County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
Flathead County, MT
At 104,357 residents, Flathead County is a large county in Montana. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
Flathead County, MT reported 218 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Flathead County, MT agencies reported 227 violent and 608 property offenses. That equals about 218 violent and 583 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.
2024 UCR year
227 violent offenses
218/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Flathead County, MT
Position in the state cohort
Flathead County sits mid-pack among comparable Montana counties
At 217.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Flathead County ranks 18 of 56 — above 38 of the 55 other Montana counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +60.3% against the cohort median of 135.7. Counties 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 higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 183.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 217.5 in 2024 (+18.8%). The highest observed value was 217.5 in 2024 and the lowest 183.0 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 27.2% of the 835 Part I offenses reported in Flathead County for 2024, against a median of 33.3% across comparable Montana counties — a gap of 6.1 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.
On a large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
608
Burglary
79
Larceny-Theft
412
Motor Vehicle Theft
117
Arson
7
Violent Crime
227
Murder
0
Rape
25
Robbery
4
Aggravated Assault
198
Reporting Agency
Flathead County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Flathead County's crime figures on this page originate from Flathead County Sheriff's Office's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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 Counties in Montana
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.
FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.