Jennings is a city of 13,300 in St. Louis County, about 7 miles northwest of downtown St. Louis · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Jennings?
Jennings grades D- for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 90% of Americans live. Theft makes up 40% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades C-, and vehicle theft grades F.
D-
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 95 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
10% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Jennings as a whole, and 90% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Jennings scores 95.
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 Jennings, MO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Jennings, 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 Jennings
Burglary stands out among cities graded D for property crime. For the typical resident of a US city graded D for property crime, the figure is 2.2 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Jennings has 7.9.
Car thefts and acts of vandalism both run high. In Jennings, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 9.9 car thefts and 19.4 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 5.5 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Jennings
Every part of Jennings grades D or F for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Jennings run from D+ to F.
99%
C 1%D or F 99%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Jennings?
Reported property crime in Jennings has fallen 14% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 39 to 34 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 22%.
Property crime, change since 2019
JenningsUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Jennings. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Jennings
Property, US
2016
-1%
+15%
2017
-4%
+12%
2018
-9%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+13%
-8%
2021
+12%
-10%
2022
+32%
-6%
2023
+10%
-7%
2024
-14%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Jennings
CrimeGrade™ estimates Jennings has about 63 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and more than double the rate for Missouri.
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 Jennings, about 40% 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 Jennings
The St. Louis County Police Department polices Jennings, and these figures cover every place it serves, 2022 to 2024.
In Jennings, 71% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 33% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (71%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (33%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (44%)
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 Jennings and nearby cities
Jennings has more property crime than 6 of its 7 nearest cities. Northwoods and Pine Lawn have the least property crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Jennings. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Jennings has more property crime than 99% of them.
Empty homes, night lighting and walkability in Jennings
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Jennings apart: it has 22.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 19 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.22.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
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. 85% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 55% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.19 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 88% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 80% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 77% of US city residents
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 Jennings
Property crime costs Jennings about $6.7 million a year, or $504 per resident and about $1,177 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 the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$950,000
$71
Theft
$1.7 million
$128
Vehicle theft
$2.0 million
$152
Arson
$200,000
$15
Vandalism
$1.8 million
$137
Total
$6.7 million
$504
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.
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
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.
