Photo: Brendanmo11 · Public domainFor property crime, Wentzville beats 62% of U.S. towns per resident
Police counts work out at 1.5 violent crimes and 8.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Missouri they are 5.8 and 26.4. Each of the two towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. The Safety Grade comes out at B, drawn from crimes Wentzville’s police reported through 2023 to 2025: #39 of 172 graded towns in Missouri. The graded rate fell 26% 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 Wentzville
2 of the 2 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 2 Missouri towns on Wentzville’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Lake St. Louis (A−), O'Fallon (A−). Neighbors ↓
Among Missouri towns, higher
Missouri’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Wentzville’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 77% of the 172 Missouri towns we grade, against 61% 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 Wentzville’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 lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Wentzville property | Rest of Missouri property | Wentzville violent | Rest of Missouri violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.3 | 32.1 | 3.0 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 9.9 | 29.1 | 2.0 | 6.0 |
| 2024 | 7.4 | 27.2 | 1.1 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 7.4 | 23.1 | 1.4 | 5.5 |
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 | Wentzville | Rest of Missouri | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.0 | 6.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 6.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.4 | 5.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Wentzville’s police reported 219 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.5 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 Wentzville 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.
434 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.
69 violent and 365 property, as reported to the FBI by Wentzville’s police.
16 people died in crashes on Wentzville’s roads in 2019–2023
Wentzville had 14 fatal crashes in five years, in which 16 people died; 4 were pedestrians. 5 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 6.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Missouri towns of 25,000–100,000 people (6.9, 24 towns).
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.
Wentzville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wentzville | B | 1.5 | 8.2 |
| Lake St. Louis | A− | 0.8 | 4.6 |
| O'Fallon | A− | 0.8 | 5.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Missouri towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wentzville | B | 1.5 | 8.2 |
| Chesterfield | B | 1.0 | 11.3 |
| Florissant | C | 2.9 | 18.0 |
| Jefferson City | C− | 3.3 | 19.6 |
| Cape Girardeau | D | 5.7 | 22.5 |
| Joplin | D | 5.4 | 42.6 |
The five graded Missouri towns closest to Wentzville’s population (49,495), 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 Wentzville. 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 Wentzville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (49,528 in 2025); our figure for Wentzville is 49,495 (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 Wentzville
Is Wentzville, MO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Wentzville reports less crime per resident than 61% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #39 of 172 in Missouri. Its police reported 1.5 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 Wentzville?
1.5 violent and 8.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Missouri reports 5.8 and 26.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Wentzville in 2025?
Wentzville’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Wentzville safer than Lake St. Louis?
Lake St. Louis reports less crime per resident than Wentzville: Lake St. Louis grades A− for safety and Wentzville B. Lake St. Louis’s police reported 0.8 violent and 4.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Wentzville?
Wentzville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Wentzville”. 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.