 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 91% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.14.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 85% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 76% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (20 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 58% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.62 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 79% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.74% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 75% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Bozeman: D- (7 of 100).4 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 66% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Bozeman on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Bozeman
Property crime costs Bozeman about $9.8 million a year, or $127 per resident and about $328 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$830,000
$11
Theft
$5.0 million
$65
Vehicle theft
$1.1 million
$14
Arson
$320,000
$4
Vandalism
$2.5 million
$33
Total
$9.8 million
$127
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
