Northside is a neighborhood of 3,440 residents in Missoula, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Northside in Missoula safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Northside has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 72% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent and property crime both grade B here. Missoula as a whole grades A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Northside run from A to C+, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 666 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
28% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Northside as a whole, and 72% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Northside scores 666.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Northside, Missoula, MT at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Northside in Missoula, 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 in Northside
Burglaries happen at stores and businesses far more often than nationally. In Missoula as a whole, 56% of reported burglaries happen at stores and businesses, against 28% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Northside
CrimeGrade™ estimates Northside has about 49 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 32% more than the US as a whole and close to Missoula as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft makes up about 38% of crime reported in Northside. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Missoula
The Missoula Police Department polices Northside; these figures cover Missoula as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 51% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (56%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (41%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (41%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (41%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (40%)
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.
How Northside compares with nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Northside, 6 have less crime. Upper Rattlesnake and Captain John Mullan have the least.
Night lighting, empty homes and walkability in Northside
One thing sets Northside apart: it has 11.5% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
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.91% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 97% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.11.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 85% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 and assault. 70% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (26 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 62% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 80% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 crime costs Northside
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Northside about $1,185 a year per household, about the same as the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $6.0 million a year, or $1,751 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Northside means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Northside, Missoula, MT average a SchoolGrade of A-: 43% of students test proficient, against 39% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Northside on SchoolGrade
