The crimes the grade counts fell 72% per resident in Steelville from 2023 to 2025
It has less violent crime than 57% of U.S. towns, but less property crime than only 7%. All told, Steelville grades C− for safety: more crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Its police logs show 1.4 violent crimes and 32.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of Missouri the numbers are 5.8 and 26.2.
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 Steelville
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 Steelville’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Steelville’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Steelville property | Rest of Missouri property | Steelville violent | Rest of Missouri violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 45.2 | 31.8 | 17.5 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 62.8 | 28.8 | 0.7 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 19.5 | 27.0 | 1.4 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 16.0 | 22.9 | 2.1 | 5.4 |
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Steelville | Rest of Missouri | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.5 | 6.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.4 | 6.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.1 | 5.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Steelville’s police reported 6 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.4 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 Steelville 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
26 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 violent and 23 property, as reported to the FBI by Steelville’s police.
One person died in crashes on Steelville’s roads in 2019–2023
Steelville had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died; 1 was a cyclist.
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 Steelville’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Steelville’s own rate (12.0) 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.
Steelville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steelville | C− | 1.4 | 32.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Missouri towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steelville | C− | 1.4 | 32.7 |
| Campbell | B+ | 0.9 | 9.1 |
| Linn | B | 1.6 | 7.5 |
| Bourbon | B | 0.7 | 11.4 |
| Ash Grove | C | 4.2 | 12.2 |
| Claycomo | D | 6.3 | 36.1 |
The five graded Missouri towns closest to Steelville’s population (1,447), 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 Steelville. 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 Steelville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,440 in 2025); our figure for Steelville is 1,447 (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 Steelville
Is Steelville, MO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Steelville reports more crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade. Its police reported 1.4 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 Steelville?
1.4 violent and 32.7 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.
Who polices Steelville?
Steelville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Steelville”. 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.