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.
That ranks Joplin #3,368 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 11% of them, and #67 of 77 in Missouri. Violent crime is down 5% year over year and up 3% over the last five years.
Joplin, MO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Missouri Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 558.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,368 of 3,771
- MO rank
- #67 of 77
- Safer than
- 11% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 5%
- 5-year change
- up 3%
- Population
- 54,063
- Reporting agency
- Joplin Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Joplin Police Department (FBI ORI MO0490700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Joplin, MO
Also known as
- Union City
History
Former incorporated Town of Sunnyvale merged with Joplin on January 1, 1987. Named from Joplin Creek, which was named for Rev. H. G. Joplin, who lived on its banks.
Location
2.7 km (1.7 mi) SW of Oakland Park and 9.7 km (6 mi) W of Atlas.
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. 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
- What is the source of the Joplin, 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 Joplin 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 Joplin calculated?
- Joplin'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 Joplin 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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