Moberly, MO carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 10% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Moberly, MO shows violent crime at 318 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,022.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 10% 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
318/100K violent
1022.3/100K property
-10% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Moberly, MO
Comparable rate records
Moberly's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Missouri cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Moberly's 318.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Richmond (319.8), Warrensburg (313.4), Farmington (323.0), Excelsior Springs (329.5). 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 23.7% of the 177 Part I offenses reported in Moberly for 2024, against a median of 13.4% across comparable Missouri cities — a gap of 10.3 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Position in the state cohort
Moberly sits mid-pack among comparable Missouri cities
At 318.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Moberly ranks 86 of 272 — above 186 of the 271 other Missouri cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +72.5% 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 390.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 318.0 in 2024 (-18.6%). The highest observed value was 393.8 in 2021 and the lowest 257.2 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Moberly'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.
Moberly's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 13.2 Census sq mi, Moberly logged 10.2 property and 3.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Moberly leans on larceny-theft at 55% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,746.
Violent offenses are 24% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (13.2 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-33.1%
1528.1 → 1022.3/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-4.1%
331.6 → 318/100K
Property offenses lead Moberly's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MO
Property Crime
135
1022.3
1971.6
Larceny-Theft
98
742.1
-
Burglary
28
212
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
9
68.2
-
Arson
2
15.1
-
Violent Crime
42
318
463.3
Aggravated Assault
35
265
-
Rape
6
45.4
-
Robbery
1
7.6
-
Murder
0
0
-
Moberly Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Moberly 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
Moberly Police Department
Reporting agency for Moberly NIBRS-participating
Moberly Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Moberly's 177 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 Moberly in population. Their populations run from 12,734 to 13,693, against 13,206 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Moberly reported 42 violent crimes and 135 property crimes, for a total of 177 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Moberly?
From 2023 to 2024, Moberly's violent crime rate decreased by 4.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 33.1%.
What is the most common crime in Moberly?
The most common crime type in Moberly is larceny-theft, accounting for 55.4% of all reported crimes (98 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Moberly 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 Moberly, MO rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.