Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
West Plains, MO Crime Grade
How West Plains 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
6/10
vs. Missouri cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in West Plains, MO was 272.7 per 100,000 residents (35 incidents over a population of 12,834). That puts West Plains 16% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 35% below the Missouri statewide rate of 422.6.
That ranks West Plains #2,507 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 34% of them, and #46 of 77 in Missouri. Violent crime is down 25% year over year and down 56% over the last five years.
West Plains, MO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Missouri Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 272.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,507 of 3,771
- MO rank
- #46 of 77
- Safer than
- 34% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 25%
- 5-year change
- down 56%
- Population
- 12,834
- Reporting agency
- West Plains Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by West Plains Police Department (FBI ORI MO0460200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About West Plains, MO
Also known as
- Summers Addition
- Westplains
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. West Plains (red), Missouri (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
West Plains 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 | 620.1(77) | 440.7(54) | 519.7(66) | 361.2(46) | 272.7(35) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 8.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 161.1(20) | 97.9(12) | 70.9(9) | 86.4(11) | 39.0(5) |
| Robbery | 8.1(1) | 8.2(1) | 47.2(6) | 23.6(3) | 15.6(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 451.0(56) | 326.5(40) | 401.6(51) | 251.3(32) | 218.2(28) |
| Property crime | 3889.8(483) | 3321.9(407) | 2480.3(315) | 1837.6(234) | 1464.9(188) |
| Burglary | 555.7(69) | 440.7(54) | 299.2(38) | 188.5(24) | 249.3(32) |
| Larceny | 3012.0(374) | 2587.3(317) | 1937.0(246) | 1484.2(189) | 1106.4(142) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 322.1(40) | 293.8(36) | 236.2(30) | 149.2(19) | 109.1(14) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the West Plains, 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 West Plains 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 West Plains calculated?
- West Plains'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 West Plains 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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