Montana

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In 2022, 418 violent crime incidents per 100,000 residents were reported to police in Montana. This is 50 percent higher than the violent crime rate in 2012.

The crime rate in Montana in 2022 was 10 percent higher than the United States average.

In 2022, 46 percent of violent crimes reported to police in Montana were not solved. This is 11 percentage points lower than the unsolved rate in 2012.

  • Capital:  Helena
  • Population:  1,042,520
  • Area:  147,040 sq mi
  • Violent Crime Rank:  16th
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Featured Montana Missing Cases

Nicholas Welchlin

Missing: Sep 06, 2002
Nicholas Edward Welchlin, a 37-year-old man, was last seen on September 6, 2002, near the East Fork ...Read More

Peggy Decoteau

Missing: Jul 04, 1979
Peggy Jo DeCoteau, age 40, went missing on July 4, 1979, while staying at the Big Sky Motel in Super ...Read More

Jessie Johnson

Missing: Feb 28, 2024
Jessie Lamarr Johnson, a 30-year-old man from Billings, Montana, was last seen on February 28, 2024. ...Read More

Jamee Grossman

Missing: Mar 16, 2012
Jamee Christine Grossman, a 24-year-old mother of two, went missing on March 16, 2012, after attendi ...Read More

Lucille Lewis

Missing: Jan 30, 2006
Lucille Hellen Lewis, a 53-year-old woman, was last seen on January 30, 2006, in St. Ignatius, Monta ...Read More

Matthew Kalange

Missing: Aug 16, 2021
Matthew Kalange, a 25-year-old man, was last seen on August 16, 2021, in Missoula, Montana. His vehi ...Read More

Eva Prather

Missing: Dec 30, 2023
Eva Masin Prather, a 43-year-old woman from Missoula, Montana, has been missing since the early morn ...Read More

Daniel Thomas

Missing: Dec 18, 2012
Daniel Thomas, a 29-year-old man originally from Butte, Montana, was last seen on December 18, 2012, ...Read More

Brandon Fitch

Missing: Jun 16, 2018
Brandon Steele-Rowe Fitch, a 20-year-old from Columbus, Montana, was last seen in the early hours of ...Read More

Howard Burlison

Missing: Dec 04, 2002
Howard Delane Burlison Jr., a 26-year-old Native American man, was last seen on December 4, 2002, in ...Read More
Featured Montana Murder Cases

Kenneth Cheetham

Murdered: Sep 11, 1991
Kenneth Cheetham, age 60, was found murdered along with his wife, Iva LaRue, on September 11, 1991, ...Read More

Iva Cheetham

Murdered: Sep 11, 1991
Iva Cheetham, along with her husband Kenneth Cheetham, was found murdered on September 11, 1991, in ...Read More

Nancy Lagerquist

Murdered: Jul 01, 1990
Nancy Lagerquist, an 87-year-old woman, was found murdered on July 1, 1990, in Missoula, Montana. Sh ...Read More

Clifford Lee Nelson

Murdered: Sep 30, 1996
On September 30, 1996, Clifford "Cliff" Nelson, a beloved teacher at Seeley Lake Elementary and a se ...Read More

Dorothy Harris

Murdered: Nov 06, 2001
On November 6, 2001, Dorothy Harris, age 62, along with two other women, was brutally murdered insid ...Read More

Kaysera Stops Pretty Places

Murdered: Aug 29, 2019
Kaysera Stops Pretty Places, an 18-year-old Indigenous woman from the Crow and Northern Cheyenne tri ...Read More

Brenda Patch

Murdered: Nov 06, 2001
On November 6, 2001, Brenda Patch, a 44-year-old hairdresser, was murdered in a violent attack at th ...Read More

Cynthia Paulus

Murdered: Nov 06, 2001
On November 6, 2001, Cynthia Paulus, a 71-year-old woman, was one of three victims murdered in a gru ...Read More

Bertha Scott

Murdered: May 02, 1990
On May 2, 1990, 86-year-old Bertha Scott was found murdered in her room at the Riverside Health Care ...Read More