Gladstone, MO carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 7% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Gladstone, MO shows violent crime at 375.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,696.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 7% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
375.9/100K violent
1696.8/100K property
+7% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Gladstone, MO
Comparable rate records
Gladstone's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Missouri cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Gladstone's 375.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Rolla (373.9), Sweet Springs (382.6), Shelbina (386.1), St. Clair (362.6). 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
Gladstone sits mid-pack among comparable Missouri cities
At 375.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Gladstone ranks 69 of 272 — above 203 of the 271 other Missouri cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +103.9% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 483.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 375.9 in 2024 (-22.3%). The highest observed value was 483.4 in 2020 and the lowest 315.4 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 18.1% of the 568 Part I offenses reported in Gladstone for 2024, against a median of 13.4% across comparable Missouri cities — a gap of 4.7 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.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 68.0% of reported property offenses in Gladstone, against a cohort median of 78.6%. The remainder is burglary (44) and motor vehicle theft (105). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Gladstone'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.
Gladstone's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 8.1 Census sq mi, Gladstone logged 57.5 property and 12.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Gladstone leans on larceny-theft at 56% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,677.
Violent offenses are 18% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (8.1 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
-17.1%
2048 → 1696.8/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+9.5%
343.2 → 375.9/100K
Property offenses lead Gladstone's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MO
Property Crime
465
1696.8
1971.6
Larceny-Theft
316
1153.1
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
105
383.2
-
Burglary
44
160.6
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
103
375.9
463.3
Aggravated Assault
73
266.4
-
Rape
19
69.3
-
Robbery
11
40.1
-
Murder
0
0
-
Gladstone Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Gladstone 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
Gladstone Police Department
Reporting agency for Gladstone NIBRS-participating
Gladstone Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Gladstone's 568 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 Gladstone in population. Their populations run from 24,678 to 29,082, against 27,404 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Gladstone reported 103 violent crimes and 465 property crimes, for a total of 568 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Gladstone?
From 2023 to 2024, Gladstone's violent crime rate increased by 9.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 17.1%.
What is the most common crime in Gladstone?
The most common crime type in Gladstone is larceny-theft, accounting for 55.6% of all reported crimes (316 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Gladstone 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 Gladstone, MO rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.