Downtown Springfield is a neighborhood of 3,910 residents in Springfield, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Downtown Springfield in Springfield safe?
Downtown Springfield has more crime than most of the country: an overall CrimeGrade™ of C-, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 88% of Americans live. Violent crime grades D+ and property crime C. Springfield as a whole grades B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Downtown Springfield run from C to F, so check the map below.
C-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 326 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
12% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Downtown Springfield as a whole, and 88% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Downtown Springfield scores 326.
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 Downtown Springfield, Springfield, MO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Downtown Springfield in Springfield, 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 Downtown Springfield
Aggravated assaults and burglaries both run high. In Downtown Springfield, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 23.7 aggravated assaults and 12.9 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 2.4 nationally.
Car thefts happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Springfield as a whole, 62% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Downtown Springfield
CrimeGrade™ estimates Downtown Springfield has about 183 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than triple the rate for the US as a whole and about triple the rate for Springfield as a whole.
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.
Assault is the most common crime in Downtown Springfield, about 41% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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.
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 Springfield
The Springfield Police Department polices Downtown Springfield; these figures cover Springfield as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Springfield as a whole, 61% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 56% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (61%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (62%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (56%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (48%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (63%)
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 Downtown Springfield compares with nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Downtown Springfield, 6 have less crime. Phelps and Rountree have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Downtown Springfield. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Downtown Springfield has more crime than 73% of them.
Nightlife, shops and walkability in Downtown Springfield
Two things set Downtown Springfield apart: it has 10.5 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally, and 37.6 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more assault and robbery, and they run high here.
Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.10.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 99% 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.37.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 97% 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 and assault.B (61 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 72% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Downtown Springfield: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 95% 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 crime costs Downtown Springfield
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Downtown Springfield about $4,187 a year per household, about triple 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 $29 million a year, or $7,393 per resident.
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 Downtown Springfield 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. Downtown Springfield 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.
Schools in Downtown Springfield, Springfield, MO average a SchoolGrade of D-: 31% of students test proficient, against 32% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Downtown Springfield on SchoolGrade
