Photo: Chiefs190 · CC BY-SA 4.0In Liberty, the kinds of crime the grade counts fell 39% per resident from 2023 to 2025
On violence it beats 53% of U.S. towns; on property crime, only 34%. Its letter overall is C+ (#77 of 172 graded towns in Missouri): close to the middle of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. The yearly rates were 1.5 violent crimes and 15.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set 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 Liberty
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Missouri towns on Liberty’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Pleasant Valley (B), Claycomo (D), Kansas City (D−). Neighbors ↓
Among Missouri towns, closer to the middle
Missouri’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Liberty’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 55% of the 172 Missouri towns we grade, against 43% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Liberty has 20,240 jobs based in town for 31,319 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 Liberty’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Liberty’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (15.4) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) 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 | Liberty property | Rest of Missouri property | Liberty violent | Rest of Missouri violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 19.1 | 28.9 | 1.5 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 15.7 | 27.1 | 2.0 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 11.6 | 23.0 | 1.1 | 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, 2023–2025, against the rest of Missouri.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Liberty | Rest of Missouri | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.5 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.1 | 5.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Liberty’s police reported 145 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.5 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 Liberty 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.
399 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.
35 violent and 364 property, as reported to the FBI by Liberty’s police.
Eight people died in crashes on Liberty’s roads in 2019–2023
Liberty had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is about what is typical for Missouri towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (6.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Liberty’s size would see about 11 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Liberty’s own rate (5.2) 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.
Liberty and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | C+ | 1.5 | 15.4 |
| Kansas City | D− | 14.6 | 45.3 |
| Claycomo | D | 6.3 | 36.1 |
| Pleasant Valley | B | 1.6 | 8.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Missouri towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | C+ | 1.5 | 15.4 |
| Ballwin | A− | 0.6 | 5.2 |
| Kirkwood | C+ | 1.7 | 14.0 |
| Maryland Heights | C+ | 2.2 | 14.2 |
| University City | C | 3.0 | 18.0 |
| Raytown | D | 7.6 | 34.6 |
The five graded Missouri towns closest to Liberty’s population (31,319), 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 Liberty. 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 Liberty’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (31,506 in 2025); our figure for Liberty is 31,319 (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 Liberty
Is Liberty, MO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Liberty reports more crime per resident than 57% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #77 of 172 in Missouri. Its police reported 1.5 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 Liberty?
1.5 violent and 15.4 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 Liberty in 2025?
Liberty’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Liberty safer than Kansas City?
Kansas City reports more crime per resident than Liberty: Kansas City grades D− for safety and Liberty C+. Kansas City’s police reported 14.6 violent and 45.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Liberty?
Liberty’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Liberty”. 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.