Safest counties for violent crime rate in Montana

Top 25 of 56 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Montana
Rank	County	Value
1	Wibaux	43.0 per 100k
2	Powder River	46.8 per 100k
3	McCone	59.9 per 100k
4	Judith Basin	67.9 per 100k
5	Daniels	72.6 per 100k
6	Liberty	75.5 per 100k
7	Rosebud	91.0 per 100k
8	Blaine	97.1 per 100k
9	Garfield	111.9 per 100k
10	Chouteau	116.7 per 100k
11	Madison	141.0 per 100k
12	Golden Valley	144.3 per 100k
13	Lincoln	146.0 per 100k
14	Carbon	161.8 per 100k
15	Meagher	162.2 per 100k
16	Treasure	162.4 per 100k
17	Pondera	162.8 per 100k
18	Fallon	164.0 per 100k
19	Wheatland	173.7 per 100k
20	Granite	195.2 per 100k
21	Petroleum	227.5 per 100k
22	Teton	227.8 per 100k
23	Beaverhead	228.5 per 100k
24	Sanders	229.0 per 100k
25	Glacier	238.3 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks Montana counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in Montana (2026)

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Montana

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