Central West End, St. Louis, MO Property Crime Rates and Maps
Central West End is a neighborhood of 15,200 residents in St. Louis, about 3 miles west of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Central West End?
Central West End grades C- for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 85% of Americans live. Theft makes up 45% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B+, and vehicle theft grades F. St. Louis as a whole grades D for property crime.
C-
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 337 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
15% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Central West End as a whole, and 85% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Central West End scores 337.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Central West End, St. Louis, MO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Central West End in St. Louis, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Central West End
Car thefts and acts of vandalism both run high. In Central West End, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 13.2 car thefts and 25.6 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 5.5 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks far more often than nationally. In St. Louis as a whole, 54% of reported thefts from cars happen on streets and sidewalks, against 18% nationally.
How Central West End compares within St. Louis
High property crime is widespread across Central West End: 65% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across Central West End run from C+ to F.
35%65%
C 35%D or F 65%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Central West End has less property crime than 35 of the 39 neighborhoods in St. Louis. It covers much of the Central West End and Shaw areas.
Is property crime going up in St. Louis?
Reported property crime in St. Louis as a whole peaked in 2022 and has fallen 23% since, back near its 2019 level. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 62 to 57 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 11%.
Property crime, change since 2019
St. LouisUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve St. Louis. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, St. Louis
Property, US
2016
-4%
+15%
2017
-2%
+12%
2018
-3%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-6%
-8%
2021
-1%
-10%
2022
+18%
-6%
2023
+3%
-7%
2024
-8%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Central West End
CrimeGrade™ estimates Central West End has about 79 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about triple the rate for the US as a whole and close to St. Louis as a whole.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Central West End, about 45% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in St. Louis
The St. Louis Police Department polices Central West End; these figures cover St. Louis as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In St. Louis as a whole, 56% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 73% of them, against 27% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (56%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (73%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (54%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Streets and sidewalks (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Central West End and nearby neighborhoods
Central West End has the least property crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Central West End. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Central West End is safer than 58% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Central West End apart: it has 291 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 19.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.291 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 98% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.19.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 88% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 64% of residents here live in walkable areas.B+ (69 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 77% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.11.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 85% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Central West End
Property crime costs Central West End about $9.3 million a year, or $612 per resident and about $886 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Central West End is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
