The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Webb City, MO
Webb City is a city of 15,200 in Jasper County, about 5 miles north of Joplin · Updated November 2026
Is Webb City, MO safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Webb City is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Webb City sits near the middle: 47% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 53% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Webb City run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 823 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
47% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Webb City as a whole, and 53% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Webb City scores 823.
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 Webb City, MO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Webb City, 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 Webb City
Vehicle theft stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.93 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; Webb City has 3.4.
The safest and least safe parts of Webb City
Every part of Webb City where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Webb City run from A+ to B+; 33% 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 Webb City, the northwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Webb City?
Reported property crime in Webb City has fallen 39% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 36 to 22 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 28%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Webb CityUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Webb City. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Webb City
Property, US
2016
+7%
+15%
2017
-20%
+12%
2018
-25%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-12%
-8%
2021
+5%
-10%
2022
+11%
-6%
2023
-16%
-7%
2024
-39%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Webb City
CrimeGrade™ estimates Webb City has about 43 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 17% more than the US as a whole and close to 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 39% of crime reported in Webb City. 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 Webb City
Webb City has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Webb City, 61% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 34% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (61%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (47%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (34%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (39%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (62%)
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 Webb City compares with nearby cities
Of the 6 cities closest to Webb City, 4 have less crime. Oronogo and Duenweg have the least.
One thing sets Webb City apart: it has 1% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery and car theft, yet car theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 88% 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 Webb City: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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. 79% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (17 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 52% 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.2.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 77% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 75% 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.79% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 72% 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 Webb City
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Webb City about $1,031 a year per household, 14% less 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 $936 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$330,000
$22
Rape
$580,000
$38
Robbery
$45,000
$3
Assault
$2.0 million
$133
Burglary
$260,000
$17
Theft
$1.3 million
$88
Vehicle theft
$800,000
$53
Arson
$18,000
$1
Vandalism
$730,000
$48
Total
$6.1 million
$403
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 Webb City 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 Webb City, MO average a SchoolGrade of A-: 49% of students test proficient, against 35% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Webb City on SchoolGrade
