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Montana Crime Statistics for 2005

With a total population of 935,670, Montana had a total crime index of 32,041 or 1 crime for every 29.20 people.

Of which 8.22% (2,634) were of a violent nature while 91.78% (29,407) were crimes against property.

Violent Crimes
Murders	18
Forced Rape	301
Robbery	177
Aggravated Assault	2,138

Crimes Against Property
Burglary	3,642
Larceny & Theft	23,794
Vehicle Theft	1,917

Crime Rank based on number of crimes per capita	#20
Safety Rank based on number of violent crimes per capita	#16

*States are ranked from #1 (best) to #51 (worst) for each of the 50 states, including District of Columbia.

Year	Population	Crimes (total)	Violent Crimes (total)	Murder	Rape	Robbery	Assault	Property Crimes (total)	Burglary	Theft (larceny)	Theft (vehicle)
2004	926,920	29,938	2,723	30	273	233	2,187	27,215	3,515	22,082	1,618
2003	918,157	31,779	3,351	30	246	298	2,777	28,428	3,722	22,800	1,906
2002	910,372	31,948	3,197	16	237	283	2,661	28,751	3,289	23,679	1,783
2001	905,382	33,362	3,187	34	188	230	2,735	30,175	3,670	24,684	1,821
2000	902,195	31,878	2,171	16	301	249	1,605	29,707	3,946	23,805	1,956
1999	882,779	31,193	2,090	22	293	239	1,536	29,103	3,876	23,353	1,874
1998	880,000	35,822	1,221	36	157	175	853	34,601	4,501	28,086	2,014
1997	879,000	38,753	1,161	42	171	179	769	37,592	5,002	30,411	2,179
1996	879,000	39,499	1,415	34	238	261	882	38,084	4,908	30,928	2,248
1995	870,000	41,737	1,491	35	231	253	972	40,246	5,060	32,797	2,389
1994	856,000	42,961	1,516	28	233	280	975	41,445	6,178	32,817	2,450
1993	839,000	40,188	1,489	25	234	272	958	38,699	5,992	30,641	2,066
1992	824,000	37,872	1,400	24	210	222	944	36,472	5,306	29,243	1,923
1991	808,000	29,477	1,130	21	160	150	799	28,347	4,231	22,449	1,667
1990	799,065	35,975	1,273	39	195	173	866	34,702	5,666	27,098	1,938