Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Bellefontaine Neighbors than in 95% of U.S. towns
One of the 3 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Out of every 1,000 residents, 8.9 violent crimes and 27.9 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 5.8 and 26.2 in the rest of Missouri. Graded on crimes Bellefontaine Neighbors’ police reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores D for safety: #149 of 172 graded towns in Missouri. By contrast, the crimes the grade counts fell 13% per resident from 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of MO” is every other Missouri city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Bellefontaine Neighbors
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 7 Missouri towns on Bellefontaine Neighbors’ borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Moline Acres (D), Riverview (D−), St. Louis (D−). Spanish Lake, Glasgow Village and Castle Point are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Jennings has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Bellefontaine Neighbors’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Show as a table
| Year | Bellefontaine Neighbors | Rest of Missouri | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.4 | 6.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 10.1 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 9.5 | 6.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Bellefontaine Neighbors’ police reported 275 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 8.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.8 in the rest of Missouri and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Bellefontaine Neighbors per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 7 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
Show as a table
| Year | Bellefontaine Neighbors property | Rest of Missouri property | Bellefontaine Neighbors violent | Rest of Missouri violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 34.5 | 31.8 | 12.4 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 29.1 | 28.8 | 10.1 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 27.5 | 27.0 | 9.5 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 27.0 | 22.9 | 7.2 | 5.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Missouri.
353 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
74 violent and 279 property, as reported to the FBI by Bellefontaine Neighbors’ police.
19 people died in crashes on Bellefontaine Neighbors’s roads in 2019–2023
Bellefontaine Neighbors had 17 fatal crashes in five years, in which 19 people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 5 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 36.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Missouri towns of 5,000–25,000 people (7.6, 123 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Bellefontaine Neighbors and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellefontaine Neighbors | D | 8.9 | 27.9 |
| Riverview | D− | 14.3 | 28.1 |
| Moline Acres | D | 8.1 | 18.7 |
| Spanish Lake | — | — | — |
| Jennings | — | — | — |
| Glasgow Village | — | — | — |
| St. Louis | D− | 13.5 | 57.1 |
| Castle Point | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Spanish Lake, Glasgow Village and Castle Point are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Jennings has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Missouri towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellefontaine Neighbors | D | 8.9 | 27.9 |
| Ellisville | B+ | 1.2 | 7.3 |
| Monett | C+ | 1.3 | 16.1 |
| Maryville | C+ | 1.6 | 15.9 |
| Harrisonville | C− | 4.4 | 15.7 |
| Kennett | D | 5.1 | 34.7 |
The five graded Missouri towns closest to Bellefontaine Neighbors’ population (10,368), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Bellefontaine Neighbors. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Bellefontaine Neighbors’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (10,329 in 2025); our figure for Bellefontaine Neighbors is 10,368 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Bellefontaine Neighbors
Is Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Bellefontaine Neighbors reports more crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #149 of 172 in Missouri. Its police reported 8.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.8 in the rest of Missouri and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Bellefontaine Neighbors?
8.9 violent and 27.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Missouri reports 5.8 and 26.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Bellefontaine Neighbors safer than Riverview?
Riverview reports more crime per resident than Bellefontaine Neighbors: Riverview grades D− for safety and Bellefontaine Neighbors D. Riverview’s police reported 14.3 violent and 28.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Bellefontaine Neighbors?
Bellefontaine Neighbors’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bellefontaine Neighbors”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
Heads-up board
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Please don’t name or describe individuals. In an emergency, call 911.
Neighbors looking out for each other in Bellefontaine Neighbors.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.