Belgrade, MT carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 3% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Belgrade, MT shows violent crime at 341.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,152.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 3% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
341.3/100K violent
1152.9/100K property
-3% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Belgrade, MT
Comparable rate records
Belgrade's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Montana cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Belgrade's 341.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Hamilton (329.5), Thompson Falls (329.2), Miles City (307.2), Kalispell (292.9). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 409.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 341.3 in 2024 (-16.7%). The highest observed value was 494.9 in 2022 and the lowest 276.4 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 22.8% of the 197 Part I offenses reported in Belgrade for 2024, against a median of 19.0% across comparable Montana cities — a gap of 3.8 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Position in the state cohort
Belgrade sits mid-pack among comparable Montana cities
At 341.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Belgrade ranks 23 of 44 — above 21 of the 43 other Montana cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -18.9% against the cohort median of 420.8. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Belgrade's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Belgrade's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 4.9 Census sq mi, Belgrade logged 31.2 property and 9.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Belgrade's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (65% of 197 offenses; mix index 4,641).
Violent offenses are 23% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (4.9 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+23.5%
276.4 → 341.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
-20.2%
1444.9 → 1152.9/100K
Property offenses lead Belgrade's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs MT
Property Crime
152
1152.9
1711
1645.6
Larceny-Theft
128
970.9
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
17
128.9
-
-
Burglary
7
53.1
-
-
Arson
0
0
-
-
Violent Crime
45
341.3
352
426.4
Aggravated Assault
35
265.5
-
-
Rape
8
60.7
-
-
Murder
1
7.6
-
-
Robbery
1
7.6
-
-
Belgrade Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Belgrade property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Belgrade Police Department
Reporting agency for Belgrade NIBRS-participating
Belgrade Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Belgrade's 197 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Montana
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Montana cities closest to Belgrade in population. Their populations run from 5,838 to 9,648, against 13,184 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Belgrade reported 45 violent crimes and 152 property crimes, for a total of 197 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Belgrade?
From 2023 to 2024, Belgrade's violent crime rate increased by 23.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 20.2%.
What is the most common crime in Belgrade?
The most common crime type in Belgrade is larceny-theft, accounting for 65.0% of all reported crimes (128 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Belgrade figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Belgrade, MT rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.