Brookfield, MO has a A safety grade (82/100) with a violent crime rate of 123 per 100,000, 65% below the national average.

FBI UCR 2024 · per-capita rates · small city

Brookfield, MO Crime Rate & Safety

Brookfield is a small municipal reporter (4,063 on the UCR row). Per-100,000 violent and property rates are shown with MO and U.S. context.

Data updated 2026-09-05

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Safety grade
664.5
Property / 100K
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Violent / 100K
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Brookfield, MO is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns an A PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 65% below the U.S. average

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Brookfield, MO shows violent crime at 123.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 664.5 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 65% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.

  • A safety grade
  • 123.1/100K violent
  • 664.5/100K property
  • -65% vs U.S.

What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Brookfield, MO

Small-count caution

The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable

Brookfield reported 5 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 4,063. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.

Comparable rate records

Brookfield's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Missouri cohort

The nearest comparable 2024 records to Brookfield's 123.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Desloge (122.9), Webster Groves (120.3), Republic (126.3), Ste. Genevieve (118.8). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.

2020–2024 direction

The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower

Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 167.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 123.1 in 2024 (-26.5%). The highest observed value was 319.6 in 2022 and the lowest 123.1 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.

Position in the state cohort

Brookfield sits mid-pack among comparable Missouri cities

At 123.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Brookfield ranks 179 of 272 — above 93 of the 271 other Missouri cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -35.2% against the cohort median of 190.0. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.

Property counts dominate Brookfield's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.

Based on 5 reported violent incidents in a population of 4,063. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.

Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.

Brookfield's 2024 municipal footprint

Across 4.3 Census sq mi, Brookfield logged 6.2 property and 1.1 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.

Brookfield's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (66% of 32 offenses; mix index 4,629).

Violent offenses are 16% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.

Brookfield offense mix (2024)

Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (4.3 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.

Both rates shifted (2023→2024)

Violent Crime Rate
-44.3%
221 → 123.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
-44.8%
1203.3 → 664.5/100K

Property offenses lead Brookfield's 2024 record

Offense Count Rate /100K
Property Crime 27 664.5
Larceny-Theft 21 516.9
Burglary 4 98.4
Motor Vehicle Theft 2 49.2
Arson 0 0
Violent Crime 5 123.1
Aggravated Assault 3 73.8
Rape 2 49.2
Murder 0 0
Robbery 0 0

Brookfield Crime Trend (2020-2024)

Brookfield property crime rate trend

Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR

Property crime rate (2024)
664.5/100K 44.8% vs 2023
6008001,0001,2001,400 20202021202220232024 665

Brookfield violent crime rate trend

Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR

Violent crime rate (2024)
123.1/100K 44.3% vs 2023
100150200250300350 20202021202220232024 123
Year Coverage Population Violent Rate Property Rate
2020 Comparable 4,179 167.5 1220.4
2021 Comparable 4,144 265.4 1013.5
2022 Comparable 4,068 319.6 860.4
2023 Comparable 4,072 221 1203.3
2024 Comparable 4,063 123.1 664.5

How Brookfield sits among MO peers

POP-SMALLCOHORT-SIZEVIOL-LOWPROP-LOWQUAD-LLGRADE-ANIBRSUCR-2024
Brookfield vs. similar-size MO cities, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 9 cities; the anchor is ringed. Brookfield vs. similar-size MO cities, violent vs. property crime 44 1,468 Violent crime per 100K → 340 3,905 Property crime per 100K → Brookfield SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME PROPERTY-HEAVY VIOLENT-HEAVY Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Read the chart as a list
  • Brookfield: 123 violent, 665 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • Frontenac: 49 violent, 1942 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • Camdenton: 220 violent, 2691 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • St. James: 334 violent, 1975 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Moscow Mills: 165 violent, 378 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • Butler: 1359 violent, 2859 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Woodson Terrace: 234 violent, 1795 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Lamar: 93 violent, 3616 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Scott City: 299 violent, 805 property per 100,000 (grade B)

Brookfield Police Department

Reporting agency for Brookfield NIBRS-participating

Brookfield Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Brookfield's 32 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).

This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.

Similar-Size Cities in Missouri

Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Missouri cities closest to Brookfield in population. Their populations run from 3,845 to 4,350, against 4,063 here. Or use our side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two cities directly.

Brookfield's closest MO violent-rate matches

Brookfield sits at 123.1/100K violent (grade A); the Missouri cities below are the nearest matches after size peers are removed.

More about Brookfield's 2024 record

How many crimes were reported in Brookfield?

In 2024, Brookfield reported 5 violent crimes and 27 property crimes, for a total of 32 reported offenses.

Is crime increasing or decreasing in Brookfield?

From 2023 to 2024, Brookfield's violent crime rate decreased by 44.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 44.8%.

What is the most common crime in Brookfield?

The most common crime type in Brookfield is larceny-theft, accounting for 65.6% of all reported crimes (21 incidents in 2024).

Small-city read: Brookfield is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.

Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.

Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.

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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Brookfield, MO rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.

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