ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 63901

Butler County, Missouri: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Data updated 2026-08-24

987
Property rate /100K (county)
34,545
Population (ZIP)
223
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 63901 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 63901 sits within Butler County, MO, a county whose reported crime runs below the national average (see the county-level FBI figures below, not a ZIP-specific calculation).

Butler County's reported crime sits somewhat below the national average: 223 violent and 987 property incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024.

ZIP 63901 is the largest ZIP in Butler County by population, 34,545 residents (#1 of 7 county ZIPs), across 285.01 square miles (121/sq mi). For a full breakdown of Butler County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Butler County crime page linked below.

ZIP 63901 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Butler County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 63901 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income
$47,157
Median age
38.4 years
Owner-occupied homes
63%
Occupied homes
13,228

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

How useful is the county proxy for ZIP 63901?

Within the participating-agency records for Butler County, reported violent and property crime rates both sit below their U.S. benchmarks: violent crime is 37% below and property crime is 42% below. The two submitted measures point in the same direction, but they do not establish complete county coverage or turn the result into a ZIP-level rating for 63901. Both comparisons use the same 2024 county reporting population and FBI-submitted counts, so the two directions are internally comparable for this release, not evidence about a different year.

Within the county, 63901 is one of the most populous ZIPs (#1 of 7). Its 34,545 residents therefore represent a comparatively large share of the local population, but the county total still combines reports from places outside this ZIP.

Butler County UCR book ZIP 63901 inherits

ZIP 63901 itself is about 121 people per Census sq mi across 285 sq mi (34,545 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 63901's 34,545 residents are about 82% of the 2024 county reporting population (42,130), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.

Butler County leans on larceny-theft at 55% of reported offenses (mix index 3,594). ZIP 63901 has no separate FBI offense book.

Butler County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts +15% vs 2023; property counts flat vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

Butler County offense mix (2024)

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on county offense-type shares. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero; still county-agency data, not a ZIP-native FBI table.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 63901

Similar county violent rate (~223/100K)

Similar Census population (~34,545)

County detail: Butler County · State atlas: Missouri

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

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

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.