Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Farmington sees more property crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns
The grade is D, built on crimes Farmington’s police reported from 2023 to 2025: #129 of 172 graded towns in Missouri. The yearly rates were 3.2 violent crimes and 30.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 5.8 and 26.2 in the rest of Missouri. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 36% 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 Farmington
A job center
Farmington has 11,996 jobs based in town for 19,226 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 Farmington’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. Its violent rate (3.2) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Farmington property | Rest of Missouri property | Farmington violent | Rest of Missouri violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 39.8 | 31.8 | 3.0 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 39.0 | 28.8 | 3.4 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 27.5 | 27.0 | 3.2 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 24.2 | 22.9 | 2.9 | 5.5 |
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.
Crime in Farmington 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 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Farmington | Rest of Missouri | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.0 | 6.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.2 | 6.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Farmington’s police reported 178 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.8 in the rest of Missouri and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
529 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.
56 violent and 473 property, as reported to the FBI by Farmington’s police.
10 people died in crashes on Farmington’s roads in 2019–2023
Farmington had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is 10.9 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.
Farmington and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmington | D | 3.2 | 30.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Missouri towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmington | D | 3.2 | 30.1 |
| Lake St. Louis | A− | 0.8 | 4.6 |
| Manchester | B | 0.4 | 12.2 |
| Creve Coeur | C+ | 1.6 | 15.7 |
| Warrensburg | C− | 3.0 | 22.1 |
| Rolla | C− | 3.6 | 26.2 |
The five graded Missouri towns closest to Farmington’s population (19,226), 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 Farmington. 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 Farmington’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (19,539 in 2025); our figure for Farmington is 19,226 (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 Farmington
Is Farmington, MO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Farmington reports more crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #129 of 172 in Missouri. Its police reported 3.2 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 Farmington?
3.2 violent and 30.1 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.
Who polices Farmington?
Farmington’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Farmington”. 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.