Woods Bay, MT Violent Crime Rates and Maps

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Violent Crime Grade	D
Property Crime Grade	C+
Other Crime Grade	B+

Which crimes are included?

$165,647

Cost of Crime™ for Woods Bay, MT

In 2025, violent crime will cost $688 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Woods Bay 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 Woods Bay against the average US city, where the rate is higher than the norm. Woods Bay sits in the 17th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 17% of cities and behind 83%. The grade covers only Woods Bay's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in Woods Bay is 5.302 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the northeast part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 115 in the northwest neighborhoods to 1 in 398 in the northeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the northwest parts of Woods Bay, MT report the most violent crime, about 1 cases per year. The southwest part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Woods Bay, MT

The tangible cost of violent crime in Woods Bay is projected at $165,647 for 2025, about $281 per resident and $688 per household. That equals 0.6% 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): 44.7%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 41.1%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 14.0%

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

Woods Bay, MT:	$281
Wolf Point, MT:	$663
Columbia Falls, MT:	$123
Montana:	$267
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $281 per resident each year in Woods Bay, which is $22 more than the national average and $14 more than Montana's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Woods Bay:

In Wolf Point, MT, crime costs $663 per person, which is $383 more than in Woods Bay.
In Columbia Falls, MT, crime costs $123 per person, which is $157 less than in Woods Bay

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

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

Crime	Cost to Woods Bay	Cost per Woods Bay Resident
Murder	$55,781	$95
Rape/Sexual Assault	$39,218	$66
Robbery	$2,655	$5
Assault	$67,993	$115
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$165,647	$281

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Woods Bay, 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 Woods Bay totals $575,795 ($976 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $741,442 ($1,257 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Woods Bay, 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 city has few 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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Woods Bay Violent Crime Breakdown

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

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	4.013
Robbery	0.1431
Rape	1.096
Murder	0.0503
Total Violent Crime	5.302 (D)

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Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

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

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Bigfork, MT	C+	D+	C+
Bear Dance, MT	D+	D-	D+
Swan Lake, MT	B-	B-	C
Lakeside, MT	C-	B-	D+
Rollins, MT	C-	D-	C-
Somers, MT	C+	C+	C-
Creston, MT	B+	A-	C+
Dayton, MT	C-	D+	D
Proctor, MT	C-	D-	C-
Evergreen, MT	B	C+	B-

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Woods Bay 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
Vernonburg, GA	D+	B-	B-
Davisville, MO	D	D-	D-
Denmark, AR	F	D+	D+
Devore, CA	A-	B+	B+
DeWeese, MS	A-	A+	A+
Dixon Springs, TN	D	D+	D+
Valley Hill, KY	B	B	B
Vanderbilt, TX	B-	C-	C-
Ventura, NM	D	C-	C-
Verdi, MN	A	B+	B+

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

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