Maryland Heights, MO carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 52% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Maryland Heights, MO shows violent crime at 168.2 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,330.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 52% 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
168.2/100K violent
1330.8/100K property
-52% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Maryland Heights, MO
Comparable rate records
Maryland Heights's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Missouri cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Maryland Heights's 168.2 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Indian Point (167.2), Adrian (170.2), Moscow Mills (165.3), Lone Jack (164.7). 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 lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 286.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 168.2 in 2024 (-41.2%). The highest observed value was 313.0 in 2022 and the lowest 168.2 in 2024. 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 68.4% of reported property offenses in Maryland Heights, against a cohort median of 78.6%. The remainder is burglary (33) and motor vehicle theft (82). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Maryland Heights sits mid-pack among comparable Missouri cities
At 168.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Maryland Heights ranks 150 of 272 — above 122 of the 271 other Missouri cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -11.5% 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 Maryland Heights'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.
Maryland Heights's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 21.9 Census sq mi, Maryland Heights logged 16.6 property and 2.1 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Maryland Heights's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (61% of 410 offenses; mix index 4,215).
Violent offenses are only 11% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (21.9 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
-32.9%
250.6 → 168.2/100K
Property Crime Rate
-27.5%
1834.4 → 1330.8/100K
Property offenses lead Maryland Heights's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MO
Property Crime
364
1330.8
1971.6
Larceny-Theft
249
910.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
82
299.8
-
Burglary
33
120.7
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
46
168.2
463.3
Aggravated Assault
30
109.7
-
Rape
11
40.2
-
Robbery
4
14.6
-
Murder
1
3.7
-
Maryland Heights Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Maryland Heights 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
Maryland Heights Police Department
Reporting agency for Maryland Heights NIBRS-participating
Maryland Heights Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Maryland Heights's 410 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 Maryland Heights in population. Their populations run from 24,678 to 29,082, against 27,351 here. Or use our
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How many crimes were reported in Maryland Heights?
In 2024, Maryland Heights reported 46 violent crimes and 364 property crimes, for a total of 410 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Maryland Heights?
From 2023 to 2024, Maryland Heights's violent crime rate decreased by 32.9%, and the property crime rate decreased by 27.5%.
What is the most common crime in Maryland Heights?
The most common crime type in Maryland Heights is larceny-theft, accounting for 60.7% of all reported crimes (249 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Maryland Heights 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 Maryland Heights, MO rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.