Missouri Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities
Crime data for 272 cities and 80 counties in Missouri (MO), ranked from safest to most dangerous. Data from 597 law enforcement agencies.
FBI UCR Data Snapshot: Missouri
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 80 counties, each with their own detail pages and local crime figures drawn from FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10.
Within the statewide violent crime total, aggravated assault accounted for 0 incidents, robbery 0, murder and non-negligent manslaughter 0, and rape 0. Property crime splits across larceny-theft (0), burglary (0), motor vehicle theft (0), and arson (0).
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.
Safest Cities
Top 50 by lowest violent crime rate
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Top 50 by highest violent crime rate
Crime Trends
Multi-year charts & analysis
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 |
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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.
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