The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Lame Deer, MT: Crime Maps and Statistics

Crime per Capita in Lame Deer

This overview combines violent, property, and other offenses into a single grade for Lame Deer. The dedicated violent crime and property crime pages go deeper on each. The map below shows the overall crime rate per 1,000 residents.

 

Lame Deer, MT Map of Crime Rates
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F

Overall Crime Grade™

F
F
Other Crime Grade
D-

$2.12 million

Cost of Crime™ for Lame Deer, MT

In 2025, crime will cost $3,374 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Lame Deer with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.

Is Lame Deer, MT Safe?

The F overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US city, where Lame Deer's combined rate is much higher than the norm. Lame Deer sits in the 5th percentile, ahead of 5% of cities and behind 95%. The grade covers only Lame Deer's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The overall crime rate in Lame Deer is 61.39 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southwest part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 10 in the northeast neighborhoods to 1 in 18 in the southwest.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the west parts of Lame Deer, MT report the most crime, about 41 cases per year. The northeast part reports the fewest, around 3 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Lame Deer, MT

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in Lame Deer for 2025 is $2,122,416, about $867 per resident and $3,374 per household. That equals 6.1% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 56.1%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 32.3%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 11.4%

How Much Does Crime Cost in Lame Deer Compared to Other Cities?

Lame Deer, MT: $867
Wolf Point, MT: $1168
Columbia Falls, MT: $251
Montana: $495
USA: $464

The overall cost of crime per resident in Lame Deer is $867 per year, which is $403 more than the national average and $372 more than Montana's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Lame Deer:
  • In Wolf Point, MT, crime costs $1,168 per person, which is $301 more than in Lame Deer.
  • In Columbia Falls, MT, crime costs $251 per person, which is $616 less than in Lame Deer

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of Lame Deer for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to Lame Deer
Cost per Lame Deer Resident
Murder
$439,809
$180
Rape/Sexual Assault
$156,585
$64
Robbery
$39,474
$16
Assault
$587,866
$240
Kidnapping
$47,042
$19
Vehicle Theft
$107,473
$44
Burglary
$106,593
$44
Theft
$341,453
$139
Arson
$7,024
$3
Vandalism
$230,306
$94
Animal Cruelty
$3,463
$1
Drug Crimes
$34,639
$14
Identity Theft
$20,690
$8
Total Cost of Crime
$2,122,416
$867

The Intangible Cost of Crime in Lame Deer, MT

The totals above count tangible costs only. Violent crime also carries a human cost, the pain and trauma borne by victims and their families, which research-based methods estimate so it can be compared across places. That intangible cost in Lame Deer totals $3,831,240 ($1,565 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $5,953,657 ($2,432 per resident). All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Crime Maps

Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The southeast part of the city holds more retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.

Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas do the same, and of Lame Deer's 2,448 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Lame Deer Crime Breakdown

The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Lame Deer residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Assault
8.362
Robbery
0.5126
Rape
1.055
Murder
0.0956
Total Violent Crime
10.02 (F)
 
 

 


Property Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
26.93
Vehicle Theft
2.835
Burglary
4.801
Arson
0.1188
Total Property Crime
34.69 (F)
 
 

 


Other Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Kidnapping
0.3169
Drug Crimes
1.913
Vandalism
13.17
Identity Theft
1.092
Animal Cruelty
0.1913
Total "Other" Rate
16.68 (D-)

 


Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of crime in Lame Deer is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Lame Deer.

Nearby City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
D-
F
D-
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
D
F
D-
D-
D-
D-
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Lame Deer is higher versus other cities of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
A+
B-
B-
C-
D
D
D
D-
D-
B
B
B
A
B-
B-
A
A+
A+
C+
C+
C+
D+
F
F
C+
D
D
C
A+
A+

Considering only the crime rate, Lame Deer is less safe than the Montana state average and less safe than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Lame Deer, MT average SchoolGrade of F, with 19% actual proficiency versus 21% projected; overall, schools don't meet expectations. See Lame Deer schools on SchoolGrade

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