Grain Valley, MO carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 50% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Grain Valley, MO shows violent crime at 177.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,228.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 50% 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
177.2/100K violent
1228.6/100K property
-50% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Grain Valley, MO
Comparable rate records
Grain Valley's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Missouri cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Grain Valley's 177.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Shrewsbury (177.6), Maryville (176.3), Lake Ozark (178.5), East Prairie (175.6). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 135.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 177.2 in 2024 (+30.4%). The highest observed value was 243.4 in 2023 and the lowest 135.9 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 62.0% of reported property offenses in Grain Valley, against a cohort median of 78.6%. The remainder is burglary (19) and motor vehicle theft (60). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Grain Valley sits mid-pack among comparable Missouri cities
At 177.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Grain Valley ranks 144 of 272 — above 128 of the 271 other Missouri cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -6.8% 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 counts dominate Grain Valley'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.
Grain Valley's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 6.2 Census sq mi, Grain Valley logged 33.8 property and 4.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Grain Valley leans on larceny-theft at 54% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,719.
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (6.2 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-27.2%
243.4 → 177.2/100K
Property Crime Rate
+0.9%
1217.1 → 1228.6/100K
Property offenses lead Grain Valley's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MO
Property Crime
208
1228.6
1971.6
Larceny-Theft
129
762
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
60
354.4
-
Burglary
19
112.2
-
Arson
1
5.9
-
Violent Crime
30
177.2
463.3
Aggravated Assault
19
112.2
-
Rape
10
59.1
-
Robbery
1
5.9
-
Murder
0
0
-
Grain Valley Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Grain Valley 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
Grain Valley Police Department
Reporting agency for Grain Valley NIBRS-participating
Grain Valley Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Grain Valley's 238 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 Grain Valley in population. Their populations run from 15,842 to 17,912, against 16,930 here. Or use our
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Grain Valley at 177.2/100K violent and 1,228.6/100K property - matched below outside Missouri (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Grain Valley reported 30 violent crimes and 208 property crimes, for a total of 238 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Grain Valley?
From 2023 to 2024, Grain Valley's violent crime rate decreased by 27.2%, and the property crime rate increased by 0.9%.
What is the most common crime in Grain Valley?
The most common crime type in Grain Valley is larceny-theft, accounting for 54.2% of all reported crimes (129 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Grain Valley 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 Grain Valley, MO rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.