Crime Grade · Missouri

Most Dangerous Cities in Missouri

77 reporting Missouri cities ranked from highest violent crime rate down, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 228.0 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Kansas City	518,039	1369.4	F9/10
2	St. Louis	274,819	1224.1	F9/10
3	Springfield	170,958	1213.7	F9/10
4	Ferguson	17,935	1087.3	F9/10
5	Sikeston	16,011	1036.8	D8/10
6	Poplar Bluff	16,151	922.5	D8/10
7	Bellefontaine Neighbors	10,329	716.4	C7/10
8	Raytown	29,071	660.5	C7/10
9	Hazelwood	24,837	620.0	C7/10
10	Bridgeton	11,269	585.7	C6/10
11	Joplin	54,063	558.6	C6/10
12	Independence	121,329	552.2	C6/10
13	Overland	15,456	549.9	C6/10
14	St. Joseph	70,838	489.9	C6/10
15	Cape Girardeau	41,080	467.4	B5/10
16	Union	13,407	410.2	B5/10
17	Branson	12,924	394.6	B5/10
18	Kennett	10,049	388.1	B5/10
19	Rolla	20,849	364.5	B5/10
20	Lebanon	15,670	363.8	B5/10
21	Columbia	132,072	356.6	B4/10
22	Jefferson City	42,573	342.9	B4/10
23	Sedalia	22,454	342.9	B4/10
24	Kirksville	17,923	329.2	B4/10
25	Gladstone	27,699	324.9	B4/10
26	University City	34,147	319.2	B4/10
27	Grandview	26,657	315.1	B4/10
28	Excelsior Springs	10,763	306.6	B4/10
29	Washington	15,734	292.4	B4/10
30	Farmington	19,539	286.6	B4/10
31	Hannibal	16,744	280.7	B4/10
32	West Plains	12,834	272.7	B4/10
33	Creve Coeur	18,463	254.6	A3/10
34	Florissant	51,002	251.0	A3/10
35	Moberly	13,206	249.9	A3/10
36	Warrensburg	20,163	248.0	A3/10
37	Maryland Heights	27,527	228.9	A3/10
38	Maryville	10,089	228.0	A3/10
39	Blue Springs	61,854	228.0	A3/10
40	Mexico	11,529	216.8	A3/10
41	Webb City	13,474	215.2	A3/10
42	St. Charles	72,881	182.5	A3/10
43	St. Peters	62,360	168.4	A2/10
44	Belton	26,341	167.0	A2/10
45	St. Ann	12,632	158.3	A2/10
46	Neosho	14,060	156.5	A2/10
47	Kirkwood	29,321	146.7	A2/10
48	Ellisville	10,458	143.4	A2/10
49	Wentzville	49,528	139.3	A2/10
50	Bolivar	11,743	136.3	A2/10
51	Festus	13,994	135.8	A2/10
52	Chesterfield	49,345	119.6	A1/10
53	Smithville	11,096	117.2	A1/10
54	Lee's Summit	107,668	114.2	A1/10
55	Liberty	31,506	111.1	A1/10
56	Crestwood	12,200	106.6	A1/10
57	Republic	22,067	104.2	A1/10
58	Troy	15,557	102.8	A1/10
59	Eureka	13,682	102.3	A1/10
60	Marshall	13,790	101.5	A1/10
61	Lake St. Louis	19,805	101.0	A1/10
62	Monett	10,226	97.8	A1/10
63	O'Fallon	96,304	95.5	A1/10
64	Carthage	15,733	95.3	A1/10
65	Town and Country	11,622	94.6	A1/10
66	Grain Valley	17,167	93.2	A1/10
67	Webster Groves	23,409	89.7	A1/10
68	Kearney	11,411	87.6	A1/10
69	Jackson	16,050	74.8	A1/10
70	Arnold	21,068	71.2	A1/10
71	Raymore	26,759	71.0	A1/10
72	Ozark	23,732	63.2	A1/10
73	Clayton	17,552	57.0	A1/10
74	Ballwin	30,881	51.8	A1/10
75	Manchester	18,074	49.8	A1/10
76	Fulton	12,564	39.8	A1/10
77	Nixa	27,133	25.8	A1/10

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About this ranking

Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.