Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Crime reported in Cuba, MO
Cuba’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.
For every 1,000 residents, about 53 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2023. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2023
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2023
Crimes reported to police in 2023 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
The years Cuba’s police reported
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Missouri. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
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| Year | Cuba | Rest of Missouri | Cuba | Rest of Missouri |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 57.1 | 31.8 | 4.4 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 53.2 | 28.8 | 3.2 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | not reported | 27.0 | not reported | 6.0 |
| 2025 | not reported | 22.9 | not reported | 5.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
178 crimes reported in 2023
10 violent and 168 property, as reported to the FBI by Cuba’s police.
2023 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
The nearest Missouri towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steelville | C− | 7 mi | 1.4 | 32.7 |
| Bourbon | B | 10 mi | 0.7 | 11.4 |
| St. James | C− | 12 mi | 2.4 | 22.9 |
| Sullivan | D | 17 mi | 4.9 | 45.9 |
| Owensville | B | 20 mi | 2.2 | 5.9 |
| Rolla | C− | 21 mi | 3.6 | 26.2 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Cuba. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Cuba.
One person died in crashes on Cuba’s roads in 2019–2023
Cuba had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died. Most of these deaths (1 of 1) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
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 Cuba’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Cuba’s own rate (6.3) 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.
Cuba and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Cuba. 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 Cuba’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,156 in 2023); our figure for Cuba is 3,288 (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 Cuba
Is Cuba, MO safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Cuba. Cuba’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest Missouri towns with a grade are Steelville (C−, 7 mi), Bourbon (B, 10 mi), St. James (C−, 12 mi).
Who polices Cuba?
Cuba’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Cuba”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
Heads-up board
Neighbors looking out for each other in Cuba.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Please don’t name or describe individuals. In an emergency, call 911.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2023, 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.