Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Livingston reports more crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Livingston’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #16 of 26 graded towns in Montana.
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 Livingston
Among Montana towns, closer to the middle
Montana’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Livingston’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 38% of the 26 Montana towns we grade, against 20% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Livingston’s 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. Its property rate (16.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
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 | Livingston property | Rest of Montana property | Livingston violent | Rest of Montana violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22.0 | 31.2 | 3.6 | 6.1 |
| 2023 | 21.9 | 29.6 | 5.2 | 5.8 |
| 2024 | 13.2 | 25.7 | 6.0 | 5.3 |
| 2025 | 13.8 | 22.8 | 3.2 | 5.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 14 property crimes reported
And about 3 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Livingston’s police reported 130 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.6 in the rest of Montana and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Livingston | Rest of Montana | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.2 | 5.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
155 crimes reported in 2025
29 violent and 126 property, as reported to the FBI by Livingston’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Two people died in crashes on Livingston’s roads in 2019–2023
Livingston had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 1 was a cyclist.
That is about what is typical for Montana towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (3.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Livingston’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Livingston’s own rate (4.6) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Livingston and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston | C− | 4.8 | 16.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Montana towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston | C− | 4.8 | 16.3 |
| Whitefish | B− | 1.6 | 12.1 |
| Miles City | C+ | 2.6 | 11.2 |
| Belgrade | C | 3.2 | 13.4 |
| Laurel | D | 4.4 | 32.6 |
| Havre | D− | 7.3 | 37.2 |
The five graded Montana towns closest to Livingston’s population (9,290), by grade.
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 Livingston. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Livingston’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (9,161 in 2025); our figure for Livingston is 9,290 (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 Livingston
Is Livingston, MT safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Livingston reports more crime per resident than 80% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #16 of 26 in Montana. Its police reported 4.8 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.6 in the rest of Montana and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Livingston?
4.8 violent and 16.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Montana reports 5.6 and 26.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Livingston?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Who polices Livingston?
Livingston’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Livingston”. 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.