Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
St. Charles, MO Crime Grade
How St. Charles 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
5/10
vs. Missouri cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in St. Charles, MO was 182.5 per 100,000 residents (133 incidents over a population of 72,881). That puts St. Charles Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 57% below the Missouri statewide rate of 422.6.
That ranks St. Charles #1,910 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 49% of them, and #36 of 77 in Missouri. Violent crime is up 42% year over year and down 27% over the last five years.
St. Charles, MO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Missouri Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 182.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,910 of 3,771
- MO rank
- #36 of 77
- Safer than
- 49% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 42%
- 5-year change
- down 27%
- Population
- 72,881
- Reporting agency
- St. Charles Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by St. Charles Police Department (FBI ORI MO0920300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About St. Charles, MO
Also known as
- San Carlos del Misuri
- Las Pequenas Cuestas
- San Carlos del Missouri
- City of Saint Charles
- Le Village du Cote
- Petit Cotes
- Les Petites Cotes
- San Fernando
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. St. Charles (red), Missouri (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
St. Charles 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 | 251.6(182) | 194.2(138) | 184.9(132) | 128.9(93) | 182.5(133) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 1.4(1) | 2.8(2) | 4.2(3) | 4.1(3) |
| Rape | 31.8(23) | 23.9(17) | 25.2(18) | 18.0(13) | 15.1(11) |
| Robbery | 41.5(30) | 28.1(20) | 18.2(13) | 18.0(13) | 12.3(9) |
| Aggravated assault | 178.4(129) | 140.7(100) | 138.6(99) | 88.7(64) | 150.9(110) |
| Property crime | 1898.4(1,373) | 1776.9(1,263) | 990.1(707) | 902.4(651) | 816.4(595) |
| Burglary | 175.6(127) | 275.7(196) | 124.6(89) | 55.4(40) | 65.9(48) |
| Larceny | 1456.0(1,053) | 1256.3(893) | 707.2(505) | 713.9(515) | 650.4(474) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 262.7(190) | 240.6(171) | 155.4(111) | 130.3(94) | 91.9(67) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the St. Charles, 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 St. Charles 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 St. Charles calculated?
- St. Charles'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 St. Charles 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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