Spanish Lake, MO Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Overall Crime Grade™

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

Which crimes are included?

$13.7 million

Cost of Crime™ for Spanish Lake, MO

In 2025, violent crime will cost $1,850 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Spanish Lake 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 Spanish Lake against the average US city, where the rate is much higher than the norm. Spanish Lake sits in the 9th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 9% of cities and behind 91%. The grade covers only Spanish Lake's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in Spanish Lake is 7.007 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the east part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 113 in the south neighborhoods to 1 in 189 in the east.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the south parts of Spanish Lake, MO report the most violent crime, about 28 cases per year. The northeast part reports the fewest, around 3 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Spanish Lake, MO

The tangible cost of violent crime in Spanish Lake is projected at $13,652,152 for 2025, about $700 per resident and $1,850 per household. That equals 2.6% 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): 38.0%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 49.1%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 12.9%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in Spanish Lake Compared to Other Cities?

Spanish Lake, MO:	$700
Hazelwood, MO:	$2169
St. Paul, MO:	$120
Missouri:	$377
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $700 per resident each year in Spanish Lake, which is $442 more than the national average and $323 more than Missouri's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Spanish Lake:

In Hazelwood, MO, crime costs $2,169 per person, which is $1,469 more than in Spanish Lake.
In St. Paul, MO, crime costs $120 per person, which is $581 less than in Spanish Lake

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

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

Crime	Cost to Spanish Lake	Cost per Spanish Lake Resident
Murder	$9.26 million	$475
Rape/Sexual Assault	$988,829	$51
Robbery	$997,517	$51
Assault	$2.40 million	$123
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$13,652,152	$700

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Spanish Lake, 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 Spanish Lake totals $67,163,955 ($3,446 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $80,816,107 ($4,146 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Spanish Lake, 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 north 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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Spanish Lake Violent Crime Breakdown

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

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	4.291
Robbery	1.627
Rape	0.8367
Murder	0.2529
Total Violent Crime	7.007 (D-)

Individual Spanish Lake Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in Spanish Lake is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Spanish Lake.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Riverview, MO	F	F	F
Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO	F	D-	F
Black Jack, MO	F	D+	F
Moline Acres, MO	F	D-	F
Dellwood, MO	F	D	F
Jennings, MO	F	F	F
Ferguson, MO	F	F	F
Old Jamestown, MO	C-	B-	D+
Florissant, MO	F	F	F
Flordell Hills, MO	F	F	F

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Spanish Lake 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
Somerset, MA	B+	C+	C+
Dallas, NC	B-	B-	B-
Destin, FL	A-	B+	B+
Dillsburg, PA	A+	A+	A+
Douglas, AZ	D+	D	D
Dover, OH	B	B	B
Dumont, NJ	A-	A	A
Dunn, NC	D	D	D
East Falmouth, MA	A	B+	B+
Cypress Quarters, FL	A+	A	A

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

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