Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Wentzville, MO Crime Grade
How Wentzville 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Missouri
4/10
vs. Missouri cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Wentzville, MO was 139.3 per 100,000 residents (69 incidents over a population of 49,528). That puts Wentzville Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 67% below the Missouri statewide rate of 422.6.
That ranks Wentzville #1,526 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 60% of them, and #29 of 77 in Missouri. Violent crime is up 27% year over year and down 43% over the last five years.
Wentzville, MO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Missouri Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 139.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,526 of 3,771
- MO rank
- #29 of 77
- Safer than
- 60% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 27%
- 5-year change
- down 43%
- Population
- 49,528
- Reporting agency
- Wentzville Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Wentzville Police Department (FBI ORI MO0920500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Wentzville (red), Missouri (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Wentzville 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 | 243.3(109) | 232.5(107) | 206.7(100) | 109.6(53) | 139.3(69) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.1(2) | 2.1(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 29.0(13) | 36.9(17) | 20.7(10) | 6.2(3) | 18.2(9) |
| Robbery | 11.2(5) | 10.9(5) | 8.3(4) | 2.1(1) | 14.1(7) |
| Aggravated assault | 203.2(91) | 184.7(85) | 173.6(84) | 99.2(48) | 107.0(53) |
| Property crime | 1015.8(455) | 1245.2(573) | 1004.5(486) | 750.4(363) | 739.0(366) |
| Burglary | 44.6(20) | 73.9(34) | 49.6(24) | 43.4(21) | 20.2(10) |
| Larceny | 884.1(396) | 1086.5(500) | 866.0(419) | 647.0(313) | 660.2(327) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 87.1(39) | 84.7(39) | 86.8(42) | 57.9(28) | 56.5(28) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Wentzville, 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 Wentzville 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 Wentzville calculated?
- Wentzville'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 Wentzville 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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