Nodaway County Courthouse · Photo: Americasroof with modifications by Kbh3rd · CC BY-SA 3.0Maryville sees more property crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns
Overall, Maryville grades C+ for safety (#82 of 172 graded towns in Missouri): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Annual rates stand at 1.6 violent crimes and 15.9 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 5.8 and 26.2 in the rest of Missouri. Even so, the rate the grade counts climbed 6% from 2023 to 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 Maryville
A college town
Maryville is home to Northwest Missouri State University, with 6,575 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 32% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Maryville has 6,119 jobs based in town for 10,092 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Maryville’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Maryville’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (15.9) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Maryville | Rest of Missouri | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.5 | 6.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.3 | 5.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Maryville’s police reported 49 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Maryville property | Rest of Missouri property | Maryville violent | Rest of Missouri violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.7 | 31.9 | 2.5 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 15.4 | 28.8 | 0.8 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 17.3 | 27.0 | 1.8 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 14.9 | 22.9 | 2.3 | 5.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
Crime in Maryville 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
173 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.
23 violent and 150 property, as reported to the FBI by Maryville’s police.
No one died in a crash on Maryville’s roads in 2019–2023
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 Maryville’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Maryville’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Maryville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryville | C+ | 1.6 | 15.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Missouri towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryville | C+ | 1.6 | 15.9 |
| Ellisville | B+ | 1.2 | 7.3 |
| Monett | C+ | 1.3 | 16.1 |
| Harrisonville | C− | 4.4 | 15.7 |
| Kennett | D | 5.1 | 34.7 |
| Bellefontaine Neighbors | D | 8.9 | 27.9 |
The five graded Missouri towns closest to Maryville’s population (10,092), 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 Maryville. 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 Maryville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (10,089 in 2025); our figure for Maryville is 10,092 (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 Maryville
Is Maryville, MO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Maryville reports more crime per resident than 59% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #82 of 172 in Missouri. 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 Maryville?
1.6 violent and 15.9 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.
Who polices Maryville?
Maryville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Maryville”. 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.