Webster Park-Shady Dell is a neighborhood of 2,660 residents in Springfield, about 3 miles east of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Webster Park-Shady Dell in Springfield safe?
Crime in Webster Park-Shady Dell is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 76% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Webster Park-Shady Dell. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B+ against B-. Springfield as a whole grades B.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 611 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
24% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Webster Park-Shady Dell as a whole, and 76% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Webster Park-Shady Dell scores 611.
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 Webster Park-Shady Dell, Springfield, MO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Webster Park-Shady Dell 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 Webster Park-Shady Dell
One weak spot: burglary. It grades D+ in Webster Park-Shady Dell, worse than in the neighborhoods where 96% of Americans live, against B+ for property crime as a whole.
Aggravated assaults and thefts both run high. In Webster Park-Shady Dell, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 13.6 aggravated assaults and 47.8 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 13.1 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Webster Park-Shady Dell
CrimeGrade™ estimates Webster Park-Shady Dell has about 129 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about triple the rate for the US as a whole and about double 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.
Theft makes up about 37% of crime reported in Webster Park-Shady Dell. 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 Springfield
The Springfield Police Department polices Webster Park-Shady Dell; 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 Webster Park-Shady Dell compares with nearby neighborhoods
Webster Park-Shady Dell has less crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Oak Grove has less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Webster Park-Shady Dell. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Webster Park-Shady Dell has more crime than 71% of them.
Parking lots, jobs and walkability in Webster Park-Shady Dell
Two things set Webster Park-Shady Dell apart: it has 13.5 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 295 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. It also combines many stores and restaurants with a lot of parking-lot space: places with both tend to report more theft and car theft than places with only one of them, and car theft runs high here.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.13.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 99% of residents of US city neighborhoods
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.295 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 98% 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. 76% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (16 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 80% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.41.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 97% 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 Webster Park-Shady Dell
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Webster Park-Shady Dell about $2,979 a year per household, more than double 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 $5,165 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 Webster Park-Shady Dell 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. Webster Park-Shady Dell 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 Webster Park-Shady Dell, Springfield, MO average a SchoolGrade of B-: 44% of students test proficient, against 36% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Webster Park-Shady Dell on SchoolGrade
