Photo: Rowen Hansen · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident in Grain Valley fell 39% from 2023 to 2025
All told, Grain Valley grades B− for safety (#55 of 172 graded towns in Missouri): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Out of every 1,000 residents, 1.7 violent crimes and 10.7 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 5.8 and 26.3 in the rest of 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 Grain Valley
Grain Valley reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 Missouri towns on Grain Valley’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Blue Springs (C). Neighbors ↓
Among Missouri towns, higher
Missouri’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Grain Valley’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 68% of the 172 Missouri towns we grade, against 53% 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 Grain Valley’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Grain Valley’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (1.7) 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 | Grain Valley property | Rest of Missouri property | Grain Valley violent | Rest of Missouri violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.1 | 31.9 | 1.3 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 12.0 | 28.9 | 2.4 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 12.3 | 27.0 | 1.8 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 7.9 | 22.9 | 0.9 | 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Grain Valley | Rest of Missouri | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.3 | 6.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 5.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Grain Valley’s police reported 85 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.8 in the rest of Missouri and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Grain Valley 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
151 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.
16 violent and 135 property, as reported to the FBI by Grain Valley’s police.
Two people died in crashes on Grain Valley’s roads in 2019–2023
Grain Valley had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which two people died.
That is fewer than is typical for Missouri towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (7.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Grain Valley’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Grain Valley’s own rate (2.5) 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.
Grain Valley and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grain Valley | B− | 1.7 | 10.7 |
| Blue Springs | C | 2.2 | 21.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Missouri towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grain Valley | B− | 1.7 | 10.7 |
| Clayton | B+ | 0.8 | 9.1 |
| Jackson | B | 1.0 | 9.8 |
| Hannibal | C− | 3.3 | 22.3 |
| Kirksville | C− | 3.7 | 21.6 |
| Sikeston | D− | 11.8 | 34.6 |
The five graded Missouri towns closest to Grain Valley’s population (16,908), 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 Grain Valley. 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 Grain Valley’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (17,167 in 2025); our figure for Grain Valley is 16,908 (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 Grain Valley
Is Grain Valley, MO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Grain Valley reports less crime per resident than 53% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #55 of 172 in Missouri. Its police reported 1.7 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 Grain Valley?
1.7 violent and 10.7 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.
Is Grain Valley safer than Blue Springs?
Blue Springs reports more crime per resident than Grain Valley: Blue Springs grades C for safety and Grain Valley B−. Blue Springs’s police reported 2.2 violent and 21.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Grain Valley?
Grain Valley’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Grain Valley”. 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.