Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
St. Louis, MO Crime Grade
How St. Louis 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
10/10
vs. Missouri cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in St. Louis, MO was 1224.1 per 100,000 residents (3,364 incidents over a population of 274,819). That puts St. Louis Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 190% above the Missouri statewide rate of 422.6.
That ranks St. Louis #3,726 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 1% of them, and #76 of 77 in Missouri. Violent crime is down 11% year over year and down 25% over the last five years.
St. Louis, MO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Missouri Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 1224.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,726 of 3,771
- MO rank
- #76 of 77
- Safer than
- 1% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 11%
- 5-year change
- down 25%
- Population
- 274,819
- Reporting agency
- St. Louis Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by St. Louis Police Department (FBI ORI MOSPD0000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About St. Louis, MO
Also known as
- Lacledes Village
- City of Saint Louis
- Mound City
- Pancore
- Pain Court
- Saint Lewis
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. Louis (red), Missouri (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
St. Louis 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 | 1640.4(4,848) | 1502.5(4,298) | 1457.3(4,082) | 1371.5(3,803) | 1224.1(3,364) |
| Murder | 68.7(203) | 70.3(201) | 57.1(160) | 54.5(151) | 51.3(141) |
| Rape | 65.6(194) | 60.5(173) | 77.5(217) | 64.2(178) | 40.0(110) |
| Robbery | 300.5(888) | 283.2(810) | 260.6(730) | 249.2(691) | 212.9(585) |
| Aggravated assault | 1205.6(3,563) | 1088.6(3,114) | 1062.1(2,975) | 1003.6(2,783) | 919.9(2,528) |
| Property crime | 6109.9(18,057) | 7371.4(21,086) | 6476.8(18,142) | 5795.3(16,070) | 5029.5(13,822) |
| Burglary | 730.9(2,160) | 814.2(2,329) | 763.6(2,139) | 829.4(2,300) | 682.3(1,875) |
| Larceny | 4035.0(11,925) | 3940.2(11,271) | 3457.2(9,684) | 3449.0(9,564) | 3133.7(8,612) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1285.5(3,799) | 2567.0(7,343) | 2218.8(6,215) | 1483.3(4,113) | 1184.8(3,256) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the St. Louis, 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. Louis 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. Louis calculated?
- St. Louis'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. Louis 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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