State crime profile · 2024

Missouri Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities

Crime data for 272 cities and 79 of 115 counties in Missouri (MO), ranked safest to most dangerous from 597 reporting agencies.

Data updated 2026-09-05

463.3
Violent / 100K
1,971.6
Property / 100K
272
Cities
79
Counties

Missouri violent crime is 463.3 per 100,000, 32% above the U.S. average

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Missouri records 463.3 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 32% above the national average (about the 43rd-safest of 51 states and D.C.). Statewide averages hide city and county variation; UCR participation is voluntary.

  • 463.3 violent crimes per 100K
  • +32% vs. the U.S. average
  • 43rd safest of 51 states & DC
  • 1,971.6 property crimes per 100K

How safe is Missouri? FBI UCR data snapshot

Missouri (MO) reported 28,938 violent crimes and 123,133 property crimes in 2024, based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program submissions from 597 law enforcement agencies. That translates to a statewide violent crime rate of 463.3 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1971.6 per 100,000 against a reporting population of 6,245,466. The PlainCrime dataset indexes 272 Missouri cities and 79 counties, each with their own detail pages and local crime figures drawn from FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10.

The FBI's state-level summary reports violent and property crime as aggregate totals rather than broken out by individual offense type (murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson). For an offense-by-offense breakdown, see the individual city and county pages for Missouri below, which draw on FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10 and do report each offense type separately.

Across 11 years of state-level UCR history (2014–2024), the violent crime rate moved from 442.8 to 463.3 per 100,000, a rise of 4.6%. City-level detail pages within Missouri include safety grades (A+ to F), benchmarks against national averages, per-capita risk estimates, and multi-year trend tables for users comparing specific jurisdictions. All figures above are drawn from FBI UCR 2024 submissions; reporting completeness varies by agency, and the FBI periodically restates prior-year figures as late submissions arrive.

How Missouri ranks nationally

Missouri vs. every U.S. state

Violent crime per 100,000 residents, FBI UCR 2024. Lower is safer.

463 16th percentile among 51 U.S. states

MO 0 1,100+ every state & DC, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band of values; taller bars hold more U.S. states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · 2024

Safest cities · Most dangerous cities · Crime trends

Crime Trends

Year Population Violent Crime Rate Property Crime Rate
2024 6,245,466 28,938 463.3 123,133 1971.6
2023 6,196,156 28,811 465 132,451 2137.6
2022 6,177,957 30,304 490.5 146,332 2368.6
2021 6,168,187 31,872 516.7 142,945 2317.5
2020 6,151,548 33,406 543.1 156,085 2537.3
2019 6,137,428 30,672 499.8 161,531 2631.9
2018 6,126,452 30,640 500.1 162,713 2655.9
2017 6,113,532 32,499 531.6 174,149 2848.6
2016 6,093,000 31,668 519.7 171,729 2818.5
2015 6,083,672 30,224 496.8 174,728 2872.1
2014 6,063,589 26,850 442.8 177,606 2929.1

Cities in Missouri

Safest cities in Missouri

Cities with 25,000+ residents, lowest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Nixa is the safest sizeable city in Missouri, at 46 violent crimes per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Highest violent-crime cities in Missouri

Cities with 25,000+ residents, highest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Kansas City reports the highest big-city violent-crime rate in Missouri, at 1,547.1 per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Kansas City is both volume #1 and rate #1 among 28 Missouri cities with 25,000+ residents in FBI UCR 2024. That non-invert is disclosed, not hidden.

Missouri's largest cities, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 14 cities; the anchor is ringed. Missouri's largest cities, violent vs. property crime 53 1,671 Violent crime per 100K → 431 6,163 Property crime per 100K → Kansas City St. Louis Springfield Columbia SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME PROPERTY-HEAVY VIOLENT-HEAVY Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are Missouri's statewide averages · the four largest cities are labeled
Read the chart as a list
  • Kansas City: 1547 violent, 4676 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • St. Louis: 1367 violent, 5707 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Springfield: 1178 violent, 4185 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Columbia: 348 violent, 2318 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Independence: 571 violent, 3524 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Lee's Summit: 149 violent, 2294 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • O'Fallon: 59 violent, 479 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
  • St. Charles: 135 violent, 887 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • St. Joseph: 729 violent, 3851 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Blue Springs: 236 violent, 2449 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • St. Peters: 207 violent, 1059 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Joplin: 560 violent, 4121 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Florissant: 341 violent, 1833 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Chesterfield: 96 violent, 1286 property per 100,000 (grade A)
F

Missouri safety livability score: 21/100

Percentile-benchmarked against all 51 tracked states, 2024 FBI UCR data.

  • Violent crime rate

    463.3/100K · F (16th percentile)

  • Property crime rate

    1971.6/100K · F (27th percentile)

