Vinita Park has more crime per resident than almost every U.S. town
The grade is D−, built on crimes Vinita Park’s police reported from 2023 to 2025. On top of that, typical years here bring 12.4 violent crimes plus 52.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 5.8 plus 26.1 in the rest of Missouri. 2 of the 3 towns next door 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 Vinita Park
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Missouri towns on Vinita Park’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: University City (C), Overland (D), Pagedale (D−). Hanley Hills has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Vinita Park has 2,679 jobs based in town for 1,923 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 Vinita Park’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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Vinita Park | Rest of Missouri | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.0 | 6.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 10.0 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 17.2 | 6.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 10.1 | 5.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Vinita Park’s police reported 327 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 12.4 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 Vinita Park 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 10 violent crimes, 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 | Vinita Park property | Rest of Missouri property | Vinita Park violent | Rest of Missouri violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 55.5 | 31.8 | 12.0 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 56.2 | 28.7 | 10.0 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 52.7 | 26.9 | 17.2 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 49.8 | 22.8 | 10.1 | 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.
526 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.
89 violent and 437 property, as reported to the FBI by Vinita Park’s police.
Five people died in crashes on Vinita Park’s roads in 2019–2023
Vinita Park had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 3 were pedestrians. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is more than 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 Vinita Park’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Vinita Park’s own rate (49.0) 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.
Vinita Park and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vinita Park | D− | 12.4 | 52.9 |
| University City | C | 3.0 | 18.0 |
| Overland | D | 5.4 | 21.7 |
| Hanley Hills | — | — | — |
| Pagedale | D− | 18.4 | 33.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Hanley Hills has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Missouri towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vinita Park | D− | 12.4 | 52.9 |
| Thayer | B+ | 0.9 | 9.1 |
| Seymour | B+ | 1.4 | 7.3 |
| Lone Jack | B | 1.6 | 9.2 |
| Sparta | B | 2.4 | 6.1 |
| Piedmont | C− | 5.6 | 17.3 |
The five graded Missouri towns closest to Vinita Park’s population (1,923), 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 Vinita Park. 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 Vinita Park’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (8,783 in 2025); our figure for Vinita Park is 1,923 (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 Vinita Park
Is Vinita Park, MO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Vinita Park reports more crime per resident than 99% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade. Its police reported 12.4 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 Vinita Park?
12.4 violent and 52.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Missouri reports 5.8 and 26.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Vinita Park safer than University City?
University City reports less crime per resident than Vinita Park: University City grades C for safety and Vinita Park D−. University City’s police reported 3.0 violent and 18.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Vinita Park?
Vinita Park’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Vinita Park”. 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.