Carrollton, MO is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 35% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Carrollton, MO shows violent crime at 230.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 691.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 35% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
230.5/100K violent
691.4/100K property
-35% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Carrollton, MO
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Carrollton reported 8 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 3,471. 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
Carrollton's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Missouri cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Carrollton's 230.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Pevely (230.7), Hermann (228.6), Mansfield (228.1), Bonne Terre (233.9). 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 25.0% of the 32 Part I offenses reported in Carrollton for 2024, against a median of 13.4% across comparable Missouri cities — a gap of 11.6 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Position in the state cohort
Carrollton sits mid-pack among comparable Missouri cities
At 230.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Carrollton ranks 113 of 272 — above 159 of the 271 other Missouri cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +25.0% against the cohort median of 184.3. 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 Carrollton'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 8 reported violent incidents in a population of 3,471. 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.
Carrollton's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 4.2 Census sq mi, Carrollton logged 5.8 property and 1.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Carrollton leans on larceny-theft at 56% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,740.
Violent offenses are 25% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (4.2 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-33.6%
1041.1 → 691.4/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-11.4%
260.3 → 230.5/100K
Property offenses lead Carrollton's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MO
Property Crime
24
691.4
1971.6
Larceny-Theft
18
518.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
5
144.1
-
Burglary
1
28.8
-
Arson
1
28.8
-
Violent Crime
8
230.5
463.3
Rape
4
115.2
-
Aggravated Assault
4
115.2
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Carrollton Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Carrollton property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Carrollton: 231 violent, 691 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Malden: 577 violent, 1701 property per 100,000 (grade D)
Hillsboro: 200 violent, 1112 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Palmyra: 0 violent, 1141 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
El Dorado Springs: 359 violent, 1407 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Louisiana: 153 violent, 889 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Ava: 31 violent, 246 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Byrnes Mill: 502 violent, 408 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Sugar Creek: 410 violent, 3564 property per 100,000 (grade D)
Carrollton Police Department
Reporting agency for Carrollton NIBRS-participating
Carrollton Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Carrollton'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 Carrollton in population. Their populations run from 3,171 to 3,626, against 3,471 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Carrollton reported 8 violent crimes and 24 property crimes, for a total of 32 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Carrollton?
From 2023 to 2024, Carrollton's violent crime rate decreased by 11.4%, and the property crime rate decreased by 33.6%.
What is the most common crime in Carrollton?
The most common crime type in Carrollton is larceny-theft, accounting for 56.3% of all reported crimes (18 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Carrollton 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.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Carrollton, MO rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.