Desloge, MO carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 65% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Desloge, MO shows violent crime at 122.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,174.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 65% 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
122.9/100K violent
3174.3/100K property
-65% vs U.S.
The verdict
Desloge earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 65% below the U.S. average, placing it close to the national middle for violent crime.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-65%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
64th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
3,174.3
property crimes per 100K
Based on 6 reported violent incidents in a population of 4,883. 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.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Desloge, MO
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Desloge reported 6 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 4,883. 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 452.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 122.9 in 2024 (-72.9%). The highest observed value was 452.6 in 2020 and the lowest 122.9 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Comparable rate records
Desloge's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Missouri cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Desloge's 122.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Brookfield (123.1), 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.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 3.7% of the 161 Part I offenses reported in Desloge for 2024, against a median of 13.6% across comparable Missouri cities — a gap of 9.9 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
Desloge sits mid-pack among comparable Missouri cities
At 122.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Desloge ranks 180 of 272 — above 92 of the 271 other Missouri cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -35.3% 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-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 91.6% of reported property offenses in Desloge, against a cohort median of 78.6%. The remainder is burglary (6) and motor vehicle theft (7). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Desloge'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 6 reported violent incidents in a population of 4,883. 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.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-62.3%
325.8 → 122.9/100K
Property Crime Rate
+1.2%
3135.8 → 3174.3/100K
Property offenses lead Desloge's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs MO
Property Crime
155
3174.3
1711
1971.6
Larceny-Theft
142
2908
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
7
143.4
-
-
Burglary
6
122.9
-
-
Arson
1
20.5
-
-
Violent Crime
6
122.9
352
463.3
Aggravated Assault
4
81.9
-
-
Rape
2
41
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Robbery
0
0
-
-
Desloge Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Desloge property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
3,174.3/100K↑1.2%vs 2023
Desloge violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
122.9/100K↓62.3%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
4,861
452.6
5204.7
275
2021
Comparable
4,883
307.2
2273.2
126
2022
Comparable
4,964
423
3525.4
196
2023
Comparable
4,911
325.8
3135.8
170
2024
Comparable
4,883
122.9
3174.3
161
How Desloge sits among MO peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Desloge Police Department NIBRS-participating
Desloge's crime figures on this page originate from Desloge 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 Desloge in population. Their populations run from 4,693 to 5,076, against 4,883 here. Or use our
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These Missouri cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Desloge's 122.9/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Desloge has a violent crime rate of 122.9 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 3174.3 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Desloge, MO safe? ▼
Desloge receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 60/100. The violent crime rate is 65% below the national average and 73% below the Missouri average.
What is the population of Desloge, MO? ▼
The reporting population for Desloge is 4,883 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Desloge? ▼
In 2024, Desloge reported 6 violent crimes and 155 property crimes, for a total of 161 reported offenses.
How do Desloge's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Desloge recorded about one reported offense per 30 residents and one reported violent offense per 814 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Desloge? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Desloge's violent crime rate decreased by 62.3%, and the property crime rate increased by 1.2%.
What is the most common crime in Desloge? ▼
The most common crime type in Desloge is larceny-theft, accounting for 88.2% of all reported crimes (142 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Desloge 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 Desloge, MO rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.