Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Columbia, MO Crime Grade
How Columbia 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Missouri
8/10
vs. Missouri cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Columbia, MO was 356.6 per 100,000 residents (471 incidents over a population of 132,072). That puts Columbia Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 16% below the Missouri statewide rate of 422.6.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Columbia (red), Missouri (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Columbia 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 | 510.2(645) | 468.5(599) | 392.0(508) | 351.4(458) | 356.6(471) |
| Murder | 4.7(6) | 8.6(11) | 5.4(7) | 10.0(13) | 3.0(4) |
| Rape | 121.8(154) | 70.4(90) | 64.0(83) | 39.9(52) | 35.6(47) |
| Robbery | 40.3(51) | 50.8(65) | 33.2(43) | 39.9(52) | 32.6(43) |
| Aggravated assault | 343.3(434) | 338.6(433) | 289.3(375) | 261.6(341) | 285.5(377) |
| Property crime | 2514.7(3,179) | 2634.1(3,368) | 2547.8(3,302) | 2357.4(3,073) | 1885.3(2,490) |
| Burglary | 300.6(380) | 310.5(397) | 311.0(403) | 336.0(438) | 211.2(279) |
| Larceny | 1904.0(2,407) | 1945.8(2,488) | 1867.3(2,420) | 1617.1(2,108) | 1486.3(1,963) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 298.2(377) | 359.8(460) | 347.2(450) | 381.3(497) | 176.4(233) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Columbia's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Missouri cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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