Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Moberly, MO Crime Grade
How Moberly 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Missouri
6/10
vs. Missouri cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Moberly, MO was 249.9 per 100,000 residents (33 incidents over a population of 13,206). That puts Moberly 31% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 47% below the Missouri statewide rate of 471.5.
That ranks Moberly #2,375 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 37% of them, and #43 of 77 in Missouri. Violent crime is down 25% year over year and down 59% over the last five years.
Moberly, MO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Missouri Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 249.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,375 of 3,771
- MO rank
- #43 of 77
- Safer than
- 37% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 25%
- 5-year change
- down 59%
- Population
- 13,206
- Reporting agency
- Moberly Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Moberly Police Department (FBI ORI MO0880300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Moberly, MO
Also known as
- Magic City
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. Moberly (red), Missouri (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Moberly vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 612.1(83) | 393.8(53) | 257.2(36) | 331.6(46) | 249.9(33) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 7.4(1) | 7.1(1) | 14.4(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 22.1(3) | 59.4(8) | 14.3(2) | 21.6(3) | 45.4(6) |
| Robbery | 7.4(1) | 22.3(3) | 14.3(2) | 28.8(4) | 7.6(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 582.6(79) | 304.6(41) | 221.5(31) | 266.7(37) | 196.9(26) |
| Property crime | 2035.5(276) | 1887.2(254) | 1585.9(222) | 1528.1(212) | 1037.4(137) |
| Burglary | 494.1(67) | 438.4(59) | 242.9(34) | 317.2(44) | 212.0(28) |
| Larceny | 1452.9(197) | 1270.5(171) | 1193.0(167) | 1095.7(152) | 742.1(98) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 81.1(11) | 163.5(22) | 121.4(17) | 100.9(14) | 68.2(9) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Moberly, 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 Moberly 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 Moberly calculated?
- Moberly'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 Moberly 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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