Southwest City, MO Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	D-
Property Crime Grade	D-
Other Crime Grade	D-

Which crimes are included?

$583,616

Cost of Crime™ for Southwest City, MO

In 2025, violent crime will cost $1,124 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Southwest City 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 Southwest City against the average US city, where the rate is much higher than the norm. Southwest City sits in the 8th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 8% of cities and behind 92%. The grade covers only Southwest City's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in Southwest City is 7.308 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southeast part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 130 in the north neighborhoods to 1 in 198 in the southeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the southwest parts of Southwest City, MO report the most violent crime, about 2 cases per year. The southeast part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Southwest City, MO

The tangible cost of violent crime in Southwest City is projected at $583,616 for 2025, about $428 per resident and $1,124 per household. That equals 1.6% 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): 42.0%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 44.6%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 13.2%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in Southwest City Compared to Other Cities?

Southwest City, MO:	$428
Hazelwood, MO:	$2169
St. Paul, MO:	$120
Missouri:	$377
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $428 per resident each year in Southwest City, which is $170 more than the national average and $51 more than Missouri's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Southwest City:

In Hazelwood, MO, crime costs $2,169 per person, which is $1,741 more than in Southwest City.
In St. Paul, MO, crime costs $120 per person, which is $308 less than in Southwest City

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

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

Crime	Cost to Southwest City	Cost per Southwest City Resident
Murder	$261,995	$192
Rape/Sexual Assault	$67,720	$50
Robbery	$44,843	$33
Assault	$209,057	$153
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$583,616	$428

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Southwest City, MO

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 Southwest City totals $2,136,905 ($1,568 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $2,720,521 ($1,996 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Southwest City, MO, 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 west part of the city 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. 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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Southwest City Violent Crime Breakdown

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

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	5.341
Robbery	1.046
Rape	0.8194
Murder	0.1023
Total Violent Crime	7.308 (D-)

Individual Southwest City Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

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

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Spring Valley, MO	D-	C-	F
Sulphur Springs, AR	C	D-	B
Noel, MO	D-	D	D-
Maysville, AR	D-	D	D-
Ginger Blue, MO	D+	F	C+
Jay, OK	D	D+	D
Coy, MO	D	B-	F
Lanagan, MO	C-	D-	B-
Grove, OK	C-	D+	C
Gravette, AR	C-	D	B-

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Southwest City is higher versus other cities of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Appleton, NY	A+	B	B
Moira, NY	A-	D-	D-
Malcolm, NE	B+	A+	A+
Luna Pier, MI	B	C	C
Long Bottom, OH	C+	B-	B-
Liberty, TN	C	D+	D+
Lexa, AR	F	F	F
Leupp, AZ	D-	D-	D-
Knottsville, KY	B-	A-	A-
Joseph City, AZ	C	D-	D-

Considering only the violent crime rate, Southwest City is less safe than the Missouri state average and less safe than the national average.

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