Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO Crime Grade
How Bellefontaine Neighbors 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Missouri
10/10
vs. Missouri cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO was 716.4 per 100,000 residents (74 incidents over a population of 10,329). That puts Bellefontaine Neighbors 120% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 70% above the Missouri statewide rate of 422.6.
That ranks Bellefontaine Neighbors #3,535 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 6% of them, and #71 of 77 in Missouri. Violent crime is down 23% year over year and down 55% over the last five years.
Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Missouri Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 716.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,535 of 3,771
- MO rank
- #71 of 77
- Safer than
- 6% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 23%
- 5-year change
- down 55%
- Population
- 10,329
- Reporting agency
- Bellefontaine Neighbors Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Bellefontaine Neighbors Police Department (FBI ORI MO0950400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO
Also known as
- Bellfontaine Neighbors
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. Bellefontaine Neighbors (red), Missouri (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Bellefontaine Neighbors 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 | 1590.1(163) | 1225.8(129) | 1026.8(106) | 925.7(95) | 716.4(74) |
| Murder | 9.8(1) | 19.0(2) | 29.1(3) | 19.5(2) | 29.0(3) |
| Rape | 29.3(3) | 9.5(1) | 38.7(4) | 9.7(1) | 19.4(2) |
| Robbery | 165.8(17) | 133.0(14) | 48.4(5) | 58.5(6) | 58.1(6) |
| Aggravated assault | 1385.2(142) | 1064.2(112) | 910.6(94) | 838.0(86) | 609.9(63) |
| Property crime | 3072.9(315) | 3487.3(367) | 2906.1(300) | 2786.7(286) | 2710.8(280) |
| Burglary | 487.8(50) | 475.1(50) | 290.6(30) | 185.1(19) | 261.4(27) |
| Larceny | 1814.5(186) | 1615.4(170) | 1317.4(136) | 1812.3(186) | 1626.5(168) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 751.1(77) | 1377.8(145) | 1298.1(134) | 769.8(79) | 813.2(84) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Bellefontaine Neighbors, 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 Bellefontaine Neighbors 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 Bellefontaine Neighbors calculated?
- Bellefontaine Neighbors'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 Bellefontaine Neighbors 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.
Nearby cities in Missouri
Comparable Missouri cities by population.
Compare Bellefontaine Neighbors to other places
Want crime data for your application?
SpotCrime's Real-Time Crime Data API delivers incident-level data, not just aggregate grades. Used by family-safety apps, real-estate platforms, executive protection teams, and government agencies.