The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Hazelwood, MO
Hazelwood is a city of 25,900 in St. Louis County, about 14 miles northwest of downtown St. Louis · Updated November 2026
Is Hazelwood, MO safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-, Hazelwood has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 77% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent crime grades B- and property crime B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Hazelwood run from A- to D, so check the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 593 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
23% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Hazelwood as a whole, and 77% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Hazelwood scores 593.
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 Hazelwood, MO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Hazelwood, 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 Hazelwood
Car thefts and acts of vandalism both run high. In Hazelwood, each runs at more than double the US rate: 6.7 car thefts and 12.7 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 5.5 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Hazelwood
Crime varies widely across Hazelwood: 63% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 20% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Hazelwood run from A- to D; 1% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
63%17%20%
A or B 63%C 17%D or F 20%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Hazelwood, the northwest side has the least crime and the southeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Hazelwood?
Reported violent crime in Hazelwood peaked in 2022 and has fallen 36% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 10% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.5 to 4.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 28 to 25 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 13%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
HazelwoodUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Hazelwood. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Hazelwood
Violent, US
Property, Hazelwood
Property, US
2016
+25%
+4%
+24%
+15%
2017
-28%
+4%
+13%
+12%
2018
-13%
+0%
+5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+44%
+4%
+13%
-8%
2021
+50%
+6%
+10%
-10%
2022
+70%
+5%
+12%
-6%
2023
+19%
+2%
+4%
-7%
2024
+8%
-4%
-10%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Hazelwood
CrimeGrade™ estimates Hazelwood has about 60 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 62% more than the US as a whole and 43% 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 Hazelwood is assault, about 36% 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.
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 Hazelwood
Hazelwood has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Hazelwood, 60% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 45% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (60%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (38%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (56%)
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 Hazelwood compares with nearby cities
Hazelwood has less crime than 5 of its 8 nearest cities.
Two things set Hazelwood apart: it has 3.2 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 72 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 88% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.72 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher 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. 88% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (14 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 63% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.8.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 76% 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.99% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 63% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.9.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 60% 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 Hazelwood
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Hazelwood about $1,731 a year per household, 44% 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 $62 million a year, or $2,395 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$4.5 million
$172
Rape
$780,000
$30
Robbery
$510,000
$20
Assault
$6.0 million
$232
Burglary
$580,000
$22
Theft
$2.0 million
$77
Vehicle theft
$2.7 million
$102
Arson
$130,000
$5
Vandalism
$2.3 million
$90
Total
$19 million
$751
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 Hazelwood 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 Hazelwood, MO average a SchoolGrade of F: 25% of students test proficient, against 20% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Hazelwood on SchoolGrade
