Warrensburg, MO carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 11% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Warrensburg, MO shows violent crime at 313.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,623.2 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 11% 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
313.4/100K violent
2623.2/100K property
-11% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Warrensburg, MO
Comparable rate records
Warrensburg's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Missouri cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Warrensburg's 313.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Moberly (318.0), Richmond (319.8), Farmington (323.0), Eldon (300.2). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Warrensburg sits mid-pack among comparable Missouri cities
At 313.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Warrensburg ranks 87 of 272 — above 185 of the 271 other Missouri cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +70.0% 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-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 86.7% of reported property offenses in Warrensburg, against a cohort median of 78.6%. The remainder is burglary (28) and motor vehicle theft (41). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 306.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 313.4 in 2024 (+2.4%). The highest observed value was 333.0 in 2023 and the lowest 218.2 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Warrensburg'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.
Warrensburg's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 9.4 Census sq mi, Warrensburg logged 55.2 property and 6.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Warrensburg's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (77% of 581 offenses; mix index 6,142).
Violent offenses are only 11% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (9.4 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
+16.9%
2244.1 → 2623.2/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-5.9%
333 → 313.4/100K
Property offenses lead Warrensburg's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
519
2623.2
1711
Larceny-Theft
450
2274.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
41
207.2
-
Burglary
28
141.5
-
Arson
3
15.2
-
Violent Crime
62
313.4
352
Aggravated Assault
47
237.6
-
Rape
12
60.7
-
Robbery
2
10.1
-
Murder
1
5.1
-
Warrensburg Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Warrensburg 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
Warrensburg Police Department
Reporting agency for Warrensburg NIBRS-participating
Warrensburg Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Warrensburg's 581 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 Warrensburg in population. Their populations run from 17,501 to 20,591, against 19,785 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Warrensburg reported 62 violent crimes and 519 property crimes, for a total of 581 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Warrensburg?
From 2023 to 2024, Warrensburg's violent crime rate decreased by 5.9%, and the property crime rate increased by 16.9%.
What is the most common crime in Warrensburg?
The most common crime type in Warrensburg is larceny-theft, accounting for 77.5% of all reported crimes (450 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Warrensburg 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 Warrensburg, MO rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.