Caruthersville, MO carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 249% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Caruthersville, MO shows violent crime at 1,228.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,665.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 249% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade F from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
F safety grade
1228.3/100K violent
3665.4/100K property
+249% vs U.S.
The verdict
Caruthersville earns an F safety grade: violent crime runs 249% above the U.S. average, placing it among the highest-crime cities in the country.
F
PlainCrime safety grade
+249%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
2nd
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
3,665.4
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Caruthersville, MO
Position in the state cohort
Caruthersville reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Missouri cities
At 1228.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Caruthersville ranks 9 of 272 — above 263 of the 271 other Missouri cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +566.4% 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.
Comparable rate records
Caruthersville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Missouri cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Caruthersville's 1228.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Springfield (1178.1), Moline Acres (1155.5), Jonesburg (1142.1), Butler (1359.0). 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 25.1% of the 251 Part I offenses reported in Caruthersville for 2024, against a median of 13.4% across comparable Missouri cities — a gap of 11.7 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 1139.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 1228.3 in 2024 (+7.8%). The highest observed value was 1477.4 in 2021 and the lowest 965.6 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Caruthersville'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.
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.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
+74.1%
2105.1 → 3665.4/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+27.2%
965.6 → 1228.3/100K
Property offenses lead Caruthersville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs MO
Property Crime
188
3665.4
1711
1971.6
Larceny-Theft
138
2690.6
-
-
Burglary
39
760.4
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
11
214.5
-
-
Arson
3
58.5
-
-
Violent Crime
63
1228.3
352
463.3
Aggravated Assault
53
1033.3
-
-
Robbery
9
175.5
-
-
Murder
1
19.5
-
-
Rape
0
0
-
-
Caruthersville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Caruthersville property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
3,665.4/100K↑74.1%vs 2023
Caruthersville violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
1,228.3/100K↑27.2%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
5,268
1139
2847.4
210
2021
Comparable
5,212
1477.4
3914
281
2022
Comparable
5,288
1267
4557.5
308
2023
Comparable
5,178
965.6
2105.1
159
2024
Comparable
5,129
1228.3
3665.4
251
How Caruthersville sits among MO peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Caruthersville Police Department NIBRS-participating
Caruthersville's crime figures on this page originate from Caruthersville Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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 Caruthersville in population. Their populations run from 4,846 to 5,463, against 5,129 here. Or use our
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These Missouri cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Caruthersville's 1,228.3/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Caruthersville has a violent crime rate of 1228.3 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 3665.4 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Caruthersville, MO safe? ▼
Caruthersville receives a safety grade of F (High Risk), with a safety score of 0/100. The violent crime rate is 249% above the national average and 165% above the Missouri average.
What is the population of Caruthersville, MO? ▼
The reporting population for Caruthersville is 5,129 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Caruthersville? ▼
In 2024, Caruthersville reported 63 violent crimes and 188 property crimes, for a total of 251 reported offenses.
How do Caruthersville's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Caruthersville recorded about one reported offense per 20 residents and one reported violent offense per 81 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Caruthersville? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Caruthersville's violent crime rate increased by 27.2%, and the property crime rate increased by 74.1%.
What is the most common crime in Caruthersville? ▼
The most common crime type in Caruthersville is larceny-theft, accounting for 55.0% of all reported crimes (138 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Caruthersville 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 Caruthersville, MO rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.