What is the safest city in Missouri?

Based on 2024 FBI data, Palmyra is the safest city in Missouri with a violent crime rate of 0.0 per 100,000 residents.

What is the most dangerous city in Missouri?

Velda City has the highest violent crime rate in Missouri at 6310.7 per 100,000 residents in 2024.

How many cities in Missouri report crime data?

313 cities in Missouri reported crime data to the FBI in 2024.

Safest Cities in Missouri (2024)

Ranked by violent crime rate per 100,000 residents from 2024 FBI data. Missouri has 313 cities reporting crime data, with a statewide violent crime rate of 462.0 per 100K.

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Cities Tracked

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Safest City Rate

178.5

Median City Rate

6310.7

Highest Rate

Top 25 Safest Cities in Missouri

#	City	Population	Property Rate	Grade
1	Palmyra	3,594	1140.8	A+
2	Oronogo	3,014	199.1	A+
3	Knob Noster	2,928	136.6	A+
4	Canton	2,724	440.5	A+
5	Lake Lotawana	2,586	889.4	A+
6	Concordia	2,336	342.5	A+
7	Warson Woods	1,970	456.9	A+
8	Weston	1,829	1202.8	A+
9	Lake Winnebago	1,809	221.1	A+
10	Ironton	1,441	555.2	A+
11	Sarcoxie	1,381	144.8	A+
12	Goodman	1,311	0.0	A+
13	Reeds Spring	1,278	0.0	A+
14	Rich Hill	1,249	800.6	A+
15	Billings	1,207	497.1	A+
16	Cole Camp	1,189	168.2	A+
17	Wellsville	1,012	1087.0	A+
18	Humansville	947	105.6	A+
19	Oregon	837	0.0	A+
20	Waverly	804	0.0	A+
21	Fordland	800	2000.0	A+
22	Lake Tapawingo	771	518.8	A+
23	Hawk Point	752	0.0	A+
24	Exeter	744	0.0	A+
25	Orrick	735	408.2	A+

Most Dangerous Cities in Missouri

#	City	Population	Violent Rate	Murder Rate	Grade
1	Velda City	1,236	6310.7	80.9	F
2	Berkeley	7,970	2534.5	100.4	F
3	Riverview	2,306	1864.7	216.8	F
4	Pagedale	2,491	1806.5	120.4	F
5	Vinita Park	8,727	1718.8	68.8	F
6	Country Club Hills	987	1621.1	0.0	F
7	Kansas City	511,535	1547.1	27.6	F
8	St. Louis	277,294	1367.1	54.1	F
9	Butler	4,268	1359.0	0.0	F
10	Caruthersville	5,129	1228.3	19.5	F
11	Springfield	170,527	1178.1	5.9	F
12	Moline Acres	2,077	1155.5	96.3	F
13	Jonesburg	788	1142.1	0.0	F
14	Sikeston	16,026	1029.6	0.0	F
15	Bellefontaine Neighbors	10,263	945.1	19.5	F

All 313 Cities in Missouri

Complete list ranked from safest to most dangerous.

