Chesterfield, MO carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 73% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Chesterfield, MO shows violent crime at 96.1 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,286.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 73% 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
96.1/100K violent
1286.1/100K property
-73% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Chesterfield, MO
Comparable rate records
Chesterfield's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Missouri cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Chesterfield's 96.1 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Marceline (95.0), Mound City (98.3), Crestwood (99.1), Lamar (92.7). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Chesterfield sits mid-pack among comparable Missouri cities
At 96.1 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Chesterfield ranks 196 of 272 — above 76 of the 271 other Missouri cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -49.4% 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.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 7.0% of the 676 Part I offenses reported in Chesterfield for 2024, against a median of 13.6% across comparable Missouri cities — a gap of 6.7 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 90.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 96.1 in 2024 (+6.3%). The highest observed value was 96.1 in 2024 and the lowest 71.4 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Chesterfield'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.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Chesterfield's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 31.8 Census sq mi, Chesterfield logged 19.8 property and 1.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Chesterfield's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (79% of 676 offenses; mix index 6,348).
Violent offenses are only 7% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (31.8 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+34.6%
71.4 → 96.1/100K
Property Crime Rate
+7.2%
1199.5 → 1286.1/100K
Property offenses lead Chesterfield's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MO
Property Crime
629
1286.1
1971.6
Larceny-Theft
533
1089.8
-
Burglary
53
108.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
43
87.9
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
47
96.1
463.3
Aggravated Assault
36
73.6
-
Rape
5
10.2
-
Robbery
5
10.2
-
Murder
1
2
-
Chesterfield Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Chesterfield 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 averages
Chesterfield Police Department
Reporting agency for Chesterfield NIBRS-participating
Chesterfield Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Chesterfield's 676 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 Chesterfield in population. Their populations run from 33,799 to 61,096, against 48,907 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Chesterfield reported 47 violent crimes and 629 property crimes, for a total of 676 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Chesterfield?
From 2023 to 2024, Chesterfield's violent crime rate increased by 34.6%, and the property crime rate increased by 7.2%.
What is the most common crime in Chesterfield?
The most common crime type in Chesterfield is larceny-theft, accounting for 78.8% of all reported crimes (533 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Chesterfield figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Chesterfield, MO rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.