Downtown Webb City Historic District · Photo: Kaethesson · CC BY-SA 3.0Reported crime per resident in Webb City fell 59% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Webb City grades C for safety (#106 of 172 graded towns in Missouri): more crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Webb City
Webb City reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Missouri towns on Webb City’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Joplin (D). Carterville reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Missouri towns, closer to the middle
Missouri’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Webb City’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 ↓
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 Webb City’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 (2.6) 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.
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Webb City property | Rest of Missouri property | Webb City violent | Rest of Missouri violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 38.0 | 31.8 | 2.6 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 29.8 | 28.8 | 3.5 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 21.3 | 27.0 | 2.2 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 11.4 | 22.9 | 2.2 | 5.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 11 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Webb City’s police reported 105 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.8 in the rest of Missouri and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Webb City | Rest of Missouri | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.6 | 6.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.5 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.2 | 6.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.2 | 5.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
183 crimes reported in 2025
29 violent and 154 property, as reported to the FBI by Webb City’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Three people died in crashes on Webb City’s roads in 2019–2023
Webb City had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what 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 Webb City’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Webb City’s own rate (4.5) 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.
Webb City and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webb City | C | 2.6 | 20.8 |
| Joplin | D | 5.4 | 42.6 |
| Carterville | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Carterville reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
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 Webb City. 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 Webb City’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (13,474 in 2025); our figure for Webb City is 13,459 (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 Webb City
Is Webb City, MO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Webb City reports more crime per resident than 74% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #106 of 172 in Missouri. Its police reported 2.6 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 Webb City?
2.6 violent and 20.8 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 crime going up or down in Webb City?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Webb City safer than Joplin?
Joplin reports more crime per resident than Webb City: Joplin grades D for safety and Webb City C. Joplin’s police reported 5.4 violent and 42.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Webb City?
Webb City’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Webb City”. 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.