Every city has safe neighborhoods and dangerous neighborhoods. We believe you should know which neighborhoods in St. Louis are the safest before you move.
Every year, more than 30 million Americans move. Sometimes, it’s for a job, other times it’s to escape the big city. But no matter where you move, you want a neighborhood that’s family friendly, clean, and most importantly, safe.
We’ve analyzed the FBI crime report’s data on violent and property crimes for every single neighborhood in St. Louis. Then, we calculated your chances of being the victim of a crime in each one.
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Pick a metric. The bars rescale. The red line is Missouri’s statewide median.
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Methodology: How we determined the safest St. Louis hoods in 2026
You can ask people which neighborhoods are the safest, or you can look at the unbiased raw data. We choose data.
Instead of relying on speculation and opinion, we used Saturday Night Science to analyze the numbers from the FBI’s most recent crime report for every neighborhood in St. Louis.
To be more specific, we analyzed the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report. We then ran an analysis to calculate each neighborhood’s property and violent crimes per capita. We used the following criteria:
- Total Crimes Per Capita
- Violent Crimes Per Capita
- Property Crimes Per Capita
We then ranked each neighborhood with scores from 1 to 77 in each category, where 1 was the safest.
Next, we averaged the rankings for each neighborhood to create a safe neighborhood index.
Finally, we crowned the neighborhood with the lowest safest neighborhood index the “Safest City Neighborhood In St. Louis.” We’re lookin’ at you, Hi-Pointe.
We updated this article for 2026. Skip to the end to see the list of all the neighborhoods in the city, from safest to most dangerous.
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Detailed list of the safest neighborhoods to live in St. Louis for 2026
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| Rank | Neighborhood | Crime Per 100K |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hi-Pointe | |
| 2 | Clifton Heights | |
| 3 | Princeton Heights | |
| 4 | Missouri Botanical Garden | |
| 5 | Lindenwood Park | |
| 5 | Boulevard Heights | |
| 7 | Calvary-Bellefontaine Cemetery | |
| 8 | South Hampton | |
| 9 | Saint Louis Hills | |
| 9 | Ellendale | |
| 11 | Oarondelet Park | |
| 12 | Wydown-Skinker | |
| 13 | North Hampton | |
| 14 | Shaw | |
| 15 | Downtown | |
| 15 | Clayton-Tamm | |
| 17 | Bevo Mill | |
| 17 | Downtown West | |
| 19 | Franz Park | |
| 19 | Benton Park | |
| 21 | Compton Heights | |
| 22 | Botanical Heights | |
| 23 | Fairground Park | |
| 23 | Skinker-Debaliviere | |
| 25 | Southwest Garden | |
| 26 | The Gate District | |
| 26 | Lewis Place | |
| 26 | Holly Hills | |
| 29 | Kings Oak | |
| 30 | Tower Grove South | |
| 31 | Kosciusko | |
| 32 | The Hill | |
| 33 | La Salle | |
| 34 | Vandeventer | |
| 35 | Lafayette Square | |
| 36 | Midtown | |
| 37 | Dutchtown | |
| 38 | North Point | |
| 39 | Kingsway East | |
| 40 | Cheltenham | |
| 41 | Central West End | |
| 42 | Debaliviere Place | |
| 43 | Saint Louis Place | |
| 44 | Carondelet | |
| 45 | Benton Park West | |
| 46 | Fox Park | |
| 47 | Walnut Park West | |
| 48 | Penrose | |
| 49 | Forest Park Southeast | |
| 50 | The Ville | |
| 51 | The Greater Ville | |
| 51 | McKinley Heights | |
| 53 | Tower Grove East | |
| 53 | Patch | |
| 55 | College Hill | |
| 56 | Marine Villa | |
| 57 | Kingsway West | |
| 58 | Mount Pleasant | |
| 59 | Jeffvanderlou | |
| 60 | Visitation Park | |
| 61 | Covenant Blu-Grand Center | |
| 62 | Near North Riverfront | |
| 63 | Walnut Park East | |
| 64 | West End | |
| 65 | Gravois Park | |
| 66 | Wells-Goodfellow | |
| 66 | Mark Twain | |
| 68 | Soulard | |
| 69 | North Riverfront | |
| 69 | Hamilton Heights | |
| 71 | Peabody-Darst-Webbe | |
| 71 | Fairground Neighborhood | |
| 73 | Old North Saint Louis | |
| 74 | Baden | |
| 75 | Academy | |
| 76 | Fountain Park | |
| 77 | Hyde Park |
Source: FBI UCR. All 77 St. Louis neighborhoods.
Summary
Summary: The safest places in St. Louis
Looking at the data, you can tell that Hi-Pointe is as safe as they come, according to science and data.
The safest neighborhoods in St. Louis are Hi-Pointe, Clifton Heights, Princeton Heights, Missouri Botanical Garden, Lindenwood Park, Boulevard Heights, Calvary-Bellefontaine Cemetery, South Hampton, Saint Louis Hills, and Ellendale.
But as most Missouri residents would agree, almost every place here has its safe and not safe parts. So make sure you’re informed ahead of time.
We ranked the neighborhoods from safest to most dangerous in the chart below. Not sold on Missouri? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.
Questions and answers
Safest Neighborhoods In St. Louis FAQs
What is the safest neighborhood in St. Louis?
Hi-Pointe is the safest neighborhood in St. Louis for 2026, based on FBI crime data. Clifton Heights and Princeton Heights are next.
What are the safest neighborhoods in St. Louis?
The safest neighborhoods in St. Louis are Hi-Pointe, Clifton Heights, Princeton Heights, Missouri Botanical Garden, Lindenwood Park, Boulevard Heights, Calvary-Bellefontaine Cemetery, South Hampton, Saint Louis Hills, and Ellendale. We ranked all 77 neighborhoods in the city.
How do you measure neighborhood safety?
Neighborhoods are ranked on violent and property crimes per capita, using FBI crime data mapped to each neighborhood. The lowest combined crime rate wins.
Which neighborhood ranked last for safety?
Hyde Park posts the highest crime rate of the 77 St. Louis neighborhoods we scored. Our separate worst neighborhoods in St. Louis ranking digs into that end of the list.
Does a low crime rate guarantee safety?
No. Crime rates are averages across a whole neighborhood, and conditions change block by block and hour by hour. The numbers tell you where the odds are best, not that anywhere is risk-free.