Show all 313 cities

#	City	Pop.	Violent Rate	Grade
1	Palmyra	3,594	0.0	A+
2	Oronogo	3,014	0.0	A+
3	Knob Noster	2,928	0.0	A+
4	Canton	2,724	0.0	A+
5	Lake Lotawana	2,586	0.0	A+
6	Concordia	2,336	0.0	A+
7	Warson Woods	1,970	0.0	A+
8	Weston	1,829	0.0	A+
9	Lake Winnebago	1,809	0.0	A+
10	Ironton	1,441	0.0	A+
11	Sarcoxie	1,381	0.0	A+
12	Goodman	1,311	0.0	A+
13	Reeds Spring	1,278	0.0	A+
14	Rich Hill	1,249	0.0	A+
15	Billings	1,207	0.0	A+
16	Cole Camp	1,189	0.0	A+
17	Wellsville	1,012	0.0	A+
18	Humansville	947	0.0	A+
19	Oregon	837	0.0	A+
20	Waverly	804	0.0	A+
21	Fordland	800	0.0	A+
22	Lake Tapawingo	771	0.0	A+
23	Hawk Point	752	0.0	A+
24	Exeter	744	0.0	A+
25	Orrick	735	0.0	A+
26	Gideon	729	0.0	A+
27	Iberia	728	0.0	A+
28	Perry	689	0.0	A
29	Wheaton	679	0.0	A
30	Pilot Knob	661	0.0	A
31	Foristell	639	0.0	A
32	Walnut Grove	637	0.0	A
33	Arcadia	605	0.0	A
34	Hardin	556	0.0	A
35	Center	539	0.0	A
36	Sunrise Beach	530	0.0	A
37	Hornersville	505	0.0	A
38	Corder	425	0.0	A
39	Washburn	414	0.0	A
40	Platte Woods	393	0.0	A
41	Alma	391	0.0	A
42	Oakview Village	361	0.0	A
43	Tracy	323	0.0	A
44	East Lynne	290	0.0	A
45	Prairie Home	263	0.0	A
46	Linn Creek	224	0.0	A
47	Napoleon	208	0.0	A
48	Emma	203	0.0	A
49	Marquand	187	0.0	A
50	Kimmswick	135	0.0	A
51	Cottleville	6,164	16.2	A
52	Glendale	6,011	16.6	A
53	Higginsville	4,722	21.2	A
54	Mount Vernon	4,592	21.8	A
55	Town and Country	11,523	26.0	A
56	Ava	3,247	30.8	A
57	Warrenton	9,556	31.4	A
58	Poplar Bluff	16,108	37.2	A
59	Kimberling City	2,410	41.5	B+
60	Centralia	4,785	41.8	B+
61	Olivette	8,961	44.6	B+
62	Manchester	17,912	44.7	B+
63	Bowling Green	4,460	44.8	B+
64	Ladue	8,847	45.2	B+
65	Nixa	26,094	46.0	B+
66	Marionville	2,095	47.7	B+
67	Frontenac	4,068	49.2	B+
68	Seymour	1,930	51.8	B+
69	Odessa	5,648	53.1	B+
70	Bernie	1,827	54.7	B+
71	Ballwin	30,171	56.3	B+
72	Lake St. Louis	19,334	56.9	B+
73	O'Fallon	94,911	59.0	B+
74	Garden City	1,562	64.0	B+
75	Oak Grove	9,157	65.5	B+
76	Bourbon	1,518	65.9	B+
77	Des Peres	9,070	66.2	B+
78	Campbell	1,501	66.6	B+
79	Licking	2,984	67.0	B+
80	Rogersville	5,559	72.0	B
81	Pleasant Valley	2,718	73.6	B
82	Gerald	1,351	74.0	B
83	Sunset Hills	8,995	77.8	B
84	Lawson	2,521	79.3	B
85	La Plata	1,236	80.9	B
86	Ozark	23,432	81.1	B
87	Rock Port	1,233	81.1	B
88	Greenwood	6,156	81.2	B
89	Jackson	15,842	82.1	B
90	Willow Springs	2,231	89.6	B
91	Lamar	4,314	92.7	B
92	Weatherby Lake	2,110	94.8	B
93	Marceline	2,105	95.0	B
94	Granby	2,089	95.7	B
95	Chesterfield	48,907	96.1	B
96	Mound City	1,017	98.3	B
97	Crestwood	12,103	99.1	B
98	Sparta	1,970	101.5	B
99	Clayton	17,501	102.9	B
100	Pleasant Hill	8,641	104.2	B
101	Thayer	1,906	104.9	B
102	Arnold	20,837	105.6	B
103	Crystal City	4,698	106.4	C+
104	Holts Summit	5,493	109.2	C+
105	Wentzville	48,377	109.6	C+
106	Seligman	906	110.4	C+
107	Versailles	2,674	112.2	C+
108	Milan	1,740	114.9	C+
109	Parkville	9,377	117.3	C+
110	Savannah	5,078	118.2	C+
111	Ste. Genevieve	5,051	118.8	C+
112	Webster Groves	23,271	120.3	C+
113	Duquesne	2,450	122.4	C+
114	Desloge	4,883	122.9	C+
