Wildwood House · Photo: Chuck Morris · CC BY-SA 3.0Ferguson reports more crime per resident than 96% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Ferguson’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D− for safety: #157 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 Ferguson
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 7 Missouri towns on Ferguson’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Florissant (C), Normandy (D), Berkeley (D−). Dellwood, Cool Valley and Jennings have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Calverton Park reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025. Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Ferguson’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Ferguson’s police reported 458 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 8.5 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 | Ferguson | Rest of Missouri | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.0 | 6.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 10.9 | 5.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 34 property crimes reported
And about 11 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.
Reported crime is rising
Reported crime per resident rose 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 | Ferguson property | Rest of Missouri property | Ferguson violent | Rest of Missouri violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 39.8 | 31.8 | 8.0 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 34.7 | 28.8 | 7.6 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 35.0 | 26.9 | 7.1 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 33.8 | 22.8 | 10.9 | 5.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
801 crimes reported in 2025
195 violent and 606 property, as reported to the FBI by Ferguson’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
30 people died in crashes on Ferguson’s roads in 2019–2023
Ferguson had 26 fatal crashes in five years, in which 30 people died; 10 were pedestrians. 5 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 32.9 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.
Ferguson and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferguson | D− | 8.5 | 34.5 |
| Dellwood | — | — | — |
| Cool Valley | — | — | — |
| Jennings | — | — | — |
| Calverton Park | — | — | — |
| Normandy | D | 8.4 | 25.9 |
| Berkeley | D− | 20.4 | 55.3 |
| Florissant | C | 2.9 | 18.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Dellwood, Cool Valley and Jennings have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Calverton Park reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025.
Missouri towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferguson | D− | 8.5 | 34.5 |
| Clayton | B+ | 0.8 | 9.1 |
| Manchester | B | 0.4 | 12.2 |
| Grain Valley | B− | 1.7 | 10.7 |
| Creve Coeur | C+ | 1.6 | 15.7 |
| Kirksville | C− | 3.7 | 21.6 |
The five graded Missouri towns closest to Ferguson’s population (17,953), 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 Ferguson. 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 Ferguson’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (17,935 in 2025); our figure for Ferguson is 17,953 (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 Ferguson
Is Ferguson, MO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Ferguson reports more crime per resident than 96% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #157 of 172 in Missouri. Its police reported 8.5 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 Ferguson?
8.5 violent and 34.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Missouri reports 5.8 and 26.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Ferguson?
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Ferguson safer than Normandy?
Normandy reports less crime per resident than Ferguson: Normandy grades D for safety and Ferguson D−. Normandy’s police reported 8.4 violent and 25.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Ferguson?
Ferguson’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Ferguson”. 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.