Crime & Safety in Great Falls
Great Falls' real, current crime picture runs genuinely above national and statewide comparison figures on overall and property crime across FBI-2024-data-based aggregator sources reviewed this pass, alongside a real, genuinely unresolved cross-source tension specifically on violent crime this record discloses directly.
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Learn moreAn Elevated Overall and Property Crime Rate
Aggregator sources (reflecting FBI-reported 2024 calendar-year data) cited Great Falls' overall crime rate at approximately 4,000.7 per 100,000 residents -- roughly 88.78% above a cited national rate -- with a property crime rate of approximately 3,426.4 per 100,000, roughly 94.68% above the cited national property-crime rate and roughly 111.86% above Montana's own statewide property-crime rate.
A Real, Genuinely Unresolved Cross-Source Tension on Violent Crime
This record discloses a real, disclosed tension directly rather than picking one figure silently: FBI-2024-data-based aggregators (HomeSnacks/PlainCrime, CrimeGrade) cited a violent-crime rate of approximately 556-574 per 100,000 -- meaningfully above national and Montana statewide averages -- while a separate source using a different, per-1,000-residents framing described Great Falls' violent crime as running BELOW the national average. This record did not reconcile this tension to its own sourcing standard this pass.
A Real, Disclosed Perception Counterpoint
Despite the real, disclosed elevated citywide statistical comparisons above, sources reviewed this pass also described local residents as generally considering Great Falls a safe place to live -- a real, disclosed gap between citywide statistical comparisons and reported local sentiment this record discloses rather than omits.
Data Vintage: 2024 Calendar-Year FBI Data
This record discloses the precise data vintage directly: the FBI-data-based figures above reflect 2024 calendar-year data, the most recent complete official data available across sources reviewed this pass (August 2026).
Research Neighborhood-Specific Data Directly
Movers should research current, address-specific crime data directly for a specific target neighborhood via the Great Falls Police Department's own published statistics rather than relying on any single citywide framing in isolation.
Key takeaways
- Great Falls' overall crime rate ran approximately 88.78% above the national rate, and property crime ran approximately 94.68% above the national rate, per FBI 2024 data.
- This record discloses a real, genuinely unresolved cross-source tension specifically on violent crime -- some sources cite it meaningfully above national averages, another describes it as below.
- Local residents were described in sources reviewed as generally considering Great Falls a safe place to live -- a real, disclosed counterpoint to the elevated citywide statistics.
- This data reflects FBI-reported 2024 calendar-year figures; complete 2025-2026 data was not yet available as of this research pass.
- Research current, address-specific crime data directly for a target neighborhood via the Great Falls Police Department.
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