Lone Jack sits close to the middle of U.S. towns for reported crime
Overall, Lone Jack grades B for safety: close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Lone Jack
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 1 Missouri towns on Lone Jack’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Lake Lotawana (B+). Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Lone Jack’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 lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Lone Jack’s police reported 9 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.6 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 | Lone Jack | Rest of Missouri | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.2 | 6.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.7 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.6 | 6.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 5.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 11 property crimes reported
And about 2 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 steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Missouri.
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| Year | Lone Jack property | Rest of Missouri property | Lone Jack violent | Rest of Missouri violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.0 | 31.8 | 3.2 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 7.5 | 28.8 | 1.7 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 9.3 | 27.0 | 1.6 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 10.5 | 22.9 | 1.6 | 5.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
23 crimes reported in 2025
3 violent and 20 property, as reported to the FBI by Lone Jack’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Two people died in crashes on Lone Jack’s roads in 2019–2023
Lone Jack had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.
That is about what is typical for Missouri towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (7.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Lone Jack’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lone Jack’s own rate (28.3) 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.
Lone Jack and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Jack | B | 1.6 | 9.2 |
| Lake Lotawana | B+ | 1.2 | 6.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Lone Jack. 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 Lone Jack’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,900 in 2025); our figure for Lone Jack is 1,896 (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 Lone Jack
Is Lone Jack, MO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lone Jack reports less crime per resident than 57% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade. Its police reported 1.6 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 Lone Jack?
1.6 violent and 9.2 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 Lone Jack?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Lone Jack safer than Lake Lotawana?
Lake Lotawana reports less crime per resident than Lone Jack: Lake Lotawana grades B+ for safety and Lone Jack B. Lake Lotawana’s police reported 1.2 violent and 6.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lone Jack?
Lone Jack’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lone Jack”. 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.