Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?
Methodology: Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data
The crime rate in Montrose is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 28 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Montrose is 1 in 36. Based on FBI crime data, Montrose is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Colorado, Montrose has a crime rate that is higher than 79% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.
Importantly, when you compare Montrose to other communities of similar population, then Montrose crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Montrose does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.
Now let us turn to take a look at how Montrose does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Montrose.
NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Montrose's violent crime rate is 1 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape (not statutory), and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Montrose is one in 724.
In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Montrose is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Montrose, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 38, which is a rate of 26 per one thousand population.
(100 is safest)
Violent | Property | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of Crimes |
29 |
555 |
584 |
Crime Rate
|
1.38 |
26.42 |
27.81 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 0 | 2 | 1 | 26 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 1.24 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 21,156 | 133,294 | 220,450 | 893,980 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.06 | 0.40 | 0.66 | 2.68 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 47 | 466 | 42 |
Rate per 1,000 | 2.24 | 22.19 | 2.00 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 899,293 | 4,672,363 | 942,173 |
Rate per 1,000 | 2.70 | 14.02 | 2.83 |