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Safety in Butte-Silver Bow · Not graded

Crime reported in Butte-Silver Bow, MT

Butte-Silver Bow has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Montana towns with a Safety Grade

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
Deer LodgeC+35 mi3.78.1
DillonB−47 mi3.24.0
HelenaD57 mi5.928.2
East HelenaC59 mi4.115.1
ManhattanB64 mi1.67.1
BelgradeC72 mi3.213.4

Straight-line distance from the center of Butte-Silver Bow. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Butte-Silver Bow.

On the roads

17 people died in crashes on Butte-Silver Bow’s roads in 2019–2023

Butte-Silver Bow had 17 fatal crashes in five years, in which 17 people died; 4 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 8 died in crashes on an Interstate.

That is 9.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Montana towns of 25,000–100,000 people (5.8, 6 towns).

17
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
4
pedestrians among them
1
cyclist among them
9.5
per 100,000 a year · Montana towns of 25,000–100,000: 5.8

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.

Next door

Butte-Silver Bow and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

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A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Anaconda-Deer Lodge County———

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Anaconda-Deer Lodge County has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.

How to read these numbers

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.
  • A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
  • 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 Butte-Silver Bow

Is Butte-Silver Bow, MT safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Butte-Silver Bow. Butte-Silver Bow has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Montana towns with a grade are Deer Lodge (C+, 35 mi), Dillon (B−, 47 mi), Helena (D, 57 mi).

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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.