Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Raytown, MO Crime Grade
How Raytown 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Missouri
9/10
vs. Missouri cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Raytown, MO was 660.5 per 100,000 residents (192 incidents over a population of 29,071). That puts Raytown Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 56% above the Missouri statewide rate of 422.6.
That ranks Raytown #3,483 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 8% of them, and #70 of 77 in Missouri. Violent crime is down 23% year over year and down 8% over the last five years.
Raytown, MO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Missouri Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 660.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,483 of 3,771
- MO rank
- #70 of 77
- Safer than
- 8% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 23%
- 5-year change
- down 8%
- Population
- 29,071
- Reporting agency
- Raytown Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Raytown Police Department (FBI ORI MO0481000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Raytown, MO
Also known as
- Ray
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. Raytown (red), Missouri (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Raytown 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 | 716.8(206) | 592.0(173) | 807.0(234) | 860.6(248) | 660.5(192) |
| Murder | 27.8(8) | 20.5(6) | 20.7(6) | 10.4(3) | 3.4(1) |
| Rape | 62.6(18) | 34.2(10) | 48.3(14) | 69.4(20) | 48.2(14) |
| Robbery | 104.4(30) | 130.0(38) | 172.4(50) | 156.2(45) | 99.8(29) |
| Aggravated assault | 522.0(150) | 407.2(119) | 565.6(164) | 624.6(180) | 509.1(148) |
| Property crime | 3107.5(893) | 3798.2(1,110) | 3907.3(1,133) | 3782.5(1,090) | 2789.7(811) |
| Burglary | 466.3(134) | 472.2(138) | 506.9(147) | 551.8(159) | 423.1(123) |
| Larceny | 2011.3(578) | 2429.5(710) | 2176.1(631) | 2144.6(618) | 1627.1(473) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 605.5(174) | 889.7(260) | 1213.9(352) | 1065.3(307) | 722.4(210) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Raytown, 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 Raytown 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 Raytown calculated?
- Raytown'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 Raytown 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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