St. John, MO Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In St. John, MO Summary

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

  • There were 164 total crimes committed in St. John in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,560.5 total crimes per 100K people in St. John.
  • The overall crime rate in St. John is 20.82% above the national average.
  • St. John ranks #240 safest out of 313 cities in Missouri.
  • St. John ranks #8,122 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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St. John Vs Missouri And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in St. John is 2,560.5 per 100,000 people. That's 20.82% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 6.54% higher than the Missouri total crime rate of 2,403.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
St. John
/ 100k People
Missouri
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 164 2,560.5 2,403.3 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 7.8 5.0
Robbery 5 78.1 51.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 33 515.2 357.5 256.0
Violent Crime 39 608.9 462.0 359.0
Burglary 18 281.0 236.3 229.0
Larceny 78 1,217.8 1,306.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 29 452.8 398.4 259.0
Property Crime 125 1,951.6 1,941.2 1,760.0

St. John 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 St. John

39
Violent Crimes
608.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
69.61%
Above The National Average
  • There were 39 violent crimes in St. John in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in St. John is 608.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 164.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in St. John each year. That compares to a 1 in 216.4 chance statewide.
  • That's 69.61% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 31.78% higher than the Missouri violent crime rate of 462.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In St. John

125
Property Crimes
1,951.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
10.89%
Above The National Average
  • There were 125 property crimes in St. John in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in St. John is 1,951.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 51.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in St. John each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 10.89% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 0.53% higher than the Missouri property crime rate of 1,941.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around St. John

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Chesterfield, MO 48,907 676 1,382.2 1,286.1 96.1
Ballwin, MO 30,171 163 540.3 483.9 56.3
Edwardsville, IL 26,663 190 712.6 682.6 30.0
Collinsville, IL 23,599 461 1,953.5 1,758.5 194.9
Overland, MO 15,358 416 2,708.7 2,181.3 527.4
Glen Carbon, IL 13,870 162 1,168.0 1,103.1 64.9
Columbia, IL 10,491 69 657.7 495.7 162.0
Wood River, IL 10,216 203 1,987.1 1,713.0 274.1
Pontoon Beach, IL 5,786 113 1,953.0 1,693.7 259.2
Breckenridge Hills, MO 4,322 139 3,216.1 2,498.8 717.3

St. John SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8
Diversity
9
Safety
3
Amenities
8.5
Education
6
Commute
8
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