Laurie, MO carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 48% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Laurie, MO shows violent crime at 184.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,198.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 48% 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
184.3/100K violent
1198.2/100K property
-48% vs U.S.
The verdict
Laurie earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 48% below the U.S. average, placing it close to the national middle for violent crime.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-48%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
49th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,198.2
property crimes per 100K
Based on 2 reported violent incidents in a population of 1,085. 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 Laurie, MO
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Laurie reported 2 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 1,085. 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 412.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 184.3 in 2024 (-55.3%). The highest observed value was 412.8 in 2020 and the lowest 184.3 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Comparable rate records
Laurie's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Missouri cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Laurie's 184.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Smithville (183.7), Pacific (183.1), Festus (182.6), Noel (182.2). 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.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 100.0% of reported property offenses in Laurie, against a cohort median of 78.6%. The remainder is burglary (0) and motor vehicle theft (0). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Laurie sits mid-pack among comparable Missouri cities
At 184.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Laurie ranks 137 of 272 — above 135 of the 271 other Missouri cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -3.0% 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 Laurie'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 2 reported violent incidents in a population of 1,085. 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.
On a small municipal row, small denominators make rates sensitive to a handful of incidents. Figures are reported totals, not neighbourhood advice.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-9.7%
1327 → 1198.2/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-2.8%
189.6 → 184.3/100K
Property offenses lead Laurie's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MO
Property Crime
13
1198.2
1971.6
Larceny-Theft
13
1198.2
-
Burglary
0
0
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
0
0
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
2
184.3
463.3
Rape
1
92.2
-
Aggravated Assault
1
92.2
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Laurie Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Laurie property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
1,198.2/100K↓9.7%vs 2023
Laurie violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
184.3/100K↓2.8%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
969
412.8
1032
14
2021
Comparable
983
406.9
2441.5
28
2022
Comparable
1,027
292.1
1947.4
23
2023
Comparable
1,055
189.6
1327
16
2024
Comparable
1,085
184.3
1198.2
15
How Laurie sits among MO peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Laurie Police Department NIBRS-participating
Laurie's crime figures on this page originate from Laurie 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 Laurie in population. Their populations run from 987 to 1,207, against 1,085 here. Or use our
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These Missouri cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Laurie's 184.3/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Laurie has a violent crime rate of 184.3 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1198.2 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Laurie, MO safe? ▼
Laurie receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 71/100. The violent crime rate is 48% below the national average and 60% below the Missouri average.
What is the population of Laurie, MO? ▼
The reporting population for Laurie is 1,085 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Laurie? ▼
In 2024, Laurie reported 2 violent crimes and 13 property crimes, for a total of 15 reported offenses.
How do Laurie's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Laurie recorded about one reported offense per 72 residents and one reported violent offense per 543 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Laurie? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Laurie's violent crime rate decreased by 2.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 9.7%.
What is the most common crime in Laurie? ▼
The most common crime type in Laurie is larceny-theft, accounting for 86.7% of all reported crimes (13 incidents in 2024).
Micro-municipal read: Laurie's FBI UCR Table 8 row (2024) is the only source for the rates above.
With a small population base, per-100,000 rates amplify sparse counts. Incomplete submissions are excluded from rankings. See FBI.gov UCR for the raw Table 8 file.
Disclaimer (small municipal): small-base rates are especially easy to misread. Informational only - not advice. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Laurie, MO rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.