115	Brookfield	4,063	123.1	C+
116	Republic	20,578	126.3	C+
117	Monett	10,133	128.3	C+
118	Eureka	13,566	132.7	C+
119	Lakeshire	1,501	133.2	C+
120	St. Charles	72,143	134.5	C+
121	Marshfield	7,967	138.1	C+
122	Linn	1,438	139.1	C+
123	Steelville	1,435	139.4	C+
124	Marshall	13,591	139.8	C+
125	Bertrand	704	142.0	C+
126	Ellisville	9,742	143.7	C+
127	Peculiar	6,253	143.9	C+
128	Troy	15,240	144.4	C+
129	Platte City	4,846	144.4	C+
130	Wright City	5,529	144.7	C+
131	Marble Hill	1,373	145.7	C+
132	Park Hills	8,812	147.5	C
133	Bel-Nor	1,353	147.8	C
134	Raymore	26,124	149.3	C
135	Lee's Summit	105,053	149.4	C
136	Brentwood	8,021	149.6	C
137	Advance	1,331	150.3	C
138	Viburnum	657	152.2	C
139	Louisiana	3,262	153.3	C
140	Archie	1,259	158.9	C
141	Battlefield	6,285	159.1	C
142	Creve Coeur	18,340	163.6	C
143	Lincoln	1,220	163.9	C
144	Lone Jack	1,821	164.7	C
145	Moscow Mills	4,236	165.3	C
146	Holcomb	603	165.8	C
147	Indian Point	598	167.2	C
148	Maryland Heights	27,351	168.2	C
149	Adrian	1,763	170.2	C
150	Carthage	15,549	173.6	C
151	Bolivar	11,523	173.6	C
152	Bloomfield	1,728	173.6	C
153	East Prairie	2,848	175.6	C
154	Maryville	10,208	176.3	C
155	Grain Valley	16,930	177.2	C
156	Shrewsbury	6,192	177.6	C
157	Lake Ozark	2,241	178.5	C
158	Noel	2,195	182.2	C
159	Festus	13,693	182.6	C
160	Pacific	7,647	183.1	C
161	Smithville	10,888	183.7	C
162	Laurie	1,085	184.3	C
163	Salem	4,736	190.0	C
164	Auxvasse	1,017	196.7	C
165	Ashland	5,076	197.0	C
166	Willard	6,573	197.8	D+
167	Fredericktown	4,547	197.9	D+
168	Hillsboro	3,506	199.7	D+
169	Herculaneum	5,436	202.4	D+
170	Liberty	30,986	203.3	D+
171	Bethany	2,928	204.9	D+
172	St. Peters	59,993	206.7	D+
173	Galena	483	207.0	D+
174	Fulton	12,431	209.2	D+
175	Kearney	11,267	213.0	D+
176	Kirkwood	29,082	213.2	D+
177	Carterville	1,852	216.0	D+
178	Holden	2,294	218.0	D+
179	Lexington	4,561	219.3	D+
180	Crocker	912	219.3	D+
181	Camdenton	4,088	220.2	D+
182	Lathrop	2,261	221.1	D+
183	Doniphan	1,808	221.2	D+
184	Webb City	13,406	223.8	D+
185	Mansfield	1,315	228.1	D+
186	Hermann	2,187	228.6	D+
187	Mountain View	2,608	230.1	D+
188	Carrollton	3,471	230.5	D+
189	Pevely	6,069	230.7	D+
190	Bonne Terre	6,413	233.9	D+
191	Woodson Terrace	3,845	234.1	D+
192	Hollister	4,693	234.4	D+
193	Blue Springs	61,096	235.7	D+
194	Macon	5,509	236.0	D+
195	Bismarck	1,245	241.0	D+
196	Cabool	2,052	243.7	D+
197	Forsyth	2,799	250.1	D+
198	Warsaw	2,367	253.5	D+
199	Strafford	2,751	254.5	D+
200	Washington	15,707	254.7	D+
201	St. Robert	5,453	256.7	D+
202	Van Buren	765	261.4	D+
203	Osage Beach	4,911	264.7	D+
204	Carl Junction	8,446	272.3	D
205	Neosho	13,581	272.4	D
206	Mountain Grove	4,759	273.2	D
207	Boonville	7,848	280.3	D
208	Trenton	5,635	283.9	D
209	Owensville	2,792	286.5	D
210	Buffalo	3,477	287.6	D
211	Dexter	7,856	292.8	D
212	Perryville	8,489	294.5	D
213	Portageville	2,713	294.9	D
214	University City	33,799	298.8	D
215	Scott City	4,350	298.9	D
216	Eldon	4,663	300.2	D
217	Warrensburg	19,785	313.4	D
218	Cuba	3,156	316.9	D
219	Moberly	13,206	318.0	D
220	Richmond	5,942	319.8	D
