Jefferson City, MO carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 5% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Jefferson City, MO shows violent crime at 333.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,039.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 5% below 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
333.6/100K violent
2039.4/100K property
-5% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Jefferson City, MO
Comparable rate records
Jefferson City's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Missouri cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Jefferson City's 333.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are St. James (333.5), Belton (333.9), Excelsior Springs (329.5), Florissant (341.3). 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
Jefferson City sits mid-pack among comparable Missouri cities
At 333.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Jefferson City ranks 81 of 272 — above 191 of the 271 other Missouri cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +81.0% 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 higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 274.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 333.6 in 2024 (+21.6%). The highest observed value was 358.7 in 2022 and the lowest 274.3 in 2020. 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 87.7% of reported property offenses in Jefferson City, against a cohort median of 78.6%. The remainder is burglary (60) and motor vehicle theft (47). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate Jefferson City'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.
Jefferson City's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 36.1 Census sq mi, Jefferson City logged 24.1 property and 3.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Jefferson City's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (75% of 1,010 offenses; mix index 5,830).
Violent offenses are only 14% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (36.1 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
-2.2%
2085.3 → 2039.4/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+1.4%
329.1 → 333.6/100K
Property offenses lead Jefferson City's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
868
2039.4
1711
Larceny-Theft
761
1788
-
Burglary
60
141
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
47
110.4
-
Arson
9
21.1
-
Violent Crime
142
333.6
352
Aggravated Assault
89
209.1
-
Rape
40
94
-
Robbery
13
30.5
-
Murder
0
0
-
Jefferson City Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Jefferson City property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Jefferson City Police Department
Reporting agency for Jefferson City NIBRS-participating
Jefferson City Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Jefferson City's 1,010 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 Jefferson City in population. Their populations run from 30,171 to 53,533, against 42,561 here. Or use our
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Jefferson City at 333.6/100K violent and 2,039.4/100K property - matched below outside Missouri (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Jefferson City reported 142 violent crimes and 868 property crimes, for a total of 1,010 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Jefferson City?
From 2023 to 2024, Jefferson City's violent crime rate increased by 1.4%, and the property crime rate decreased by 2.2%.
What is the most common crime in Jefferson City?
The most common crime type in Jefferson City is larceny-theft, accounting for 75.3% of all reported crimes (761 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Jefferson City 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 Jefferson City, MO rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.