Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Joplin, MO Crime Grade
How Joplin 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 Joplin, MO was 558.6 per 100,000 residents (302 incidents over a population of 54,063). That puts Joplin Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 32% above the Missouri statewide rate of 422.6.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Joplin (red), Missouri (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Joplin 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 | 541.5(276) | 492.4(256) | 491.7(260) | 588.4(315) | 558.6(302) |
| Murder | 11.8(6) | 15.4(8) | 3.8(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 102.0(52) | 90.4(47) | 75.6(40) | 99.0(53) | 133.2(72) |
| Robbery | 92.2(47) | 67.3(35) | 66.2(35) | 54.2(29) | 44.4(24) |
| Aggravated assault | 335.5(171) | 319.3(166) | 346.1(183) | 435.2(233) | 381.0(206) |
| Property crime | 6939.4(3,537) | 6199.4(3,223) | 5162.5(2,730) | 4580.4(2,452) | 3612.5(1,953) |
| Burglary | 1061.4(541) | 952.1(495) | 627.8(332) | 448.3(240) | 423.6(229) |
| Larceny | 5105.0(2,602) | 4491.3(2,335) | 3906.9(2,066) | 3644.5(1,951) | 2754.2(1,489) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 700.4(357) | 686.7(357) | 546.5(289) | 435.2(233) | 403.2(218) |
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: Joplin'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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