Photo: LittleT889 · CC BY-SA 4.0Town and Country records less violent crime per head than 85% of U.S. towns
One of the 5 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Town and Country’s Safety Grade, B (#42 of 172 graded towns in Missouri), rests on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025: less crime per resident than 60% of U.S. towns. Annual rates stand at 0.5 violent crime and 12.8 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 5.8 and 26.2 in the rest of Missouri. The rate the grade counts held about level from 2023 to 2025.
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 Town and Country
1 of the 5 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 5 Missouri towns on Town and Country’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Ballwin (A−), Chesterfield (B), Creve Coeur (C+), Frontenac (C+), Des Peres (D). Neighbors ↓
Among Missouri towns, higher
Missouri’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Town and Country’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 76% of the 172 Missouri towns we grade, against 60% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Town and Country is home to Maryville University of Saint Louis, with 3,452 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 8% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Town and Country has 22,146 jobs based in town for 11,619 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 Town and Country’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Town and Country’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (12.8) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) 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 | Town and Country | Rest of Missouri | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.3 | 6.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 6.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 5.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Town and Country’s police reported 17 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.5 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 Town and Country 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 | Town and Country property | Rest of Missouri property | Town and Country violent | Rest of Missouri violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16.3 | 31.9 | 0.3 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 13.6 | 28.8 | 0.3 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 12.4 | 27.0 | 0.3 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 12.4 | 22.9 | 0.9 | 5.5 |
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.
155 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.
11 violent and 144 property, as reported to the FBI by Town and Country’s police.
Eight people died in crashes on Town and Country’s roads in 2019–2023
Town and Country had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is more than 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 Town and Country’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Town and Country’s own rate (13.8) 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.
Town and Country and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town and Country | B | 0.5 | 12.8 |
| Creve Coeur | C+ | 1.6 | 15.7 |
| Chesterfield | B | 1.0 | 11.3 |
| Des Peres | D | 0.6 | 43.3 |
| Ballwin | A− | 0.6 | 5.2 |
| Frontenac | C+ | 0.6 | 21.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Missouri towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town and Country | B | 0.5 | 12.8 |
| Smithville | B+ | 1.4 | 7.0 |
| Kearney | B | 1.8 | 6.2 |
| Crestwood | B− | 1.1 | 14.2 |
| Bolivar | C+ | 1.8 | 15.8 |
| Bridgeton | D− | 6.5 | 50.5 |
The five graded Missouri towns closest to Town and Country’s population (11,619), 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 Town and Country. 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 Town and Country’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (11,622 in 2025); our figure for Town and Country is 11,619 (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 Town and Country
Is Town and Country, MO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Town and Country reports less crime per resident than 60% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #42 of 172 in Missouri. Its police reported 0.5 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 Town and Country?
0.5 violent and 12.8 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 Town and Country safer than Creve Coeur?
Creve Coeur reports more crime per resident than Town and Country: Creve Coeur grades C+ for safety and Town and Country B. Creve Coeur’s police reported 1.6 violent and 15.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Town and Country?
Town and Country’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Town and Country”. 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.