Darby, MT Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	F
Property Crime Grade	D+
Other Crime Grade	D

Which crimes are included?

$783,261

Cost of Crime™ for Darby, MT

In 2025, violent crime will cost $874 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Darby with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The F grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in Darby against the average US city, where the rate is much higher than the norm. Darby sits in the 7th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 7% of cities and behind 93%. The grade covers only Darby's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in Darby is 7.854 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 99 in the northeast neighborhoods to 1 in 261 in the southwest.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the north parts of Darby, MT report the most violent crime, about 7 cases per year. The northwest part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Darby, MT

The tangible cost of violent crime in Darby is projected at $783,261 for 2025, about $398 per resident and $874 per household. That equals 0.9% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 42.8%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 43.9%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 13.1%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in Darby Compared to Other Cities?

Darby, MT:	$398
Wolf Point, MT:	$663
Columbia Falls, MT:	$123
Montana:	$267
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $398 per resident each year in Darby, which is $140 more than the national average and $131 more than Montana's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Darby:

In Wolf Point, MT, crime costs $663 per person, which is $265 more than in Darby.
In Columbia Falls, MT, crime costs $123 per person, which is $275 less than in Darby

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for Darby, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Darby	Cost per Darby Resident
Murder	$281,530	$143
Rape/Sexual Assault	$115,446	$59
Robbery	$20,913	$11
Assault	$365,373	$186
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$783,261	$398

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Darby, MT

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in Darby totals $2,520,039 ($1,282 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $3,303,300 ($1,680 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Darby, MT, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the northeast part of the city has more retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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Darby Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 Darby residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	6.471
Robbery	0.3382
Rape	0.9685
Murder	0.0762
Total Violent Crime	7.854 (F)

Individual Darby Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in Darby is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Darby.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Conner, MT	D	D	D
Grantsdale, MT	B+	B	B+
Hamilton, MT	B	C+	B+
Riverside, MT	A	B+	A
Sula, MT	D-	D-	D-
Woodside, MT	B+	C	A-
Corvallis, MT	A-	B-	A
Pinesdale, MT	A	B-	A+
Victor, MT	B+	B-	B-
Gibbonsville, ID	D+	B	B-

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Darby is higher versus other cities of the same size for violent 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
Plainville, KS	D-	D	D
Rockdale, IL	D-	D+	D+
Riverside, PA	A+	A+	A+
Quaker City, OH	B-	B-	B-
Prosperity, WV	D-	D+	D+
Preston, TX	C+	D+	D+
Potts Camp, MS	A	A+	A+
Pocahontas, IA	B-	C+	C+
Pleasant Hill, OH	A	B+	B+
Salt Lick, KY	B-	B+	B+

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

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