The 10 Safest Cities In Missouri For 2020

The 10 Safest Cities In Missouri For 2020

1. Battlefield

It's a sweet name and all, but Battlefield mightn't be the most fitting name for the safest city in Missouri. With only one violent crime committed in the entire year, Battlefield would definitely rank as the safest battlefield in history. Not to mention that property crime is less frequent than trash pick-up in Battlefield.

Battlefield isn't a one-trick pony either. It got a 9.5/10 on our overall snackability score, meaning that jobs, housing, education, and safety (duh) all get top marks. And if the Ken Burns Civil War documentary isn't cutting it, seeing the scene up-close at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield might just do the trick. Reenacted violence is the only kind Battlefield abides.

Battlefield is part of the Springfield Metro Area in the southwestern part of Missouri.

2. Ballwin

While Missouri is home to two of the most dangerous cities in the country in St. Louis and Springfield, it's also home to gems like Ballwin.

A second-ring western suburb of St. Louis, it takes the reigns as the second safest place to live in Missouri for 2020.

The large 'burb of some 30,000 people boasts the fifth lowest violent crime rate and sixth lowest property crime rate in the state. Even better, there were zero murders and robberies here in the last reporting year.

Add in a highly educated adult population and it's no wonder people are flocking to the city -- it scores a 10/10 on our SnackAbility score and marks a best place to live in Missouri.

3. Glendale

Another safe suburb of St. Louis -- that was a fun little alliteration -- Glendale finds itself in the same position as last year near the top of our ranking.

Glendale's property and violent crime rates rank as the second lowest and ninth lowest, respectively, in the state at anywhere from 8-10x better than the national average. Add in the fact that over 75% of the population has at least college education, people make a ton of money, and housing is in super high demand and you actually have one of the single best places to live in MIssouri according to our data for this year.

4. Town And Country

With a name like Town and Country I feel like we are going to start reading a magazine about places to live in MIssouri, not one of the safest towns for back to back years.

Yet, here we find ourselves with the fourth safest town (or country?) of some 11,000 people. A really low violent crime rate helped the city earn its spot again. And while TripAdvisor lists all the best things to do in town as being eight miles away in St. Louis, maybe that's for the best. It's hard to have crime occur in town when people need to leave town to go get in trouble.

Cottleville residents don't need to be coddled. Not with such safe streets. Cottleville has a property crime rate roughly nine times lower than the national average, earning the city the gold medal in this category. And you could count the number of violent crimes Cottleville saw in the last year of available data on one hand.

Did I mention that Cottleville also scores a perfect 10/10 on our overall snackability score? Really, whatever your priorities are for choosing a place to live, Cottleville probably has what you're looking for. Especially if one of those priorities is drinking a vanilla cream ale from Exit 6 Brewery.

Cottleville is a western suburb of St. Louis.

6. Pleasant Hill

Located just southeast of Kansas City, Pleasant Hill ranks as the sixth safest city in Missouri overall. In 2018, Pleasant Hill experienced only one violent crime, giving the city the second lowest rate of violence in the state. That works out to a violent crime rate 33 times lower than the national average. Pleasant Hill deserves a lot of praise for its very impressive crime numbers this year, seeing as the city wasn't even in the top 30 safest cities in Missouri last year.

This level of safety is great news for solo runners and cyclists who want to enjoy the Rock Island Trail State Park in peace.

7. Ladue

How do you do Ladue?

Apparently you do safe in Ladue.

Yes you do, oh Ladue.

The city ranks as the seventh safest place to live in Missouri. The city still has one of the lowest violent crime rates in the state, but property crime inched up a tick. Still, we'd take the low violent crime rates any day of the week.

Ladue is yet another St. Louis suburb.

8. Ellisville

A western suburb of St. Louis, Ellisville ranks as the seventh safest city in Missouri overall. Ellisville had less than one violent crime per month in the last year of available data, and the eight lowest rate of property crime in the state. In other words, it's more likely that a magpie will steal your valuables at Mockingbird Park than a human.

Ellisville also score a 9.5/10 on our overall snackability score, with a special emphasis on excellent education and top-notch job/housing markets.

9. Bonne Terre

Bonne Terre ranks as the eighth safest enclave in the Show-Me State this year.

And while the name kind of gives off a French vibe, it's because it is, in fact, originally a French settlement -- I surprised myself with that one.

Anyway, on the subject at hand, Bonne Terre has the third lowest lowest property crime rate in the state. And the price of safety in Bonne Terre is quite low as it ranks as the cheapest place to live in Missouri for 2020. Safety at a discount sounds great to me.

10. Webster Groves

It what has become an obvious trend amongst the top ten, another suburb of St. Louis finds itself on the list -- Webster Groves.

And it's pretty interesting to us that for as dangerous as parts of St. Louis can be, there are so many extremely safe places to live just five to ten miles away. In this case, Webster Groves ranks well for property crimes -- fifth lowest overall -- which propelled it into the top ten safest places in Missouri.

The city is home to Webster University.

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