More crimes per resident are recorded in Breckenridge Hills than in 92% of U.S. towns
It grades D for safety on crimes Breckenridge Hills’ police reported from 2023 to 2025: #144 of 172 graded towns in Missouri. What’s more, its 4 neighbors with figures all record less crime per resident. The graded rate fell 50% from 2023 to 2025. In a usual year, 8.8 violent crimes and 18.9 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Missouri, 5.8 and 26.2.
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 Breckenridge Hills
4 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Missouri towns on Breckenridge Hills’ borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: St. Ann (C), Overland (D), Woodson Terrace (D), St. John (D). 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 Breckenridge Hills’ 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Breckenridge Hills property | Rest of Missouri property | Breckenridge Hills violent | Rest of Missouri violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 34.0 | 31.8 | 9.8 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 25.0 | 28.8 | 7.2 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 22.0 | 27.0 | 13.0 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 9.9 | 22.9 | 6.2 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Breckenridge Hills | Rest of Missouri | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.8 | 6.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 13.0 | 6.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Breckenridge Hills’ police reported 114 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 8.8 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 Breckenridge Hills 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 6 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
70 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. 2025 figures come from FBI Crime Data Explorer, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
27 violent and 43 property, as reported to the FBI by Breckenridge Hills’ police.
Three people died in crashes on Breckenridge Hills’s roads in 2019–2023
Breckenridge Hills had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is about what is typical for Missouri towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Breckenridge Hills’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Breckenridge Hills’s own rate (13.6) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Breckenridge Hills and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breckenridge Hills | D | 8.8 | 18.9 |
| Overland | D | 5.4 | 21.7 |
| St. Ann | C | 2.9 | 14.4 |
| Woodson Terrace | D | 4.4 | 24.6 |
| St. John | D | 6.7 | 21.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Missouri towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breckenridge Hills | D | 8.8 | 18.9 |
| Moscow Mills | A− | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| Lexington | C+ | 3.4 | 9.8 |
| Lamar | C | 1.2 | 24.6 |
| Normandy | D | 8.4 | 25.9 |
| Butler | D− | 10.8 | 25.1 |
The five graded Missouri towns closest to Breckenridge Hills’ population (4,350), 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 Breckenridge Hills. 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 Breckenridge Hills’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,348 in 2025); our figure for Breckenridge Hills is 4,350 (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 Breckenridge Hills
Is Breckenridge Hills, MO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Breckenridge Hills reports more crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #144 of 172 in Missouri. Its police reported 8.8 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 Breckenridge Hills?
8.8 violent and 18.9 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 Breckenridge Hills safer than Overland?
Overland reports less crime per resident than Breckenridge Hills: Overland grades D for safety and Breckenridge Hills D. Overland’s police reported 5.4 violent and 21.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Breckenridge Hills?
Breckenridge Hills’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Breckenridge Hills Police Department”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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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.