Recorded crime in Mine La Motte, without a grade
Fredericktown, 4 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (C). Mine La Motte has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Madison County. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Mine La Motte alone, and no Safety Grade. Within a 25-mile drive lie 4 towns that have a grade.
What stands out about safety in Mine La Motte
Policed by the county
Mine La Motte is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Madison County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Madison County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Mine La Motte. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Missouri towns with their own police figures are Fredericktown (C, 4 mi), Farmington (D, 14 mi), Desloge (C−, 22 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Mine La Motte. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Madison County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Madison County without police of their own, which include Mine La Motte.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fredericktown | C | 4 mi | 1.5 | 20.0 |
| Farmington | D | 14 mi | 3.2 | 30.1 |
| Desloge | C− | 22 mi | 2.3 | 31.7 |
| Perryville | C+ | 24 mi | 3.3 | 8.4 |
| Bonne Terre | B− | 25 mi | 2.7 | 8.7 |
| Potosi | D− | 34 mi | 6.0 | 63.0 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Mine La Motte. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Mine La Motte.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
One person died in crashes on Mine La Motte’s roads in 2019–2023
Mine La Motte had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Mine La Motte’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Mine La Motte’s own rate (54.1) 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.
Mine La Motte and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
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Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 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 Mine La Motte
Is Mine La Motte, MO safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Mine La Motte. The nearest Missouri towns with a grade are Fredericktown (C, 4 mi), Farmington (D, 14 mi), Desloge (C−, 22 mi).
Who polices Mine La Motte?
The Madison County Sheriff’s Office. Mine La Motte is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Madison County without police of their own.
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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.