University City, MO carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 15% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, University City, MO shows violent crime at 298.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,574 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 15% 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
298.8/100K violent
1574/100K property
-15% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for University City, MO
Comparable rate records
University City's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Missouri cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to University City's 298.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Scott City (298.9), Eldon (300.2), Portageville (294.9), Perryville (294.5). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 428.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 298.8 in 2024 (-30.3%). The highest observed value was 428.8 in 2020 and the lowest 212.2 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
University City sits mid-pack among comparable Missouri cities
At 298.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, University City ranks 90 of 272 — above 182 of the 271 other Missouri cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +62.1% 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.
Property counts dominate University 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.
University City's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 5.9 Census sq mi, University City logged 90.4 property and 17.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
University City's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (68% of 633 offenses; mix index 4,907).
Violent offenses are 16% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (5.9 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-29.1%
2220.9 → 1574/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+8.2%
276.1 → 298.8/100K
Property offenses lead University City's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs MO
Property Crime
532
1574
1971.6
Larceny-Theft
429
1269.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
76
224.9
-
Burglary
27
79.9
-
Arson
2
5.9
-
Violent Crime
101
298.8
463.3
Aggravated Assault
76
224.9
-
Robbery
13
38.5
-
Rape
10
29.6
-
Murder
2
5.9
-
University City Crime Trend (2020-2024)
University City 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
University City Police Department
Reporting agency for University City NIBRS-participating
University City Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind University City's 633 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 University City in population. Their populations run from 26,124 to 40,753, against 33,799 here. Or use our
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University City at 298.8/100K violent and 1,574/100K property - matched below outside Missouri (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, University City reported 101 violent crimes and 532 property crimes, for a total of 633 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in University City?
From 2023 to 2024, University City's violent crime rate increased by 8.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 29.1%.
What is the most common crime in University City?
The most common crime type in University City is larceny-theft, accounting for 67.8% of all reported crimes (429 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: University 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 University City, MO rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.