Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Liberty, MO Crime Grade
How Liberty 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Missouri
3/10
vs. Missouri cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Liberty, MO was 111.1 per 100,000 residents (35 incidents over a population of 31,506). That puts Liberty Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 74% below the Missouri statewide rate of 422.6.
That ranks Liberty #1,246 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 67% of them, and #23 of 77 in Missouri. Violent crime is down 30% year over year and down 40% over the last five years.
Liberty, MO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Missouri Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 111.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,246 of 3,771
- MO rank
- #23 of 77
- Safer than
- 67% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 30%
- 5-year change
- down 40%
- Population
- 31,506
- Reporting agency
- Liberty Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Liberty Police Department (FBI ORI MO0240600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Liberty, MO
Also known as
- White Hall Fields
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. Liberty (red), Missouri (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Liberty 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 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 183.7(59) | 78.8(24) | 154.5(48) | 158.1(49) | 111.1(35) |
| Murder | 3.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 3.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 24.9(8) | 39.4(12) | 35.4(11) | 38.7(12) | 15.9(5) |
| Robbery | 21.8(7) | 0.0(0) | 12.9(4) | 16.1(5) | 12.7(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 133.9(43) | 39.4(12) | 103.0(32) | 103.3(32) | 82.5(26) |
| Property crime | 1554.1(499) | 938.6(286) | 1915.7(595) | 1591.0(493) | 1155.3(364) |
| Burglary | 190.0(61) | 121.4(37) | 164.2(51) | 80.7(25) | 139.7(44) |
| Larceny | 1167.9(375) | 676.1(206) | 1522.9(473) | 1326.4(411) | 923.6(291) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 190.0(61) | 137.8(42) | 225.4(70) | 174.3(54) | 92.0(29) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Liberty, 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 Liberty 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 Liberty calculated?
- Liberty'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 Liberty 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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