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
Montgomery is safer than the majority of cities, towns, and villages in America (90%) and also has a lower crime rate than 94% of the communities in New York, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI crime data. How risky is that? Your chance of becoming a victim in Montgomery is one in 470 based on the total crime rate (violent and property crimes, combined). In America overall, your chance of becoming a victim of crime is 1 in 43.
Additionally, NeighborhoodScout analyzed all cities and towns in America with a similar population size to Montgomery, and we found that the crime rate in Montgomery is one of the lowest in the nation for its size. This means Montgomery is one of the safest places in America in which to live for its size, a very important finding.
Now let us turn to take a look at how Montgomery 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 Montgomery.
For Montgomery, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Montgomery than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 3761, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.
NeighborhoodScout's analysis of property crime reveals that the property crime rate in Montgomery is below average to all cities and towns in the nation. This means that you are less likely to become a victim of arson, motor vehicle theft, larceny, or burglary in Montgomery than in most communities in America. Your chance of becoming a victim of property crime if you live here? Just one in 537.
(100 is safest)
Violent | Property | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of Crimes |
1 |
7 |
8 |
Crime Rate
|
0.27 |
1.86 |
2.13 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.00 | 1.86 | 0.00 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 899,293 | 4,672,363 | 942,173 |
Rate per 1,000 | 2.70 | 14.02 | 2.83 |