Photo: Paul Sableman from St. Louis, MO · CC BY 2.0Recorded crime in Mehlville, without a grade
Drive 10 miles in any direction and you reach 13 towns with grades of their own. Mehlville has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in St. Louis County. The St. Louis County Police Department reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Mehlville alone, and no Safety Grade. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Crestwood, 5 miles away, graded B−.
What stands out about safety in Mehlville
Policed by the county
Mehlville is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the St. Louis County Police Department’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the St. Louis County Police Department covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Mehlville. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Missouri towns with their own police figures are Crestwood (B−, 5 mi), Sunset Hills (B−, 6 mi), Shrewsbury (D, 6 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Mehlville. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the St. Louis County Police Department reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of St. Louis County without police of their own, which include Mehlville.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the St. Louis County Police Department
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Missouri towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crestwood | B− | 5 mi | 1.1 | 14.2 |
| Sunset Hills | B− | 6 mi | 1.1 | 13.4 |
| Shrewsbury | D | 6 mi | 0.9 | 59.7 |
| Arnold | B− | 6 mi | 1.1 | 13.8 |
| Webster Groves | B+ | 6 mi | 1.0 | 6.7 |
| Maplewood | D− | 8 mi | 5.3 | 65.5 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Mehlville. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Mehlville.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
13 people died in crashes on Mehlville’s roads in 2019–2023
Mehlville had 13 fatal crashes in five years, in which 13 people died; 3 were pedestrians. 5 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 8.7 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.
Mehlville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakville | — | — | — |
| Green Park | — | — | — |
| Lemay | — | — | — |
| Concord | — | — | — |
| Affton | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Oakville, Lemay, Concord and Affton are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Green Park has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Mehlville
Is Mehlville, MO safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Mehlville. The nearest Missouri towns with a grade are Crestwood (B−, 5 mi), Sunset Hills (B−, 6 mi), Shrewsbury (D, 6 mi).
Who polices Mehlville?
The St. Louis County Police Department. Mehlville is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of St. Louis County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Mehlville.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.