Cottleville, MO Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Cottleville, MO Summary

Crime in Cottleville research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Cottleville 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 Cottleville:

  • There were 4 total crimes committed in Cottleville in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 64.9 total crimes per 100K people in Cottleville.
  • The overall crime rate in Cottleville is -96.94% below the national average.
  • Cottleville ranks #21 safest out of 313 cities in Missouri.
  • Cottleville ranks #447 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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Cottleville Vs Missouri And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Cottleville is 64.9 per 100,000 people. That's -96.94% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -97.30% lower than the Missouri total crime rate of 2,403.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Cottleville
/ 100k People
Missouri
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 4 64.9 2,403.3 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 51.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 1 16.2 357.5 256.0
Violent Crime 1 16.2 462.0 359.0
Burglary 1 16.2 236.3 229.0
Larceny 2 32.4 1,306.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 0 0.0 398.4 259.0
Property Crime 3 48.7 1,941.2 1,760.0

Cottleville 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 Cottleville

1
Violent Crimes
16.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-95.48%
Below The National Average
  • There were 1 violent crimes in Cottleville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Cottleville is 16.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 6,164.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Cottleville each year. That compares to a 1 in 216.4 chance statewide.
  • That's -95.48% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -96.49% lower than the Missouri violent crime rate of 462.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Cottleville

3
Property Crimes
48.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-97.23%
Below The National Average
  • There were 3 property crimes in Cottleville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Cottleville is 48.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,054.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Cottleville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -97.23% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -97.49% lower than the Missouri property crime rate of 1,941.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Cottleville

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
St. Charles, MO 72,143 737 1,021.6 887.1 134.5
St. Peters, MO 59,993 759 1,265.1 1,058.5 206.7
Chesterfield, MO 48,907 676 1,382.2 1,286.1 96.1
Ballwin, MO 30,171 163 540.3 483.9 56.3
Kirkwood, MO 29,082 468 1,609.2 1,396.1 213.2
Webster Groves, MO 23,271 179 769.2 648.9 120.3
Lake St. Louis, MO 19,334 128 662.0 605.2 56.9
Town and Country, MO 11,523 146 1,267.0 1,241.0 26.0
Glendale, MO 6,011 23 382.6 366.0 16.6

Cottleville SnackAbility

9.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
9
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
4
Safety
9
Amenities
6
Education
9.5
Commute
6
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