Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Jefferson City, MO Crime Grade
How Jefferson City 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 Jefferson City, MO was 342.9 per 100,000 residents (146 incidents over a population of 42,573). That puts Jefferson City Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 19% below the Missouri statewide rate of 422.6.
That ranks Jefferson City #2,812 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 25% of them, and #56 of 77 in Missouri. Violent crime is roughly flat year over year and up 14% over the last five years.
Jefferson City, MO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Missouri Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 342.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,812 of 3,771
- MO rank
- #56 of 77
- Safer than
- 25% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- roughly flat
- 5-year change
- up 14%
- Population
- 42,573
- Reporting agency
- Jefferson City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Jefferson City Police Department (FBI ORI MO0260100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Jefferson City, MO
Also known as
- City of Jefferson
Location
Capital of State of Missouri. Legal name is City of Jefferson.
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. Jefferson City (red), Missouri (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Jefferson City 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 | 301.1(126) | 358.7(153) | 329.1(140) | 345.4(147) | 342.9(146) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 4.7(2) | 4.7(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 98.0(41) | 119.6(51) | 103.4(44) | 105.7(45) | 110.4(47) |
| Robbery | 31.1(13) | 16.4(7) | 44.7(19) | 30.5(13) | 18.8(8) |
| Aggravated assault | 172.0(72) | 218.0(93) | 176.3(75) | 209.1(89) | 213.8(91) |
| Property crime | 1808.8(757) | 1727.9(737) | 2085.3(887) | 2077.0(884) | 1799.3(766) |
| Burglary | 186.4(78) | 154.7(66) | 197.5(84) | 141.0(60) | 166.8(71) |
| Larceny | 1405.0(588) | 1282.4(547) | 1669.2(710) | 1802.1(767) | 1526.8(650) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 198.3(83) | 283.7(121) | 199.8(85) | 112.8(48) | 101.0(43) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Jefferson City, 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 Jefferson City 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 Jefferson City calculated?
- Jefferson City'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 Jefferson City 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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