Kalispell, MT carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 17% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Kalispell, MT shows violent crime at 292.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,226.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 17% 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
292.9/100K violent
2226.5/100K property
-17% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Kalispell, MT
Comparable rate records
Kalispell's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Montana cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Kalispell's 292.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Miles City (307.2), Columbia Falls (274.1), Columbus (260.6), Thompson Falls (329.2). 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.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 11.6% of the 800 Part I offenses reported in Kalispell for 2024, against a median of 19.5% across comparable Montana cities — a gap of 7.9 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
Kalispell sits mid-pack among comparable Montana cities
At 292.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Kalispell ranks 27 of 44 — above 17 of the 43 other Montana cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -30.4% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 334.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 292.9 in 2024 (-12.4%). The highest observed value was 508.8 in 2022 and the lowest 292.9 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Kalispell'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.
Kalispell's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 12.9 Census sq mi, Kalispell logged 54.8 property and 7.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Kalispell's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (78% of 800 offenses; mix index 6,270).
Violent offenses are only 12% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (12.9 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
-30.8%
423 → 292.9/100K
Property Crime Rate
-9.8%
2469.3 → 2226.5/100K
Property offenses lead Kalispell's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MT
vs US avg
Property Crime
707
2226.5
1645.6
1711
Larceny-Theft
626
1971.4
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
41
129.1
-
-
Burglary
40
126
-
-
Arson
4
12.6
-
-
Violent Crime
93
292.9
426.4
352
Aggravated Assault
77
242.5
-
-
Rape
14
44.1
-
-
Robbery
2
6.3
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Kalispell Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Kalispell 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
Kalispell Police Department
Reporting agency for Kalispell NIBRS-participating
Kalispell Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Kalispell's 800 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 Kalispell in population. Their populations run from 6,210 to 35,238, against 31,754 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Kalispell reported 93 violent crimes and 707 property crimes, for a total of 800 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Kalispell?
From 2023 to 2024, Kalispell's violent crime rate decreased by 30.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 9.8%.
What is the most common crime in Kalispell?
The most common crime type in Kalispell is larceny-theft, accounting for 78.3% of all reported crimes (626 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Kalispell 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 Kalispell, MT rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.