Lewistown, MT Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Lewistown, MT Summary

Crime in Lewistown research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Lewistown over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Lewistown:

  • There were 115 total crimes committed in Lewistown in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,851.9 total crimes per 100K people in Lewistown.
  • The overall crime rate in Lewistown is -12.62% below the national average.
  • Lewistown ranks #28 safest out of 45 cities in Montana.
  • Lewistown ranks #6,912 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Lewistown Vs Montana And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lewistown is 1,851.9 per 100,000 people. That's -12.62% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -9.26% lower than the Montana total crime rate of 2,040.7 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lewistown
/ 100k People
Montana
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 115 1,851.9 2,040.7 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.7 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 19.1 61.0
Aggravated Assault 27 434.8 342.5 256.0
Violent Crime 40 644.1 423.5 359.0
Burglary 6 96.6 167.2 229.0
Larceny 63 1,014.5 1,286.0 1,272.0
Car Theft 6 96.6 164.0 259.0
Property Crime 75 1,207.7 1,617.3 1,760.0

Lewistown Crime Compared To Montana Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Montana.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Lewistown

40
Violent Crimes
644.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
79.42%
Above The National Average
  • There were 40 violent crimes in Lewistown in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lewistown is 644.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 155.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lewistown each year. That compares to a 1 in 236.1 chance statewide.
  • That's 79.42% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 52.10% higher than the Montana violent crime rate of 423.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lewistown

75
Property Crimes
1,207.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-31.38%
Below The National Average
  • There were 75 property crimes in Lewistown in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lewistown is 1,207.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 82.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lewistown each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -31.38% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -25.32% lower than the Montana property crime rate of 1,617.3 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Lewistown

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Quincy, IL 39,860 384 963.4 469.1 494.2
Monroe, NC 38,903 1,551 3,986.8 3,333.9 652.9
Kirksville, MO 17,472 411 2,352.3 1,934.5 417.8
Hannibal, MO 16,762 463 2,762.2 2,404.2 358.0
Fort Madison, IA 9,964 198 1,987.2 1,706.1 281.0
Keokuk, IA 9,392 176 1,873.9 1,586.5 287.5
Macon, MO 5,509 98 1,778.9 1,542.9 236.0

Lewistown SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
5
Affordability
5
Diversity
5
Safety
7
Amenities
8
Education
7
Commute
10
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