221	Farmington	18,574	323.0	D
222	Excelsior Springs	10,621	329.5	D
223	St. James	3,898	333.5	D
224	Jefferson City	42,561	333.6	D
225	Belton	26,058	333.9	D
226	Florissant	50,695	341.3	D
227	Lake Lafayette	289	346.0	D
228	Chillicothe	9,215	347.3	D
229	Columbia	130,354	347.5	D
230	Buckner	2,855	350.3	D
231	Hannibal	16,762	358.0	D
232	Pineville	837	358.4	D
233	El Dorado Springs	3,626	358.5	D
234	West Plains	12,734	361.2	D
235	St. Clair	4,689	362.6	D
236	Northwoods	3,832	365.3	D
237	Rolla	20,591	373.9	F
238	Gladstone	27,404	375.9	F
239	Sweet Springs	1,307	382.6	F
240	Shelbina	1,554	386.1	F
241	Union	13,209	393.7	F
242	Potosi	2,539	393.9	F
243	Aurora	7,513	399.3	F
244	Richmond Heights	8,987	400.6	F
245	Richland	1,737	403.0	F
246	St. Ann	12,547	406.5	F
247	Greenfield	1,227	407.5	F
248	Sugar Creek	3,171	410.0	F
249	Cameron	6,827	410.1	F
250	Rock Hill	4,618	411.4	F
251	Lebanon	15,567	417.5	F
252	Kirksville	17,472	417.8	F
253	Bates City	229	436.7	F
254	Waynesville	5,463	439.3	F
255	Claycomo	1,357	442.2	F
256	Fair Play	446	448.4	F
257	New Madrid	2,576	465.8	F
258	Ash Grove	1,501	466.4	F
259	Liberal	639	469.5	F
260	Steele	1,681	475.9	F
261	Branson	12,982	477.6	F
262	Edmundson	837	477.9	F
263	Hazelwood	24,678	490.3	F
264	Byrnes Mill	3,188	501.9	F
265	Seneca	2,312	519.0	F
266	Overland	15,358	527.4	F
267	De Soto	6,509	537.7	F
268	Nevada	8,277	543.7	F
269	Sedalia	22,201	545.0	F
270	Harrisonville	9,762	553.2	F
271	Joplin	53,533	560.4	F
272	Kennett	9,996	570.2	F
273	Independence	120,271	571.2	F
274	Malden	3,468	576.7	F
275	Houston	2,221	585.3	F
276	Sullivan	6,800	588.2	F
277	Hillsdale	1,171	597.8	F
278	Branson West	501	598.8	F
279	St. John	6,405	608.9	F
280	Riverside	4,563	613.6	F
281	Cape Girardeau	40,753	623.3	F
282	Calverton Park	1,120	625.0	F
283	Bridgeton	11,206	651.4	F
284	Maplewood	7,971	652.4	F
285	Grandview	25,200	674.6	F
286	Winfield	1,629	675.3	F
287	Northmoor	292	684.9	F
288	North Kansas City	5,920	709.5	F
289	Ferguson	17,835	712.1	F
290	Breckenridge Hills	4,322	717.3	F
291	St. Joseph	70,139	728.6	F
292	Clinton	9,486	737.9	F
293	Normandy	8,593	779.7	F
294	Matthews	498	803.2	F
295	Winona	991	807.3	F
296	Charleston	4,447	809.5	F
297	Piedmont	1,852	863.9	F
298	Raytown	28,817	864.1	F
299	Bellefontaine Neighbors	10,263	945.1	F
300	Sikeston	16,026	1029.6	F
301	Jonesburg	788	1142.1	F
302	Moline Acres	2,077	1155.5	F
303	Springfield	170,527	1178.1	F
304	Caruthersville	5,129	1228.3	F
305	Butler	4,268	1359.0	F
306	St. Louis	277,294	1367.1	F
307	Kansas City	511,535	1547.1	F
308	Country Club Hills	987	1621.1	F
309	Vinita Park	8,727	1718.8	F
310	Pagedale	2,491	1806.5	F
311	Riverview	2,306	1864.7	F
312	Berkeley	7,970	2534.5	F
313	Velda City	1,236	6310.7	F

About This Data

Crime rates are from the FBI's 2024 Uniform Crime Report, the most recent data available. Rates are per 100,000 residents. Safety grades are based on national percentile ranking — an "A" means the city is safer than 80%+ of all US cities in our database.

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