Perry County is home to 19,000 residents and includes Perryville and Altenburg · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Perry County?
Perry County has less property crime than most US neighborhoods: an A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 94% of Americans live. Theft makes up 52% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A+, and vehicle theft grades A+.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 974 of 1,000Less property crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
94% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Perry County as a whole, and 6% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Perry County scores 974.
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 Perry County, MO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Perry County, 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 Perry County
Thefts are uncommon. Perry County has thefts at less than half the US rate: 4.7 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Perry County
Every part of Perry County where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Perry County run from A+ to A.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Perry County?
Reported property crime in Perry County has fallen 62% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 14 to 5.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
Perry CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Perry County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Perry County
Property, US
2016
-18%
+15%
2017
+10%
+12%
2018
-3%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-11%
-8%
2021
-40%
-10%
2022
-44%
-6%
2023
-58%
-7%
2024
-62%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Perry County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Perry County has about 9.0 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 62% less than the US as a whole and 67% less than 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 Perry County, about 52% 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 Perry County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Perry County, 2022 to 2024.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Vandalism
Homes (35%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Perry County and nearby counties
Perry County has less property crime than 7 of its 10 nearest counties.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Perry County. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Perry County is safer than 75% of them.
Night lighting, transit and walkability in Perry County
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Perry County apart: it has 42% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (11 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and vandalism, and they run low here.
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.42% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 88% of Americans
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Perry County: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 86% of Americans
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. 89% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 78% of Americans
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 85% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.47 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 60% of Americans
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.6.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 56% of Americans
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 Perry County
Property crime costs Perry County about $1.2 million a year, or $65 per resident and about $162 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
$150,000
$8
Theft
$450,000
$24
Vehicle theft
$260,000
$14
Arson
$25,000
$1
Vandalism
$340,000
$18
Total
$1.2 million
$65
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
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.
