Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Maryland Heights, MO Crime Grade
How Maryland Heights 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Missouri
6/10
vs. Missouri cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Maryland Heights, MO was 228.9 per 100,000 residents (63 incidents over a population of 27,527). That puts Maryland Heights Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 46% below the Missouri statewide rate of 422.6.
That ranks Maryland Heights #2,256 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 40% of them, and #41 of 77 in Missouri. Violent crime is up 36% year over year and up 8% over the last five years.
Maryland Heights, MO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Missouri Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 228.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,256 of 3,771
- MO rank
- #41 of 77
- Safer than
- 40% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 36%
- 5-year change
- up 8%
- Population
- 27,527
- Reporting agency
- Maryland Heights Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Maryland Heights Police Department (FBI ORI MO0950H00) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Maryland Heights, MO
Also known as
- Maryland Heights Station
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. Maryland Heights (red), Missouri (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Maryland Heights 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 | 212.4(57) | 313.0(87) | 250.6(69) | 168.2(46) | 228.9(63) |
| Murder | 3.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 14.5(4) | 3.7(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 55.9(15) | 32.4(9) | 40.0(11) | 40.2(11) | 32.7(9) |
| Robbery | 29.8(8) | 43.2(12) | 40.0(11) | 14.6(4) | 21.8(6) |
| Aggravated assault | 123.0(33) | 237.5(66) | 156.2(43) | 109.7(30) | 174.4(48) |
| Property crime | 2809.3(754) | 2680.3(745) | 1834.4(505) | 1352.8(370) | 1104.4(304) |
| Burglary | 145.3(39) | 161.9(45) | 156.2(43) | 120.7(33) | 138.0(38) |
| Larceny | 2161.0(580) | 1842.1(512) | 1242.3(342) | 925.0(253) | 730.2(201) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 499.3(134) | 672.8(187) | 435.9(120) | 307.1(84) | 232.5(64) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Maryland Heights, 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 Maryland Heights 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 Maryland Heights calculated?
- Maryland Heights'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 Maryland Heights 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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