Great Falls, MT Violent Crime Rates and Maps

D-

Violent Crime Grade	D-
Property Crime Grade	D-
Other Crime Grade	D

Which crimes are included?

$17.9 million

Cost of Crime™ for Great Falls, MT

In 2025, violent crime will cost $592 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Great Falls 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 D- grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in Great Falls against the average US city, where the rate is higher than the norm. Great Falls sits in the 15th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 15% of cities and behind 85%. The grade covers only Great Falls's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in Great Falls is 5.562 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 106 in the central neighborhoods to 1 in 355 in the southwest.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the central parts of Great Falls, MT report the most violent crime, about 83 cases per year. The west part reports the fewest, around 21 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Great Falls, MT

The tangible cost of violent crime in Great Falls is projected at $17,900,205 for 2025, about $247 per resident and $592 per household. That equals 0.7% 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): 47.1%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 38.4%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 14.3%

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

Great Falls, MT:	$247
Wolf Point, MT:	$663
Columbia Falls, MT:	$123
Montana:	$267
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $247 per resident each year in Great Falls, which is $11 less than the national average and $20 less than Montana's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Great Falls:

In Wolf Point, MT, crime costs $663 per person, which is $416 more than in Great Falls.
In Columbia Falls, MT, crime costs $123 per person, which is $124 less than in Great Falls

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

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

Crime	Cost to Great Falls	Cost per Great Falls Resident
Murder	$3.88 million	$54
Rape/Sexual Assault	$4.71 million	$65
Robbery	$507,186	$7
Assault	$8.81 million	$122
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$17,900,205	$247

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Great Falls, 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 Great Falls totals $50,782,237 ($702 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $68,682,442 ($949 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Great Falls, 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 central 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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Great Falls Violent Crime Breakdown

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

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	4.238
Robbery	0.2228
Rape	1.072
Murder	0.0285
Total Violent Crime	5.562 (D-)

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Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

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

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Gibson Flats, MT	D-	F	D-
Malmstrom Air Force Base, MT	C+	C+	C
Black Eagle, MT	D-	D-	D-
Tracy, MT	B-	C-	B
Sand Coulee, MT	C-	D+	C
Portage, MT	D+	C	D+
Ulm, MT	B-	C	C+
Castner Falls, MT	C	C	B-
Vaughn, MT	C	D+	C
Stockett, MT	C	D+	C+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Great Falls 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
Ewa Beach, HI	A	A+	A+
Leesburg, VA	C+	A	A
Union City, NJ	C+	C	C
Kokomo, IN	B-	C	C
Kingsport, TN	D-	D-	D-
Janesville, WI	C	B-	B-
Huntington, WV	C-	D+	D+
Manassas, VA	C+	B+	B+
Huntersville, NC	C+	B+	B+
Fayetteville, GA	B	B-	B-

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

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