Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Billings reports more crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Billings’ police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #22 of 26 graded towns in Montana, and #262 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of MT” is every other Montana city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Billings
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
Billings’ police reported 4 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 6.0 per 100,000 residents a year, 2.9 times the rest of Montana (2.0) and about the same as all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: 4.2 times the rest of Montana
94.3 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (90 reported in 2025), 4.2 times the rest of Montana (22.7) and above all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Billings reports less crime per resident than 19% (#262). Places like it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Billings’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Montana.
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| Year | Billings property | Rest of Montana property | Billings violent | Rest of Montana violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 43.2 | 27.3 | 9.3 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 36.0 | 27.5 | 8.9 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 30.8 | 23.8 | 7.5 | 4.7 |
| 2025 | 24.9 | 22.0 | 7.6 | 4.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 25 property crimes reported
And about 8 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
Homicides and robberies
Billings’ police reported 4 homicides, 90 robberies and 931 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Montana and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
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| Year | Billings | Rest of Montana | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11.0 | 2.6 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 7.4 | 2.5 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 7.4 | 1.7 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Billings | Rest of Montana | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 122 | 22.7 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 124 | 24.0 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 86.0 | 22.2 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 73.4 | 21.9 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
3,978 crimes reported in 2025
931 violent and 3,047 property, as reported to the FBI by Billings’ police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
52 people died in crashes on Billings’s roads in 2019–2023
Billings had 46 fatal crashes in five years, in which 52 people died; 8 were pedestrians. 8 died in crashes on an Interstate.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Billings and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lockwood is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Billings. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Billings’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (122,571 in 2025); our figure for Billings is 121,239 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Billings
Is Billings, MT safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Billings reports more crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #22 of 26 in Montana. Its police reported 8.0 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.8 in the rest of Montana and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Billings?
8.0 violent and 30.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Montana reports 4.8 and 24.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Billings?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Billings in 2025?
Billings’s police reported 4 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 3.3 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Billings?
Billings’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Billings”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.