The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Bridgeton, MO
Bridgeton is a city of 10,900 in St. Louis County, about 14 miles northwest of downtown St. Louis · Updated November 2026
Is Bridgeton, MO safe?
Yes, crime in Bridgeton is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Bridgeton sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 45% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A- and property crime B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Bridgeton run from A to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 812 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
45% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Bridgeton as a whole, and 55% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Bridgeton scores 812.
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 Bridgeton, MO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Bridgeton, 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 Bridgeton
Thefts and car thefts both run high. In Bridgeton, each runs at about triple the US rate: 45.2 thefts and 7.8 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 and 2.7 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Bridgeton, 62% of reported thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages, against 31% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Bridgeton
Every part of Bridgeton where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Bridgeton run from A to B; 22% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Bridgeton, the southwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Bridgeton?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Bridgeton is up 30% and property crime is down 25%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 5.1 to 6.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 77 to 58 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
BridgetonUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Bridgeton. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Bridgeton
Violent, US
Property, Bridgeton
Property, US
2016
+88%
+4%
+0%
+15%
2017
+48%
+4%
+8%
+12%
2018
+18%
+0%
-23%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+34%
+4%
-6%
-8%
2021
+19%
+6%
-23%
-10%
2022
+40%
+5%
-21%
-6%
2023
+46%
+2%
-24%
-7%
2024
+30%
-4%
-25%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Bridgeton
CrimeGrade™ estimates Bridgeton has about 86 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and about double the rate for 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.
Theft makes up about 52% of crime reported in Bridgeton. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
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.
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 Bridgeton
Bridgeton has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Bridgeton, 42% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (42%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (62%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (31%)
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 Bridgeton compares with nearby cities
Bridgeton has less crime than 7 of its 8 nearest cities; only Maryland Heights has less.
Two things set Bridgeton apart: it has 295 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 10.1 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery; here theft sits near the national middle.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.295 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.10.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% 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. 92% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (15 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 58% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.30.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher 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 83% 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.7% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 69% 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 Bridgeton
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Bridgeton about $2,155 a year per household, 79% 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 $26 million a year, or $2,368 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.3 million
$118
Rape
$210,000
$19
Robbery
$140,000
$13
Assault
$2.7 million
$251
Burglary
$220,000
$20
Theft
$2.5 million
$232
Vehicle theft
$1.3 million
$120
Arson
$28,000
$3
Vandalism
$870,000
$79
Total
$9.4 million
$856
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 Bridgeton 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 Bridgeton, MO average a SchoolGrade of D-: 32% of students test proficient, against 27% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Bridgeton on SchoolGrade
