Photo: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, NPS from St. Louis, MO, USA · CC BY 2.0St. Louis sees more crime per resident than almost any other U.S. town
The crimes the grade counts fell 21% per resident from 2023 to 2025. By contrast, the grade is D−, built on crimes St. Louis’ police reported from 2023 to 2025: #167 of 172 graded towns in Missouri, and #321 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000. Recorded violent crimes ran at 13.5 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 57.1, against 5.2 and 23.7 in the rest of Missouri. Next door, 3 of 4 towns with figures record less crime per resident.
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 St. Louis
3 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Missouri towns on St. Louis’ borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Clayton (B+), Bellefontaine Neighbors (D), Riverview (D−), Richmond Heights (D−). Lemay, Glasgow Village and Spanish Lake are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Jennings has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
St. Louis’ police reported 141 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 54.0 per 100,000 residents a year, 6.8 times the rest of Missouri (8.0) and 9.5 times all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: 4.0 times the rest of Missouri
241 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (585 reported in 2025), 4.0 times the rest of Missouri (60.4) and 3.0 times all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, St. Louis reports less crime per resident than 1% (#321). Places like it ↓
A job center
St. Louis has 210,992 jobs based in town for 278,144 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell 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 St. Louis’ 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.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | St. Louis | Rest of Missouri | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 69.9 | 10.2 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 56.4 | 9.6 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 54.1 | 7.7 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 51.3 | 6.7 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | St. Louis | Rest of Missouri | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 281 | 67.2 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 260 | 64.4 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 250 | 65.3 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 213 | 51.8 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
St. Louis’ police reported 141 homicides, 585 robberies and 3,364 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Missouri and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | St. Louis property | Rest of Missouri property | St. Louis violent | Rest of Missouri violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 72.5 | 28.3 | 14.7 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 64.0 | 25.9 | 14.5 | 5.2 |
| 2024 | 57.1 | 24.5 | 13.7 | 5.4 |
| 2025 | 50.0 | 20.7 | 12.2 | 4.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell 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 St. Louis 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 12 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
17,107 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.
3,364 violent and 13,743 property, as reported to the FBI by St. Louis’ police.
343 people died in crashes on St. Louis’s roads in 2019–2023
St. Louis had 317 fatal crashes in five years, in which 343 people died; 87 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists. 72 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 23.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Missouri towns of 100,000+ people (15.4, 6 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.
St. Louis and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis | D− | 13.5 | 57.1 |
| Lemay | — | — | — |
| Glasgow Village | — | — | — |
| Clayton | B+ | 0.8 | 9.1 |
| Riverview | D− | 14.3 | 28.1 |
| Richmond Heights | D− | 5.2 | 73.2 |
| Spanish Lake | — | — | — |
| Bellefontaine Neighbors | D | 8.9 | 27.9 |
| Jennings | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lemay, Glasgow Village and Spanish Lake are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Jennings has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Missouri towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis | D− | 13.5 | 57.1 |
| Springfield | D− | 11.9 | 40.4 |
| Kansas City | D− | 14.6 | 45.3 |
The five graded Missouri towns closest to St. Louis’ population (278,144), 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 St. Louis. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against St. Louis’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (274,819 in 2025); our figure for St. Louis is 278,144 (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 St. Louis
Is St. Louis, MO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, St. Louis reports more crime per resident than 99% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #167 of 172 in Missouri. Its police reported 13.5 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.2 in the rest of Missouri and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in St. Louis?
13.5 violent and 57.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Missouri reports 5.2 and 23.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in St. Louis in 2025?
St. Louis’s police reported 141 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 51.3 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is St. Louis safer than Clayton?
Clayton reports less crime per resident than St. Louis: Clayton grades B+ for safety and St. Louis D−. Clayton’s police reported 0.8 violent and 9.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices St. Louis?
St. Louis’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “St. Louis”. 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.