Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Hannibal, MO Crime Grade
How Hannibal 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Missouri
6/10
vs. Missouri cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Hannibal, MO was 280.7 per 100,000 residents (47 incidents over a population of 16,744). That puts Hannibal 14% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 34% below the Missouri statewide rate of 422.6.
That ranks Hannibal #2,543 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 33% of them, and #47 of 77 in Missouri. Violent crime is down 23% year over year and down 33% over the last five years.
Hannibal, MO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Missouri Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 280.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,543 of 3,771
- MO rank
- #47 of 77
- Safer than
- 33% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 23%
- 5-year change
- down 33%
- Population
- 16,744
- Reporting agency
- Hannibal Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Hannibal Police Department (FBI ORI MO0640100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Hannibal, MO
Also known as
- Stavelys Landing
- South Hannibal
- North Hannibal
- Staveley's Landing
History
This community was settled approximately 1817 and originally called Staveley's Landing, or Stavelys Landing. It is best known as the home of Mark Twain. (MO-T109/p354)
Location
Located along the Mississippi River in southeastern Marion County. This city is bounded on the north by Holliday Hill, on the south by Lovers Leap. The city is bisected by Bear Creek and Ides Hill which divides the area into sections: North Hannibal and South Hannibal. (MO-T109/p354)
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. Hannibal (red), Missouri (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Hannibal 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 | 418.8(72) | 475.7(81) | 337.9(57) | 363.9(61) | 280.7(47) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 11.7(2) | 5.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 6.0(1) |
| Rape | 52.3(9) | 35.2(6) | 29.6(5) | 35.8(6) | 11.9(2) |
| Robbery | 40.7(7) | 35.2(6) | 23.7(4) | 6.0(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 325.7(56) | 393.5(67) | 278.6(47) | 322.2(54) | 262.8(44) |
| Property crime | 4111.9(707) | 3400.3(579) | 2750.4(464) | 2428.1(407) | 1642.4(275) |
| Burglary | 581.6(100) | 375.9(64) | 254.9(43) | 167.0(28) | 226.9(38) |
| Larceny | 3105.7(534) | 2625.1(447) | 2371.1(400) | 2106.0(353) | 1307.9(219) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 354.8(61) | 358.2(61) | 83.0(14) | 125.3(21) | 65.7(11) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Hannibal, 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 Hannibal 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 Hannibal calculated?
- Hannibal'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 Hannibal 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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