Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Washington, MO Crime Grade
How Washington 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
7/10
vs. Missouri cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Washington, MO was 292.4 per 100,000 residents (46 incidents over a population of 15,734). That puts Washington 10% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 31% below the Missouri statewide rate of 422.6.
That ranks Washington #2,615 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 31% of them, and #49 of 77 in Missouri. Violent crime is up 15% year over year and down 37% over the last five years.
Washington, MO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Missouri Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 292.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,615 of 3,771
- MO rank
- #49 of 77
- Safer than
- 31% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 15%
- 5-year change
- down 37%
- Population
- 15,734
- Reporting agency
- Washington Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Washington Police Department (FBI ORI MO0360800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Washington, MO
Also known as
- Washington Landing
- Owensville
- New Washington
- Goosetown
- Bassora
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. Washington (red), Missouri (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Washington 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 | 462.5(66) | 171.3(26) | 294.8(45) | 254.7(40) | 292.4(46) |
| Murder | 14.0(2) | 0.0(0) | 6.6(1) | 6.4(1) | 6.4(1) |
| Rape | 70.1(10) | 32.9(5) | 45.9(7) | 44.6(7) | 25.4(4) |
| Robbery | 35.0(5) | 0.0(0) | 13.1(2) | 6.4(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 343.4(49) | 138.4(21) | 229.3(35) | 197.4(31) | 260.6(41) |
| Property crime | 2740.0(391) | 2293.2(348) | 1742.5(266) | 1305.2(205) | 1271.1(200) |
| Burglary | 133.1(19) | 164.7(25) | 98.3(15) | 95.5(15) | 31.8(5) |
| Larceny | 2389.6(341) | 1983.5(301) | 1532.9(234) | 1095.1(172) | 1169.4(184) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 189.2(27) | 145.0(22) | 91.7(14) | 95.5(15) | 50.8(8) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Washington, 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 Washington 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 Washington calculated?
- Washington'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 Washington 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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