Payne-Gentry House · Photo: Chuck Morris · CC BY-SA 3.0Bridgeton reports more crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Bridgeton’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D− for safety: #161 of 172 graded towns in Missouri.
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 Bridgeton
4 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Missouri towns on Bridgeton’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: St. Charles (B), Maryland Heights (C+), St. Ann (C), Hazelwood (D). Neighbors ↓
A college town
Bridgeton is home to Saint Louis Community College, with 11,504 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 4% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Bridgeton has 22,351 jobs based in town for 11,277 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Bridgeton’s 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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Bridgeton property | Rest of Missouri property | Bridgeton violent | Rest of Missouri violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 59.3 | 31.7 | 7.0 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 57.0 | 28.7 | 7.1 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 57.6 | 26.9 | 6.5 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 37.0 | 22.8 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 37 property crimes reported
And about 6 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Bridgeton’s police reported 219 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 6.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.8 in the rest of Missouri and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Bridgeton | Rest of Missouri | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
483 crimes reported in 2025
66 violent and 417 property, as reported to the FBI by Bridgeton’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
19 people died in crashes on Bridgeton’s roads in 2019–2023
Bridgeton had 17 fatal crashes in five years, in which 19 people died; 5 were pedestrians. Most of these deaths (11 of 19) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 33.4 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.
Bridgeton and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeton | D− | 6.5 | 50.5 |
| Maryland Heights | C+ | 2.2 | 14.2 |
| St. Ann | C | 2.9 | 14.4 |
| Hazelwood | D | 5.5 | 24.2 |
| St. Charles | B | 1.7 | 8.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Missouri towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeton | D− | 6.5 | 50.5 |
| Smithville | B+ | 1.4 | 7.0 |
| Kearney | B | 1.8 | 6.2 |
| Town and Country | B | 0.5 | 12.8 |
| Bolivar | C+ | 1.8 | 15.8 |
| Excelsior Springs | C− | 3.0 | 21.9 |
The five graded Missouri towns closest to Bridgeton’s population (11,277), by grade.
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 Bridgeton. 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 Bridgeton’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (11,269 in 2025); our figure for Bridgeton is 11,277 (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 Bridgeton
Is Bridgeton, MO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Bridgeton reports more crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #161 of 172 in Missouri. Its police reported 6.5 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 Bridgeton?
6.5 violent and 50.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Missouri reports 5.8 and 26.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Bridgeton?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Bridgeton safer than Maryland Heights?
Maryland Heights reports less crime per resident than Bridgeton: Maryland Heights grades C+ for safety and Bridgeton D−. Maryland Heights’s police reported 2.2 violent and 14.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Bridgeton?
Bridgeton’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bridgeton”. 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.