Cape Girardeau County, MO Property Crime Rates and Maps

C+

Violent Crime Grade	D+
Property Crime Grade	C+
Other Crime Grade	C+

Which crimes are included?

$9.72 million

Cost of Crime™ for Cape Girardeau County, MO

In 2025, property crime will cost $281 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Cape Girardeau County with the least property crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Property crime is the most common category of crime, so these maps track closely with where stores, parking, and daytime foot traffic sit. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains why busy commercial blocks can look worse than the neighborhoods around them.

The C+ grade reflects how often theft, burglary, vehicle theft, and arson happen in Cape Girardeau County against the average US county, where the rate is about the same as the norm. Cape Girardeau County sits in the 46th percentile for property-crime safety, ahead of 46% of counties and behind 54%. The grade covers only Cape Girardeau County's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby counties.

The property crime rate in Cape Girardeau County is 16.37 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally point to the north part of the county as the safest for their belongings. Your odds of a property-crime loss range from 1 in 31 in the southeast areas to 1 in 125 in the north.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the southeast parts of Cape Girardeau County, MO report the most property crime, about 426 cases per year. The northeast part reports the fewest, around 28 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Cape Girardeau County, MO

Property crime in Cape Girardeau County is projected to cost $9,716,201 in 2025, about $113 per resident and $281 per household. That equals 0.3% of the median household income. All of it is measurable loss: replaced vehicles, repaired break-ins, stolen goods, and the policing and courts that respond. Because property crime leaves a repair bill rather than a lasting injury, these tangible costs make up its full economic toll. They split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 68.5%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 25.2%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 6.3%

How Much Does Property Crime Cost in Cape Girardeau County Compared to Other Counties?

Cape Girardeau County, MO:	$113
St. Louis City, MO:	$317
Cass County, MO:	$85
Missouri:	$182
USA:	$136

Property crime costs $113 per resident each year in Cape Girardeau County, which is $23 less than the national average and $69 less than Missouri's state average. The comparison below uses counties similar to Cape Girardeau County:

In St. Louis City, MO, crime costs $317 per person, which is $204 more than in Cape Girardeau County.
In Cass County, MO, crime costs $85 per person, which is $27 less than in Cape Girardeau County

2025 Projected Property Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the property-crime total into its four offenses for Cape Girardeau County, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Cape Girardeau County	Cost per Cape Girardeau County Resident
Vehicle Theft	$1.64 million	$19
Burglary	$2.42 million	$28
Theft	$5.31 million	$62
Arson	$340,301	$4
Total Cost of Property Crime	$9,716,201	$113

How the Property Crime Cost Is Estimated

Property crime carries no pain-and-suffering figure in this model. Its cost is the replacement and repair value of what was taken or damaged, plus the policing, courts, and lost offender productivity that follow. Stolen and damaged property has a market price, which is why this total is easier to pin down than the human cost of violent crime in Cape Girardeau County, MO. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Property Crime Maps

Property crime rates are measured per resident, so places where shoppers and commuters outnumber residents read high. Stores are where shoplifting, theft, and vehicle break-ins happen, yet almost nobody lives there, so the per-capita rate climbs. How strongly this shows on the map depends on retail density; the southeast part of the county has more retail establishments. A red commercial strip does not mean the homes nearby are unsafe.

Parking lots and transit stops follow the same pattern: heavy daytime traffic, few residents, so per-capita property crime reads high. To judge a residential block, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Cape Girardeau County Property Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which non-violent crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grade above. All property crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Cape Girardeau County residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Theft	11.89
Vehicle Theft	1.229
Burglary	3.090
Arson	0.1633
Total Property Crime	16.37 (C+)

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Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Counties

Compared to surrounding counties, the rate of property crime in Cape Girardeau County is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for counties close to Cape Girardeau County.

Nearby County	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Bollinger County, MO	C-	C+	D+
Union County, IL	B+	A-	B
Alexander County, IL	D+	D	D+
Scott County, MO	C-	C-	C-
Perry County, MO	B	B-	B-
Pulaski County, IL	B-	C+	B
Jackson County, IL	B-	B	C+
Mississippi County, MO	D+	D-	D+
Madison County, MO	C-	D	C-
Stoddard County, MO	C+	C-	B-

Crime Maps and Rates for County with Similar Populations

Cape Girardeau County is similar versus other counties of the same size for property crime. The table below compares crime in counties with comparable overall population in the county‘s boundaries.

Similar County	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Wood County, WI	B+	B-	B-
Pottawatomie County, OK	C	C-	C-
Putnam County, FL	A+	B	B
Riley County, KS	C-	C+	C+
Robertson County, TN	B-	C	C
Ross County, OH	B+	B+	B+
Scioto County, OH	C+	B	B
Christian County, KY	C	B+	B+
St. Landry Parish, LA	D-	D-	D-
Chatham County, NC	B-	B	B

Considering only the property crime rate, Cape Girardeau County is safer than the Missouri state average and safer than the national average.

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