Breckenridge Hills is a city of 4,670 in St. Louis County, about 11 miles northwest of downtown St. Louis · Updated November 2026
Is Breckenridge Hills, MO safe?
Breckenridge Hills has more crime than most of the country: an overall CrimeGrade™ of C, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 85% of Americans live. Violent crime grades C- and property crime C+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Breckenridge Hills run from B- to C-, so check the map below.
C
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 418 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
15% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Breckenridge Hills as a whole, and 85% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Breckenridge Hills scores 418.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Breckenridge Hills, MO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Breckenridge Hills, 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 in Breckenridge Hills
Thefts are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Breckenridge Hills runs 51% above the US rate, but thefts run 25% below it: 9.9 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Aggravated assaults run high for a C-graded city. Breckenridge Hills has 9.7 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a C-graded US city, the figure is 4.1.
Crime rates and types in Breckenridge Hills
CrimeGrade™ estimates Breckenridge Hills has about 56 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 51% more than the US as a whole and 33% more than Missouri.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
The largest share of crime reported in Breckenridge Hills is assault, about 38% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
The Breckenridge Hills Police Department's 2024 report to the FBI was missing some months of vandalism; CrimeGrade™ filled them in from the department's own monthly pattern.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Breckenridge Hills
Breckenridge Hills has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Breckenridge Hills, 50% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at other places: 32% of them, against 6% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (50%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Other places (32%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (48%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (71%)
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.
How Breckenridge Hills compares with nearby cities
Of the 8 cities closest to Breckenridge Hills, 5 have less crime. St. Ann and Overland have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Breckenridge Hills. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Breckenridge Hills has more crime than 99% of them.
Night lighting, jobs and walkability in Breckenridge Hills
Two things set Breckenridge Hills apart: it has 19 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and a Walk Grade of C (33 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places with few jobs tend to report less theft and robbery, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
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
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.19 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 88% 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 and assault.C (33 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 84% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 82% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.6% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 71% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.11.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 67% 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 crime costs Breckenridge Hills
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Breckenridge Hills about $1,928 a year per household, 60% more than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $14 million a year, or $2,989 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$630,000
$136
Rape
$98,000
$21
Robbery
$91,000
$20
Assault
$1.7 million
$360
Burglary
$100,000
$22
Theft
$240,000
$51
Vehicle theft
$450,000
$97
Arson
$6,800
$1
Vandalism
$500,000
$107
Total
$3.8 million
$814
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Breckenridge Hills means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Breckenridge Hills, MO average a SchoolGrade of F: 24% of students test proficient, against 22% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Breckenridge Hills on SchoolGrade
