Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Ballwin, MO Crime Grade
How Ballwin grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Missouri — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Missouri
1/10
vs. Missouri cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Ballwin, MO was 51.8 per 100,000 residents (16 incidents over a population of 30,881). That puts Ballwin Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 88% below the Missouri statewide rate of 422.6.
That ranks Ballwin #528 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 86% of them, and #4 of 77 in Missouri. Violent crime is down 8% year over year and down 3% over the last five years.
Ballwin, MO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Missouri Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 51.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #528 of 3,771
- MO rank
- #4 of 77
- Safer than
- 86% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 8%
- 5-year change
- down 3%
- Population
- 30,881
- Reporting agency
- Ballwin Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Ballwin Police Department (FBI ORI MO0950200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Ballwin, MO
Also known as
- Baldwin
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Ballwin (red), Missouri (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Ballwin vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 53.2(16) | 29.4(9) | 72.5(22) | 56.3(17) | 51.8(16) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 3.3(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 6.7(2) | 3.3(1) | 3.3(1) | 6.6(2) | 6.5(2) |
| Robbery | 10.0(3) | 0.0(0) | 6.6(2) | 6.6(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 36.6(11) | 26.1(8) | 62.6(19) | 39.8(12) | 45.3(14) |
| Property crime | 588.8(177) | 666.0(204) | 625.7(190) | 483.9(146) | 437.2(135) |
| Burglary | 36.6(11) | 58.8(18) | 36.2(11) | 43.1(13) | 19.4(6) |
| Larceny | 465.7(140) | 509.3(156) | 477.5(145) | 417.6(126) | 375.6(116) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 83.2(25) | 88.1(27) | 112.0(34) | 23.2(7) | 38.9(12) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Ballwin, MO Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Ballwin Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Ballwin calculated?
- Ballwin's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Missouri state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Missouri cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Ballwin Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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