Missouri Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	D
Property Crime Grade	D+
Other Crime Grade	D

Which crimes are included?

$2.4 billion

Cost of Crime™ for Missouri

In 2025, violent crime will cost $940 per household.

More cost data

On the map, green marks the parts of Missouri with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The D grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in Missouri against the average US state, where the rate is higher than the norm. Missouri sits in the 18th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 18% of states and behind 82%. The grade covers only Missouri's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby states.

The violent crime rate in Missouri is 4.994 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the west part of the state the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 181 in the northwest cities to 1 in 271 in the west.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the east parts of Missouri report the most violent crime, about 12,335 cases per year. The northeast part reports the fewest, around 545 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Missouri

The tangible cost of violent crime in Missouri is projected at $2,379,652,931 for 2025, about $377 per resident and $940 per household. That equals 1.0% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 40.0%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 46.7%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 13.1%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in Missouri Compared to Other States?

Missouri:	$377
New Mexico:	$479
Rhode Island:	$114
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $377 per resident each year in Missouri, which is $119 more than the national average. The comparison below uses states similar to Missouri:

In New Mexico, crime costs $479 per person, which is $102 more than in Missouri.
In Rhode Island, crime costs $114 per person, which is $263 less than in Missouri

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for Missouri, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Missouri	Cost per Missouri Resident
Murder	$1.3 billion	$211
Rape/Sexual Assault	$295.1 million	$47
Robbery	$106.0 million	$17
Assault	$647.8 million	$103
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$2,379,652,931	$377

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Missouri

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in Missouri totals $10,436,663,892 ($1,654 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $12,816,316,823 ($2,032 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Missouri, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the east part of the state has more retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Major airports, of which Missouri has 2, are the extreme case. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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Missouri Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 Missouri residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	3.576
Robbery	0.5344
Rape	0.7715
Murder	0.1122
Total Violent Crime	4.994 (D)

Individual Missouri Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby States

Compared to surrounding states, the rate of violent crime in Missouri is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for states close to Missouri.

Nearby State	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Arkansas	D-	D-	D-
Illinois	B	B+	B+
Iowa	B+	B	B+
Kansas	D+	C-	C
Oklahoma	D+	D+	D
Indiana	A-	B-	B+
Nebraska	C+	B+	C+
Tennessee	D	D-	D
Kentucky	B-	A-	B
Ohio	C+	B-	B-

Crime Maps and Rates for State with Similar Populations

Missouri is higher versus other states of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in states with comparable overall population in the state‘s boundaries.

Similar State	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Arkansas	D-	D-	D-
Alabama	C+	C+	C+
Mississippi	A+	A+	A+
Michigan	B	D+	D+
Massachusetts	A+	C+	C+
Maine	A	A+	A+
Louisiana	D+	D-	D-
Iowa	B+	B	B
Indiana	A-	B-	B-
Idaho	A-	B	B

Considering only the violent crime rate, Missouri is as safe as the national average.

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