City Population Violent / 100K Property / 100K Grade
St. James 3,898 333.5 1,975.4 C
Woodson Terrace 3,845 234.1 1,794.5 B
El Dorado Springs 3,626 358.5 1,406.5 C
Palmyra 3,594 0 1,140.8 A+
Hillsboro 3,506 199.7 1,112.4 B
Carrollton 3,471 230.5 691.4 B
Malden 3,468 576.7 1,701.3 D
Louisiana 3,262 153.3 889 A
Ava 3,247 30.8 246.4 A+
Byrnes Mill 3,188 501.9 407.8 C
Sugar Creek 3,171 410 3,563.5 D
Oronogo 3,014 0 199.1 A+
Bethany 2,928 204.9 512.3 A
Knob Noster 2,928 0 136.6 A+
Buckner 2,855 350.3 1,190.9 C
East Prairie 2,848 175.6 702.2 A
Forsyth 2,799 250.1 1,429.1 B
Owensville 2,792 286.5 788 B
Strafford 2,751 254.5 2,181 C
Canton 2,724 0 440.5 A+
Pleasant Valley 2,718 73.6 956.6 A
Portageville 2,713 294.9 884.6 B
Versailles 2,674 112.2 4,487.7 C
Lake Lotawana 2,586 0 889.4 A+
New Madrid 2,576 465.8 1,746.9 D
Potosi 2,539 393.9 5,474.6 D
Lawson 2,521 79.3 476 A
Pagedale 2,491 1,806.5 3,613 F
Kimberling City 2,410 41.5 83 A+
Warsaw 2,367 253.5 4,055.8 C
Concordia 2,336 0 342.5 A+
Seneca 2,312 519 1,254.3 D
Riverview 2,306 1,864.7 2,818.7 F
Holden 2,294 218 741.1 B
Lake Ozark 2,241 178.5 446.2 A
Willow Springs 2,231 89.6 537.9 A
Houston 2,221 585.3 4,592.5 F
Noel 2,195 182.2 820 A
Hermann 2,187 228.6 640.1 B
Marceline 2,105 95 712.6 A
Marionville 2,095 47.7 716 A
Moline Acres 2,077 1,155.5 2,503.6 F
Cabool 2,052 243.7 0 A
Sparta 1,970 101.5 558.4 A
Warson Woods 1,970 0 456.9 A+
Seymour 1,930 51.8 932.6 A
Thayer 1,906 104.9 944.4 A
Carterville 1,852 216 1,511.9 B
Piedmont 1,852 863.9 1,241.9 F
Weston 1,829 0 1,202.8 A
Bernie 1,827 54.7 547.3 A+
Lone Jack 1,821 164.7 933.6 A
Lake Winnebago 1,809 0 221.1 A+
Doniphan 1,808 221.2 2,599.6 C
Adrian 1,763 170.2 850.8 A
Milan 1,740 114.9 632.2 A
Richland 1,737 403 1,669.5 C
Steele 1,681 475.9 3,033.9 D
Winfield 1,629 675.3 306.9 D
Garden City 1,562 64 448.1 A+
Shelbina 1,554 386.1 1,094 C
Bourbon 1,518 65.9 790.5 A
Ash Grove 1,501 466.4 932.7 C
Campbell 1,501 66.6 732.8 A
Lakeshire 1,501 133.2 533 A
Ironton 1,441 0 555.2 A+
Linn 1,438 139.1 347.7 A
Steelville 1,435 139.4 1,951.2 B
Marble Hill 1,373 145.7 1,019.7 A
Claycomo 1,357 442.2 3,905.7 D
Advance 1,331 150.3 826.4 A
Mansfield 1,315 228.1 684.4 B
Goodman 1,311 0 0 A+
Sweet Springs 1,307 382.6 612.1 C
Reeds Spring 1,278 0 0 A+
Archie 1,259 158.9 317.7 A
La Plata 1,236 80.9 161.8 A+
Lincoln 1,220 163.9 1,311.5 B
Billings 1,207 0 497.1 A+
Cole Camp 1,189 0 168.2 A+
Hillsdale 1,171 597.8 1,622.5 D
Laurie 1,085 184.3 1,198.2 B
Auxvasse 1,017 196.7 1,376.6 B
Mound City 1,017 98.3 2,064.9 B
Wellsville 1,012 0 1,087 A+
Winona 991 807.3 706.4 F
Country Club Hills 987 1,621.1 2,938.2 F
Crocker 912 219.3 0 A
Seligman 906 110.4 1,103.8 A
Edmundson 837 477.9 12,544.8 F
Oregon 837 0 0 A+
Pineville 837 358.4 4,301.1 D
Waverly 804 0 0 A+
Jonesburg 788 1,142.1 126.9 D
Lake Tapawingo 771 0 518.8 A+
Van Buren 765 261.4 261.4 B
Hawk Point 752 0 0 A+
Iberia 728 0 0 A+
Perry 689 0 580.6 A+
Wheaton 679 0 147.3 A+
Foristell 639 0 4,068.9 B
Liberal 639 469.5 782.5 C
Walnut Grove 637 0 784.9 A+
Arcadia 605 0 0 A+
Indian Point 598 167.2 836.1 A
Hardin 556 0 179.9 A+
Center 539 0 0 A+
Sunrise Beach 530 0 1,886.8 A
Branson West 501 598.8 14,570.9 F
Matthews 498 803.2 5,622.5 F
Galena 483 207 1,242.2 B
Corder 425 0 0 A+
Washburn 414 0 0 A+
Platte Woods 393 0 0 A+
Alma 391 0 0 A+
Oakview Village 361 0 0 A+
East Lynne 290 0 0 A+
Prairie Home 263 0 0 A+
Bates City 229 436.7 2,620.1 D
Napoleon 208 0 0 A+
Emma 203 0 0 A+
Kimmswick 135 0 1,481.5 A
Showing cities 151–272 of 272 in Missouri, by population. See the Missouri safest and most dangerous city rankings, or the Missouri crime overview.

How These City Grades Are Calculated

Each grade weighs a city's violent crime rate (70%) and property crime rate (30%) against the national averages, drawn from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States, Table 8 for 2024. Rates use (offenses ÷ population) × 100,000.

UCR participation is voluntary, so not every Missouri city reports every year, and small-population cities can show volatile rates where a single incident moves the per-capita figure sharply. Read the full methodology for the scoring formula and limitations.