Neosho, MO carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 23% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Neosho, MO shows violent crime at 272.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,142.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 23% 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
272.4/100K violent
2142.7/100K property
-23% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Neosho, MO
Comparable rate records
Neosho's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Missouri cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Neosho's 272.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Carl Junction (272.3), Mountain Grove (273.2), Osage Beach (264.7), Boonville (280.3). 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
Neosho sits mid-pack among comparable Missouri cities
At 272.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Neosho ranks 98 of 272 — above 174 of the 271 other Missouri cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +47.8% 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 281.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 272.4 in 2024 (-3.2%). The highest observed value was 337.6 in 2021 and the lowest 147.7 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Neosho'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.
Neosho's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 15.6 Census sq mi, Neosho logged 18.7 property and 2.4 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Neosho's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (73% of 328 offenses; mix index 5,513).
Violent offenses are only 11% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (15.6 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
-14.1%
2495.7 → 2142.7/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+3.5%
263.1 → 272.4/100K
Property offenses lead Neosho's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
291
2142.7
1711
Larceny-Theft
239
1759.8
-
Burglary
26
191.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
26
191.4
-
Arson
3
22.1
-
Violent Crime
37
272.4
352
Aggravated Assault
27
198.8
-
Rape
10
73.6
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Neosho Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Neosho 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
Neosho Police Department
Reporting agency for Neosho NIBRS-participating
Neosho Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Neosho's 328 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 Neosho in population. Their populations run from 12,734 to 13,693, against 13,581 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Neosho reported 37 violent crimes and 291 property crimes, for a total of 328 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Neosho?
From 2023 to 2024, Neosho's violent crime rate increased by 3.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 14.1%.
What is the most common crime in Neosho?
The most common crime type in Neosho is larceny-theft, accounting for 72.9% of all reported crimes (239 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Neosho 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 Neosho, MO rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.