Blue Springs, MO Crime Rate & Safety

FBI UCR Data Snapshot: Blue Springs, MO

Blue Springs, MO — reporting population 61,096 in 2024 — recorded 144 violent crimes and 1,496 property crimes in the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program's Table 8 city-level submissions. The city's violent crime rate works out to 235.7 per 100,000 residents, while the property crime rate reaches 2448.6 per 100,000. Combining those two rates against national benchmarks yields a composite safety grade of F (High Risk), scoring 0 out of 100.

Within the violent crime count, aggravated assault accounted for 98 incidents, robbery 13, murder 3, and rape 30 in 2024. Property crime splits into larceny-theft (1,198), burglary (105), motor vehicle theft (193), and arson (1). Larceny-theft and other property offenses typically dominate city crime counts, and larceny-theft leads Blue Springs's mix at 73.0% of all Part I offenses.

Against the national violent crime average, Blue Springs runs 234% above the US benchmark, and 49% below the Missouri statewide rate. Translated to per-capita risk, the 2024 figures imply roughly a 1 in 37 statistical chance of being named in a crime report that year, narrowing to 1 in 424 for a violent offense. UCR figures reflect offenses reported to and submitted by local law enforcement and may undercount unreported crime.