Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0In Florissant, the kinds of crime the grade counts fell 40% per resident from 2023 to 2025
Violent crime here is higher than in 71% of U.S. towns; property crime, higher than in 73%. On top of that, its letter overall is C (#98 of 172 graded towns in Missouri): more crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. Police counts work out at 2.9 violent crimes and 18.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Missouri they are 5.8 and 26.3.
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 Florissant
Florissant reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 Missouri towns on Florissant’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Hazelwood (D), Ferguson (D−). Old Jamestown is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Calverton Park reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025. Black Jack has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Missouri towns, closer to the middle
Missouri’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Florissant’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 43% of the 172 Missouri towns we grade, against 29% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Florissant’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 (2.9) 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 | Florissant property | Rest of Missouri property | Florissant violent | Rest of Missouri violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23.2 | 31.9 | 2.8 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 22.8 | 28.9 | 2.7 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 18.3 | 27.1 | 3.4 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 12.8 | 23.0 | 2.5 | 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 Florissant 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 | Florissant | Rest of Missouri | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.8 | 6.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.7 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.4 | 6.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Florissant’s police reported 437 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.8 in the rest of Missouri and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
782 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.
128 violent and 654 property, as reported to the FBI by Florissant’s police.
24 people died in crashes on Florissant’s roads in 2019–2023
Florissant had 22 fatal crashes in five years, in which 24 people died; 5 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 9.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Missouri towns of 25,000–100,000 people (6.9, 24 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.
Florissant and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florissant | C | 2.9 | 18.0 |
| Hazelwood | D | 5.5 | 24.2 |
| Old Jamestown | — | — | — |
| Calverton Park | — | — | — |
| Black Jack | — | — | — |
| Ferguson | D− | 8.5 | 34.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Old Jamestown is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Calverton Park reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025. Black Jack has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Missouri towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florissant | C | 2.9 | 18.0 |
| Wentzville | B | 1.5 | 8.2 |
| Chesterfield | B | 1.0 | 11.3 |
| St. Peters | B− | 2.0 | 10.9 |
| Jefferson City | C− | 3.3 | 19.6 |
| Joplin | D | 5.4 | 42.6 |
The five graded Missouri towns closest to Florissant’s population (51,124), 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 Florissant. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Florissant’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (51,002 in 2025); our figure for Florissant is 51,124 (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 Florissant
Is Florissant, MO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Florissant reports more crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #98 of 172 in Missouri. Its police reported 2.9 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 Florissant?
2.9 violent and 18.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Missouri reports 5.8 and 26.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Florissant in 2025?
Florissant’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Florissant safer than Hazelwood?
Hazelwood reports more crime per resident than Florissant: Hazelwood grades D for safety and Florissant C. Hazelwood’s police reported 5.5 violent and 24.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Florissant?
Florissant’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Florissant”. 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.