St. Peters, MO Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In St. Peters, MO Summary

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

  • There were 759 total crimes committed in St. Peters in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,265.1 total crimes per 100K people in St. Peters.
  • The overall crime rate in St. Peters is -40.30% below the national average.
  • St. Peters ranks #154 safest out of 313 cities in Missouri.
  • St. Peters ranks #5,356 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. Peters Vs Missouri And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in St. Peters is 1,265.1 per 100,000 people. That's -40.30% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -47.36% lower than the Missouri total crime rate of 2,403.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
St. Peters
/ 100k People
Missouri
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 759 1,265.1 2,403.3 2,119.2
Murder 1 1.7 7.8 5.0
Robbery 8 13.3 51.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 99 165.0 357.5 256.0
Violent Crime 124 206.7 462.0 359.0
Burglary 37 61.7 236.3 229.0
Larceny 541 901.8 1,306.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 57 95.0 398.4 259.0
Property Crime 635 1,058.5 1,941.2 1,760.0

St. Peters 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. Peters

124
Violent Crimes
206.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-42.43%
Below The National Average
  • There were 124 violent crimes in St. Peters in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in St. Peters is 206.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 483.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in St. Peters each year. That compares to a 1 in 216.4 chance statewide.
  • That's -42.43% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -55.27% lower than the Missouri violent crime rate of 462.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In St. Peters

635
Property Crimes
1,058.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-39.86%
Below The National Average
  • There were 635 property crimes in St. Peters in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in St. Peters is 1,058.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 94.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in St. Peters each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -39.86% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -45.47% lower than the Missouri property crime rate of 1,941.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around St. Peters

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
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
Maryland Heights, MO 27,351 410 1,499.0 1,330.8 168.2
Town and Country, MO 11,523 146 1,267.0 1,241.0 26.0
Cottleville, MO 6,164 4 64.9 48.7 16.2
Glendale, MO 6,011 23 382.6 366.0 16.6

St. Peters SnackAbility

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