St. Louis, MO crime rate
In 2025 the St. Louis Police Department reported 1,231.4 violent crimes and 5,051.0 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Missouri and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does St. Louis compare with Missouri and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows St. Louis only.
What offenses were reported in St. Louis, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Missouri | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 3,384 | 1,231.4 | 417.8 | 327.6 | down 10.3% | down 24.9% |
| Murder | 141 | 51.3 | 7.1 | 4.1 | down 5.9% | down 25.3% |
| Rape | 118 | 42.9 | 40.0 | 36.1 | down 34.3% | down 35.0% |
| Robbery | 587 | 213.6 | 42.4 | 49.4 | down 14.4% | down 28.9% |
| Aggravated assault | 2,538 | 923.5 | 328.4 | 238.0 | down 8.0% | down 23.4% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 13,881 | 5,051.0 | 1,644.1 | 1,534.8 | down 12.8% | down 17.3% |
| Burglary | 1,884 | 685.5 | 220.0 | 193.6 | down 17.3% | down 6.2% |
| Larceny-theft | 8,652 | 3,148.3 | 1,131.1 | 1,144.1 | down 8.7% | down 22.0% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 3,266 | 1,188.4 | 293.1 | 197.0 | down 19.9% | down 7.6% |
| Arson | 79 | 28.7 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 14.3% | down 50.9% |
Reported = offenses known to the St. Louis Police Department and sent to the FBI. Missouri and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | St. Louis | United States | Missouri |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,640.7 | 387.0 | 524.3 |
| 2022 | 1,503.2 | 388.7 | 494.4 |
| 2023 | 1,456.9 | 379.5 | 471.0 |
| 2024 | 1,373.3 | 362.9 | 467.0 |
| 2025 | 1,231.4 | 327.6 | 417.8 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | St. Louis | United States | Missouri |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6,109.9 | 1,832.3 | 2,346.8 |
| 2022 | 7,372.4 | 1,973.8 | 2,370.4 |
| 2023 | 6,477.9 | 1,934.1 | 2,158.0 |
| 2024 | 5,795.3 | 1,761.1 | 1,974.1 |
| 2025 | 5,051.0 | 1,534.8 | 1,644.1 |
Is St. Louis safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the St. Louis Police Department reported, 1,231.4 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Missouri's 417.8, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 10.3% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
In 2025 the 3,384 violent crimes reported to the FBI in St. Louis came to 1,231.4 per 100,000 residents covered by the St. Louis Police Department. The Missouri estimate for the same year was 417.8 and the US rate 327.6, so the city's figure was 2.9 times the state rate and 3.8 times the national rate. Property crime stood at 5,051.0 per 100,000, which is 3.1 times the Missouri estimate of 1,644.1 and 3.3 times the US figure of 1,534.8.
The murder rate was 51.3 per 100,000 in 2025, from 141 homicides, against 7.1 for Missouri and 4.1 for the US. Violent crime is down 24.9% since 2021, when the rate was 1,640.7, and down 10.3% from 2024. Rape fell the most of the violent offenses since 2021, 35.0%, and also from 2024 to 2025, 34.3%.
Aggravated assault accounted for 75% of violent crime, and robbery came to 213.6 per 100,000, 4.3 times the US rate. Property crime fell 17.3% from 2021 and 12.8% from 2024. Motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses from 2024 to 2025, 19.9%, to 1,188.4 per 100,000, which is 6.0 times the national rate.
Arson came down 50.9% since 2021, the largest fall in the property group, to 28.7 per 100,000; the FBI does not estimate arson for states or the nation. The department reported all 12 months in each of the 5 years shown and switched to NIBRS in 2021. It had 4.38 police employees per 1,000 residents in 2025.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 4.38 per 1,000 residents (843 officers, 362 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Missouri cities
The nearest Missouri cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, St. Louis Police Department (ORI MOSPD0000), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Missouri and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- St. Louis Police Department (MOSPD0000): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MOSPD0000_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- St. Louis Police Department (MOSPD0000): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MOSPD0000_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- St. Louis Police Department (MOSPD0000): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MOSPD0000_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- St. Louis Police Department (MOSPD0000): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MOSPD0000_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- St. Louis Police Department (MOSPD0000): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MOSPD0000_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- St. Louis Police Department (MOSPD0000): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MOSPD0000_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- St. Louis Police Department (MOSPD0000): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MOSPD0000_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- St. Louis Police Department (MOSPD0000): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MOSPD0000_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- St. Louis Police Department (MOSPD0000): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MOSPD0000_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- St. Louis Police Department (MOSPD0000): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MOSPD0000_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- St. Louis Police Department (MOSPD0000): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_MOSPD0000__from-2021-to-2025.json)