Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fulton, MO Crime Grade
How Fulton 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Missouri
1/10
vs. Missouri cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Fulton, MO was 39.8 per 100,000 residents (5 incidents over a population of 12,564). That puts Fulton 88% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 91% below the Missouri statewide rate of 422.6.
That ranks Fulton #358 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 91% of them, and #2 of 77 in Missouri. Violent crime is down 79% year over year and down 87% over the last five years.
Fulton, MO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Missouri Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 39.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #358 of 3,771
- MO rank
- #2 of 77
- Safer than
- 91% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 79%
- 5-year change
- down 87%
- Population
- 12,564
- Reporting agency
- Fulton Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fulton Police Department (FBI ORI MO0140300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Fulton, MO
Also known as
- Volney
History
This town was originally named Volney after a French author and infidel. It was changed to Fulton in honor of Robert Fulton who built the first steamboat.
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. Fulton (red), Missouri (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fulton 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 | 311.3(39) | 203.3(26) | 101.8(13) | 193.1(24) | 39.8(5) |
| Murder | 8.0(1) | 7.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 16.0(2) | 15.6(2) | 15.7(2) | 16.1(2) | 8.0(1) |
| Robbery | 31.9(4) | 7.8(1) | 7.8(1) | 16.1(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 255.4(32) | 172.0(22) | 78.3(10) | 160.9(20) | 31.8(4) |
| Property crime | 2785.3(349) | 1930.9(247) | 1002.7(128) | 1110.1(138) | 350.2(44) |
| Burglary | 391.1(49) | 250.2(32) | 125.3(16) | 120.7(15) | 15.9(2) |
| Larceny | 2234.6(280) | 1516.6(194) | 783.3(100) | 852.7(106) | 294.5(37) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 143.7(18) | 156.3(20) | 94.0(12) | 112.6(14) | 39.8(5) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fulton, 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 Fulton 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 Fulton calculated?
- Fulton'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 Fulton 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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