Hannibal, MO carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 2% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Hannibal, MO shows violent crime at 358 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,404.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 2% 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
358/100K violent
2404.2/100K property
+2% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Hannibal, MO
Comparable rate records
Hannibal's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Missouri cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Hannibal's 358.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Pineville (358.4), El Dorado Springs (358.5), West Plains (361.2), 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
Hannibal sits mid-pack among comparable Missouri cities
At 358.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Hannibal ranks 75 of 272 — above 197 of the 271 other Missouri cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +94.2% 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 474.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 358.0 in 2024 (-24.5%). The highest observed value was 475.7 in 2022 and the lowest 337.9 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 87.8% of reported property offenses in Hannibal, against a cohort median of 78.6%. The remainder is burglary (28) and motor vehicle theft (21). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Hannibal'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.
Hannibal's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 16 Census sq mi, Hannibal logged 25.2 property and 3.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Hannibal's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (76% of 463 offenses; mix index 6,041).
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (16 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
-12.6%
2750.4 → 2404.2/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+5.9%
337.9 → 358/100K
Property offenses lead Hannibal's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
403
2404.2
1711
Larceny-Theft
354
2111.9
-
Burglary
28
167
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
21
125.3
-
Arson
4
23.9
-
Violent Crime
60
358
352
Aggravated Assault
54
322.2
-
Rape
5
29.8
-
Robbery
1
6
-
Murder
0
0
-
Hannibal Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Hannibal 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
Hannibal Police Department
Reporting agency for Hannibal NIBRS-participating
Hannibal Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Hannibal's 463 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 Hannibal in population. Their populations run from 15,707 to 17,835, against 16,762 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Hannibal reported 60 violent crimes and 403 property crimes, for a total of 463 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Hannibal?
From 2023 to 2024, Hannibal's violent crime rate increased by 5.9%, and the property crime rate decreased by 12.6%.
What is the most common crime in Hannibal?
The most common crime type in Hannibal is larceny-theft, accounting for 76.5% of all reported crimes (354 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Hannibal 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 Hannibal, MO rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.