Chesterfield, MO Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Chesterfield, MO Summary

Crime in Chesterfield research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Chesterfield over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Chesterfield:

  • There were 676 total crimes committed in Chesterfield in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,382.2 total crimes per 100K people in Chesterfield.
  • The overall crime rate in Chesterfield is -34.78% below the national average.
  • Chesterfield ranks #166 safest out of 313 cities in Missouri.
  • Chesterfield ranks #5,702 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Chesterfield Vs Missouri And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Chesterfield is 1,382.2 per 100,000 people. That's -34.78% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -42.49% lower than the Missouri total crime rate of 2,403.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Chesterfield
/ 100k People
Missouri
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 676 1,382.2 2,403.3 2,119.2
Murder 1 2.0 7.8 5.0
Robbery 5 10.2 51.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 36 73.6 357.5 256.0
Violent Crime 47 96.1 462.0 359.0
Burglary 53 108.4 236.3 229.0
Larceny 533 1,089.8 1,306.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 43 87.9 398.4 259.0
Property Crime 629 1,286.1 1,941.2 1,760.0

Chesterfield Crime Compared To Missouri Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Missouri.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Chesterfield

47
Violent Crimes
96.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-73.23%
Below The National Average
  • There were 47 violent crimes in Chesterfield in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Chesterfield is 96.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,040.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Chesterfield each year. That compares to a 1 in 216.4 chance statewide.
  • That's -73.23% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -79.20% lower than the Missouri violent crime rate of 462.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Chesterfield

629
Property Crimes
1,286.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-26.93%
Below The National Average
  • There were 629 property crimes in Chesterfield in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Chesterfield is 1,286.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 77.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Chesterfield each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -26.93% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -33.75% lower than the Missouri property crime rate of 1,941.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Chesterfield

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
O'Fallon, MO 94,911 511 538.4 479.4 59.0
Ballwin, MO 30,171 163 540.3 483.9 56.3
Kirkwood, MO 29,082 468 1,609.2 1,396.1 213.2
Maryland Heights, MO 27,351 410 1,499.0 1,330.8 168.2
Webster Groves, MO 23,271 179 769.2 648.9 120.3
Manchester, MO 17,912 241 1,345.5 1,300.8 44.7
Town and Country, MO 11,523 146 1,267.0 1,241.0 26.0
Ellisville, MO 9,742 85 872.5 728.8 143.7
Ladue, MO 8,847 79 893.0 847.7 45.2
Glendale, MO 6,011 23 382.6 366.0 16.6

Chesterfield SnackAbility

9.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
8
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
9.5
Commute
8
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