Recorded crime per resident in Woodson Terrace fell 59% from 2023 to 2025
Violent crime here is higher than in 85% of U.S. towns; property crime, higher than in 85%. Woodson Terrace’s overall Safety Grade is D (#129 of 172 graded towns in Missouri): more crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Police counts work out at 4.4 violent crimes and 24.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Missouri they are 5.8 and 26.2.
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 Woodson Terrace
Woodson Terrace reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Missouri towns on Woodson Terrace’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: St. John (D), Breckenridge Hills (D), Berkeley (D−). Neighbors ↓
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 Woodson Terrace’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Woodson Terrace property | Rest of Missouri property | Woodson Terrace violent | Rest of Missouri violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27.2 | 31.8 | 4.4 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 40.9 | 28.8 | 6.5 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 17.9 | 27.0 | 2.3 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 15.0 | 22.9 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
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.
Crime in Woodson Terrace 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 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Woodson Terrace | Rest of Missouri | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.4 | 6.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.3 | 6.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Woodson Terrace’s police reported 51 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 5.8 in the rest of Missouri and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
75 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.
17 violent and 58 property, as reported to the FBI by Woodson Terrace’s police.
No one died in a crash on Woodson Terrace’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what 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 Woodson Terrace’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Woodson Terrace’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Woodson Terrace and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodson Terrace | D | 4.4 | 24.6 |
| Berkeley | D− | 20.4 | 55.3 |
| St. John | D | 6.7 | 21.1 |
| Breckenridge Hills | D | 8.8 | 18.9 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Missouri towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodson Terrace | D | 4.4 | 24.6 |
| Brookfield | C+ | 2.9 | 10.9 |
| Frontenac | C+ | 0.6 | 21.2 |
| El Dorado Springs | C | 2.8 | 18.1 |
| St. James | C− | 2.4 | 22.9 |
| Camdenton | C− | 3.1 | 26.0 |
The five graded Missouri towns closest to Woodson Terrace’s population (3,902), 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 Woodson Terrace. 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 Woodson Terrace’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,873 in 2025); our figure for Woodson Terrace is 3,902 (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 Woodson Terrace
Is Woodson Terrace, MO safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Woodson Terrace reports more crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #129 of 172 in Missouri. Its police reported 4.4 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 Woodson Terrace?
4.4 violent and 24.6 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 Woodson Terrace safer than Berkeley?
Berkeley reports more crime per resident than Woodson Terrace: Berkeley grades D− for safety and Woodson Terrace D. Berkeley’s police reported 20.4 violent and 55.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Woodson Terrace?
Woodson Terrace’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Woodson Terrace”. 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.