Photo: LittleT889 · CC BY-SA 4.0Chesterfield sits close to the middle of U.S. towns for reported crime
Overall, Chesterfield grades B for safety (#45 of 172 graded towns in Missouri): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Chesterfield
2 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 Missouri towns on Chesterfield’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Ballwin (A−), Town and Country (B), Creve Coeur (C+), Maryland Heights (C+). Wildwood, Clarkson Valley and Weldon Spring have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Missouri towns, higher
Missouri’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Chesterfield’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 74% of the 172 Missouri towns we grade, against 59% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Chesterfield has 51,414 jobs based in town for 49,309 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Chesterfield’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Chesterfield’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (11.3) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Chesterfield’s police reported 140 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.0 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 | Chesterfield | Rest of Missouri | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.7 | 6.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 6.0 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.2 | 5.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 9 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, 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.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Missouri.
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| Year | Chesterfield property | Rest of Missouri property | Chesterfield violent | Rest of Missouri violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.1 | 32.1 | 0.7 | 6.5 |
| 2023 | 11.9 | 29.0 | 0.7 | 6.0 |
| 2024 | 12.9 | 27.2 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 9.0 | 23.0 | 1.2 | 5.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
505 crimes reported in 2025
59 violent and 446 property, as reported to the FBI by Chesterfield’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Seven people died in crashes on Chesterfield’s roads in 2019–2023
Chesterfield had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died.
That is fewer than is typical for Missouri towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (6.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Chesterfield’s size would see about 17 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Chesterfield’s own rate (2.8) 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.
Chesterfield and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield | B | 1.0 | 11.3 |
| Town and Country | B | 0.5 | 12.8 |
| Wildwood | — | — | — |
| Ballwin | A− | 0.6 | 5.2 |
| Creve Coeur | C+ | 1.6 | 15.7 |
| Maryland Heights | C+ | 2.2 | 14.2 |
| Clarkson Valley | — | — | — |
| Weldon Spring | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Wildwood, Clarkson Valley and Weldon Spring have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Missouri towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield | B | 1.0 | 11.3 |
| Wentzville | B | 1.5 | 8.2 |
| Florissant | C | 2.9 | 18.0 |
| Jefferson City | C− | 3.3 | 19.6 |
| Cape Girardeau | D | 5.7 | 22.5 |
| Joplin | D | 5.4 | 42.6 |
The five graded Missouri towns closest to Chesterfield’s population (49,309), 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 Chesterfield. 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 Chesterfield’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (49,345 in 2025); our figure for Chesterfield is 49,309 (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 Chesterfield
Is Chesterfield, MO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Chesterfield reports less crime per resident than 59% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #45 of 172 in Missouri. Its police reported 1.0 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 Chesterfield?
1.0 violent and 11.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Missouri reports 5.8 and 26.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Chesterfield?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Chesterfield in 2025?
Chesterfield’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Chesterfield safer than Town and Country?
Town and Country reports less crime per resident than Chesterfield: Town and Country grades B for safety and Chesterfield B. Town and Country’s police reported 0.5 violent and 12.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Chesterfield?
Chesterfield’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Chesterfield”. 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.