Photo: Ben Jacobson (Kranar Drogin) · CC BY 2.5Osage Beach records more property crime per head than four in five U.S. towns
Police counts work out at 1.9 violent crimes and 23.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Missouri they are 5.8 and 26.2. Overall, it grades C for safety (#106 of 172 graded towns in Missouri).
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 Osage Beach
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 1 Missouri towns on Osage Beach’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Lake Ozark (B). Neighbors ↓
Among Missouri towns, closer to the middle
Missouri’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Osage Beach’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 38% of the 172 Missouri towns we grade, against 26% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Osage Beach has 6,213 jobs based in town for 5,079 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Osage Beach’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) 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 | Osage Beach | Rest of Missouri | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.2 | 6.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.0 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.6 | 6.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.0 | 5.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Osage Beach’s police reported 28 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.8 in the rest of Missouri and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Osage Beach 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Osage Beach property | Rest of Missouri property | Osage Beach violent | Rest of Missouri violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 37.8 | 31.8 | 3.2 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 23.5 | 28.8 | 2.0 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 26.1 | 27.0 | 2.6 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 20.8 | 22.9 | 1.0 | 5.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
114 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.
5 violent and 109 property, as reported to the FBI by Osage Beach’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Osage Beach’s roads in 2019–2023
Osage Beach had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four 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 Osage Beach’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Osage Beach’s own rate (16.3) 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.
Osage Beach and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osage Beach | C | 1.9 | 23.4 |
| Lake Ozark | B | 2.2 | 4.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Missouri towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osage Beach | C | 1.9 | 23.4 |
| Ashland | A− | 1.1 | 4.7 |
| Mount Vernon | B | 0.6 | 12.3 |
| Platte City | B− | 2.2 | 11.7 |
| Desloge | C− | 2.3 | 31.7 |
| Caruthersville | D− | 10.2 | 25.7 |
The five graded Missouri towns closest to Osage Beach’s population (5,079), 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 Osage Beach. 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 Osage Beach’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,236 in 2025); our figure for Osage Beach is 5,079 (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 Osage Beach
Is Osage Beach, MO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Osage Beach reports more crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #106 of 172 in Missouri. Its police reported 1.9 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 Osage Beach?
1.9 violent and 23.4 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 Osage Beach safer than Lake Ozark?
Lake Ozark reports less crime per resident than Osage Beach: Lake Ozark grades B for safety and Osage Beach C. Lake Ozark’s police reported 2.2 violent and 4.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Osage Beach?
Osage Beach’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Osage Beach”. 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.