Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Independence, MO Crime Grade
How Independence 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Missouri
9/10
vs. Missouri cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Independence, MO was 552.2 per 100,000 residents (670 incidents over a population of 121,329). That puts Independence Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 31% above the Missouri statewide rate of 422.6.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Independence (red), Missouri (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Independence 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 | 627.8(733) | 546.8(663) | 234.4(282) | 586.2(705) | 552.2(670) |
| Murder | 6.9(8) | 9.9(12) | 11.6(14) | 9.1(11) | 5.8(7) |
| Rape | 127.6(149) | 106.4(129) | 44.0(53) | 102.3(123) | 99.7(121) |
| Robbery | 83.9(98) | 75.0(91) | 29.9(36) | 75.7(91) | 47.8(58) |
| Aggravated assault | 409.4(478) | 355.4(431) | 148.8(179) | 399.1(480) | 398.9(484) |
| Property crime | 4091.3(4,777) | 3406.0(4,130) | 1500.1(1,805) | 3582.7(4,309) | 2983.6(3,620) |
| Burglary | 392.3(458) | 378.5(459) | 206.9(249) | 421.5(507) | 380.0(461) |
| Larceny | 2780.0(3,246) | 2247.3(2,725) | 900.1(1,083) | 2326.4(2,798) | 2096.0(2,543) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 907.0(1,059) | 771.1(935) | 385.6(464) | 819.8(986) | 496.2(602) |
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: Independence'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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