Richmond Heights is a city of 9,150 in St. Louis County, about 7 miles west of downtown St. Louis · Updated November 2026
Is Richmond Heights, MO safe?
Mostly, yes. Crime in Richmond Heights is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-, but most US neighborhoods are safer still: Richmond Heights has more crime than the neighborhoods where 61% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Richmond Heights run from A- to D+, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 772 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
39% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Richmond Heights as a whole, and 61% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Richmond Heights scores 772.
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 Richmond Heights, MO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Richmond Heights, 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 Richmond Heights
Thefts run high. Richmond Heights has thefts at more than triple the US rate: 61.0 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages far more often than nationally. In Richmond Heights, 68% of reported thefts from cars happen in parking lots and garages, against 31% nationally.
Crime rates and types in Richmond Heights
CrimeGrade™ estimates Richmond Heights has about 99 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and more than 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Richmond Heights is theft, about 62% 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 Richmond Heights
Richmond Heights has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (41%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (68%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (64%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Stores and businesses (34%)
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.
How Richmond Heights compares with nearby cities
Richmond Heights has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Richmond Heights. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Richmond Heights has more crime than 76% of them.
Two things set Richmond Heights apart: it has 35.1 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 139 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, and theft runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.35.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.139 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher 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. 55% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C (34 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 85% of US city residents
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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
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 Richmond Heights: D+ (21 of 100).5 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 71% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.5.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 58% 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 Richmond Heights
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Richmond Heights about $1,595 a year per household, 32% 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 $12 million a year, or $1,349 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$250,000
$27
Rape
$87,000
$9
Robbery
$250,000
$27
Assault
$1.5 million
$160
Burglary
$150,000
$16
Theft
$2.9 million
$313
Vehicle theft
$870,000
$95
Arson
$5,200
$1
Vandalism
$970,000
$105
Total
$6.9 million
$753
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 Richmond Heights 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 Richmond Heights, MO average a SchoolGrade of A+: 62% of students test proficient, against 54% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Richmond Heights on SchoolGrade
