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Safety in Moberly · Not graded

Crime reported in Moberly, MO

Moberly’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.

Violent crimes
42
reported to the FBI, 2024
Property crimes
135
reported to the FBI, 2024
Nearest graded town
22 mi
Centralia (B+)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 10 property crimes reported

And about 3 violent crimes, in 2024. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

Property crime (10.2)Violent crime (3.2)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2024

Moberly3.2
Rest of MO6.0
U.S. (FBI)3.6

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2024

Moberly10.2
Rest of MO27.0
U.S. (FBI)17.7

Crimes reported to police in 2024 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

By year

The years Moberly’s police reported

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Missouri. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.

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YearMoberlyRest of MissouriMoberlyRest of Missouri
202215.431.92.66.4
202315.128.93.35.9
202410.227.03.26.0
2025not reported22.9not reported5.4

Crimes per 1,000 residents

What gets reported

177 crimes reported in 2024

42 violent and 135 property, as reported to the FBI by Moberly’s police.

2024 offenses reported

Larceny / theft98
Burglary28
Vehicle theft9
Aggravated assault35
Robbery1
Rape6
Homicide0
Arson2
42
violent crimes
135
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Missouri towns with a Safety Grade

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
CentraliaB+22 mi0.59.9
MaconB−22 mi1.911.8
ShelbinaC+28 mi2.610.9
ColumbiaC−33 mi3.622.3
BoonvilleC−36 mi3.020.5
AuxvasseC−40 mi4.316.0

Straight-line distance from the center of Moberly. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Moberly.

On the roads

Three people died in crashes on Moberly’s roads in 2019–2023

Moberly had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a pedestrian.

That is about what 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 Moberly’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Moberly’s own rate (4.4) is context, not a ranking.

3
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
1
pedestrian among them
0
cyclists among them
4.4
per 100,000 a year · Missouri towns of 5,000–25,000: 7.6

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.

Next door

Moberly and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

Moberly
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

How to read these numbers

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 Moberly. 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 Moberly’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (13,206 in 2024); our figure for Moberly is 13,719 (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 Moberly

Is Moberly, MO safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Moberly. Moberly’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest Missouri towns with a grade are Centralia (B+, 22 mi), Macon (B−, 22 mi), Shelbina (C+, 28 mi).

Who polices Moberly?

Moberly’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Moberly”. 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, 2024, 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.