St. Louis, MO Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In St. Louis, MO Summary

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

  • There were 19,616 total crimes committed in St. Louis in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 7,074.1 total crimes per 100K people in St. Louis.
  • The overall crime rate in St. Louis is 233.80% above the national average.
  • St. Louis ranks #305 safest out of 313 cities in Missouri.
  • St. Louis ranks #9,776 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.

Additional research about crime in Missouri

St. Louis Vs Missouri And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in St. Louis is 7,074.1 per 100,000 people. That's 233.80% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 194.35% higher than the Missouri total crime rate of 2,403.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
St. Louis
/ 100k People
Missouri
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 19,616 7,074.1 2,403.3 2,119.2
Murder 150 54.1 7.8 5.0
Robbery 692 249.6 51.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 2,788 1,005.4 357.5 256.0
Violent Crime 3,791 1,367.1 462.0 359.0
Burglary 2,273 819.7 236.3 229.0
Larceny 9,462 3,412.3 1,306.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 4,090 1,475.0 398.4 259.0
Property Crime 15,825 5,706.9 1,941.2 1,760.0

St. Louis 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. Louis

3,791
Violent Crimes
1,367.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
280.82%
Above The National Average
  • There were 3,791 violent crimes in St. Louis in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in St. Louis is 1,367.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 73.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in St. Louis each year. That compares to a 1 in 216.4 chance statewide.
  • That's 280.82% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 195.89% higher than the Missouri violent crime rate of 462.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In St. Louis

15,825
Property Crimes
5,706.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
224.26%
Above The National Average
  • There were 15,825 property crimes in St. Louis in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in St. Louis is 5,706.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 17.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in St. Louis each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 224.26% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 193.99% higher than the Missouri property crime rate of 1,941.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around St. Louis

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
O'Fallon, IL 31,856 387 1,214.8 1,020.2 194.6
Edwardsville, IL 26,663 190 712.6 682.6 30.0
Collinsville, IL 23,599 461 1,953.5 1,758.5 194.9
Clayton, MO 17,501 157 897.1 794.2 102.9
Fairview Heights, IL 15,948 548 3,436.2 3,028.6 407.6
Shiloh, IL 14,950 121 809.4 635.5 173.9
Swansea, IL 14,515 114 785.4 744.1 41.3
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
Maryville, IL 8,336 29 347.9 287.9 60.0

St. Louis SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
6
Affordability
6
Diversity
9
Safety
1
Amenities
10
Education
8
Commute
8
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