  • Murder rate

    N/A, dropped from score, weight redistributed

City Population Violent / 100K Grade
Kansas City 511,535
1,547.1
F
St. Louis 277,294
1,367.1
F
Springfield 170,527
1,178.1
F
Columbia 130,354
347.5
C
Independence 120,271
571.2
F
Lee's Summit 105,053
149.4
B
O'Fallon 94,911
59
A+
St. Charles 72,143
134.5
A
St. Joseph 70,139
728.6
F
Blue Springs 61,096
235.7
C
St. Peters 59,993
206.7
B
Joplin 53,533
560.4
F
Florissant 50,695
341.3
C
Chesterfield 48,907
96.1
A
Wentzville 48,377
109.6
A
Jefferson City 42,561
333.6
C
Cape Girardeau 40,753
623.3
F
University City 33,799
298.8
C
Liberty 30,986
203.3
B
Ballwin 30,171
56.3
A+
Kirkwood 29,082
213.2
B
Raytown 28,817
864.1
F
Gladstone 27,404
375.9
C
Maryland Heights 27,351
168.2
B
Raymore 26,124
149.3
A
Nixa 26,094
46
A+
Belton 26,058
333.9
C
Grandview 25,200
674.6
F
Hazelwood 24,678
490.3
D
Ozark 23,432
81.1
A
Webster Groves 23,271
120.3
A
Sedalia 22,201
545
F
Rolla 20,591
373.9
C
Republic 20,578
126.3
A
Warrensburg 19,785
313.4
C
Lake St. Louis 19,334
56.9
A
Farmington 18,574
323
C
Creve Coeur 18,340
163.6
B
Manchester 17,912
44.7
A
Ferguson 17,835
712.1
F
Clayton 17,501
102.9
A
Kirksville 17,472
417.8
C
Grain Valley 16,930
177.2
B
Hannibal 16,762
358
C
Poplar Bluff 16,108
37.2
A+
Sikeston 16,026
1,029.6
F
Jackson 15,842
82.1
A
Washington 15,707
254.7
B
Lebanon 15,567
417.5
C
Carthage 15,549
173.6
B
Overland 15,358
527.4
D
Troy 15,240
144.4
A
Festus 13,693
182.6
B
Marshall 13,591
139.8
A
Neosho 13,581
272.4
C
Eureka 13,566
132.7
A
Webb City 13,406
223.8
C
Union 13,209
393.7
C
Moberly 13,206
318
C
Branson 12,982
477.6
F
West Plains 12,734
361.2
C
St. Ann 12,547
406.5
C
Fulton 12,431
209.2
B
Crestwood 12,103
99.1
A
Bolivar 11,523
173.6
B
Town and Country 11,523
26
A
Kearney 11,267
213
B
Bridgeton 11,206
651.4
F
Smithville 10,888
183.7
A
Excelsior Springs 10,621
329.5
C
Bellefontaine Neighbors 10,263
945.1
F
Maryville 10,208
176.3
B
Monett 10,133
128.3
A
Kennett 9,996
570.2
F
Harrisonville 9,762
553.2
D
Ellisville 9,742
143.7
A
Warrenton 9,556
31.4
A+
Clinton 9,486
737.9
F
Parkville 9,377
117.3
A
Chillicothe 9,215
347.3
C
Oak Grove 9,157
65.5
A
Des Peres 9,070
66.2
B
Sunset Hills 8,995
77.8
A
Richmond Heights 8,987
400.6
D
Olivette 8,961
44.6
A
Ladue 8,847
45.2
A
Park Hills 8,812
147.5
B
Vinita Park 8,727
1,718.8
F
Pleasant Hill 8,641
104.2
A
Normandy 8,593
779.7
F
Perryville 8,489
294.5
B
Carl Junction 8,446
272.3
B
Nevada 8,277
543.7
F
Brentwood 8,021
149.6
C
Maplewood 7,971
652.4
F
Berkeley 7,970
2,534.5
F
Marshfield 7,967
138.1
B
Dexter 7,856
292.8
C
Boonville 7,848
280.3
C
Pacific 7,647
183.1
B
Showing the 100 largest of 272 reporting cities. Browse all 272 cities → Or see the safest and most dangerous rankings.

Counties in Missouri

79 of 115 Census county-equivalents (68.7%) appear in FBI Table 10 for this vintage. Missing counties are absent from the FBI source for this year, not dropped by PlainCrime. See national county coverage and methodology.

Largest counties in Missouri, violent crime per 100K

The 6 of the 8 largest counties with complete FBI agency coverage, violent crime per 100,000 residents. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K
Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Not charted (Incomplete report): Jackson, St. Charles. Their 2024 FBI agency coverage fails this site's completeness screen, so a rate here would read as unusually safe only because agencies did not report.

Andrew
Audrain
Barry
Barton
Bates
Bollinger
Boone
Buchanan
Butler
Caldwell
Callaway
Camden
Cape Girardeau
Carter
Cedar
Chariton
Christian
Clark
Clay
Cole
Dade
Daviess
Dent
Dunklin
Franklin
Greene
Grundy
Henry
Hickory
Howard
Howell
Jackson
Jasper
Jefferson
Johnson
Laclede
Lafayette
Lawrence
Lewis
Lincoln
Livingston
Maries
McDonald
Mississippi
Monroe
Montgomery
New Madrid
Newton
Nodaway
Oregon
Osage
Ozark
Perry
Pettis
Phelps
Pike
Platte
Polk
Pulaski
Ralls
Randolph
Ray
Ripley
Saline
Schuyler
Shannon
St. Charles
St. Clair
St. Francois
St. Louis
Ste. Genevieve
Stoddard
Stone
Taney
Texas
Vernon
Wayne
Webster
Wright

Nationwide peers for Missouri

Similar violent rate (~463.3/100K)

Similar property rate (~1,971.6/100K)

Nearby States

Minnesota
MN
Mississippi
MS
Montana
MT
Nebraska
NE
Nevada
NV

Safest cities · Most dangerous · Trends · National rankings · Crime grades · Compare · Methodology

Primary source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States annual release. State-level trends cross-check against the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API.

Population figures for rate calculations reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with Census.gov QuickFacts.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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