Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0Reported crime per resident in Webster Groves fell 35% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Webster Groves grades B+ for safety (#16 of 172 graded towns in Missouri): less crime per resident than 73% 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 Webster Groves
Webster Groves reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 8 Missouri towns on Webster Groves’ borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Rock Hill (B), Crestwood (B−), Brentwood (D), Shrewsbury (D), Maplewood (D−). Glendale reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Oakland and Marlborough have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Missouri towns, higher
Missouri’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Webster Groves’ place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 91% of the 172 Missouri towns we grade, against 73% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Webster Groves is home to Webster University, with 5,203 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 9% 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 ↓
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 Webster Groves’ 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 lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.
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 | Webster Groves property | Rest of Missouri property | Webster Groves violent | Rest of Missouri violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10.2 | 32.0 | 1.1 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 8.4 | 28.9 | 0.9 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 6.5 | 27.1 | 1.2 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 5.2 | 23.0 | 0.9 | 5.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Webster Groves’ police reported 69 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.0 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 | Webster Groves | Rest of Missouri | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.1 | 6.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 6.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 5.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 5 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, 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.
142 crimes reported in 2025
21 violent and 121 property, as reported to the FBI by Webster Groves’ police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Five people died in crashes on Webster Groves’s roads in 2019–2023
Webster Groves had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
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 Webster Groves’s size would see about 9 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Webster Groves’s own rate (4.2) 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.
Webster Groves and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webster Groves | B+ | 1.0 | 6.7 |
| Brentwood | D | 1.6 | 39.2 |
| Maplewood | D− | 5.3 | 65.5 |
| Shrewsbury | D | 0.9 | 59.7 |
| Rock Hill | B | 2.2 | 7.5 |
| Crestwood | B− | 1.1 | 14.2 |
| Glendale | — | — | — |
| Oakland | — | — | — |
| Marlborough | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Glendale reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Oakland and Marlborough have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
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 Webster Groves. 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 Webster Groves’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (23,409 in 2025); our figure for Webster Groves is 23,450 (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 Webster Groves
Is Webster Groves, MO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Webster Groves reports less crime per resident than 73% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #16 of 172 in Missouri. Its police reported 1.0 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 Webster Groves?
1.0 violent and 6.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Missouri reports 5.8 and 26.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Webster Groves?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Webster Groves safer than Brentwood?
Brentwood reports more crime per resident than Webster Groves: Brentwood grades D for safety and Webster Groves B+. Brentwood’s police reported 1.6 violent and 39.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Webster Groves?
Webster Groves’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Webster Groves”. 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.