Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Gladstone, MO Crime Grade
How Gladstone 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
7/10
vs. Missouri cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Gladstone, MO was 324.9 per 100,000 residents (90 incidents over a population of 27,699). That puts Gladstone Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 23% below the Missouri statewide rate of 422.6.
That ranks Gladstone #2,747 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 27% of them, and #53 of 77 in Missouri. Violent crime is down 14% year over year and up 3% over the last five years.
Gladstone, MO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Missouri Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 324.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,747 of 3,771
- MO rank
- #53 of 77
- Safer than
- 27% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 14%
- 5-year change
- up 3%
- Population
- 27,699
- Reporting agency
- Gladstone Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Gladstone Police Department (FBI ORI MO0240400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Gladstone, MO
Also known as
- Evanston
- Linden
- Thomas Heights
Location
Evanston, Linden and Thomas Heights were absorbed by Gladstone.
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. Gladstone (red), Missouri (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Gladstone 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 | 315.4(88) | 319.1(86) | 343.2(92) | 379.5(104) | 324.9(90) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 3.6(1) |
| Rape | 25.1(7) | 48.2(13) | 63.4(17) | 73.0(20) | 61.4(17) |
| Robbery | 25.1(7) | 37.1(10) | 22.4(6) | 40.1(11) | 46.9(13) |
| Aggravated assault | 265.2(74) | 233.7(63) | 257.4(69) | 266.4(73) | 213.0(59) |
| Property crime | 2035.5(568) | 2741.8(739) | 2048.0(549) | 1700.5(466) | 1440.5(399) |
| Burglary | 229.3(64) | 274.6(74) | 179.1(48) | 160.6(44) | 144.4(40) |
| Larceny | 1422.7(397) | 1951.5(526) | 1507.1(404) | 1156.8(317) | 1021.7(283) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 369.1(103) | 512.0(138) | 361.8(97) | 383.2(105) | 267.2(74) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Gladstone, 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 Gladstone 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 Gladstone calculated?
- Gladstone'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 Gladstone 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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