5 Safest Cities in Missouri (2023 FBI Crime Data)
These are the 5 safest cities in Missouri, ranked by per-capita crime rate using 2023 FBI Uniform Crime Reporting data.Missouri has a statewide violent crime rate of 527.6 per 100,000 residents. The safest city in Missouri is Springfield with a Safety Context Score of 63/100. All rates are per 100,000 residents, never raw counts.
| # | City | Population | Violent/100K | Property/100K | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springfield | 169K | 597.9 | 1,253 | C (63) |
| 2 | St. Louis | 302K | 322.8 | 1,789 | C (58) |
| 3 | Kansas City | 508K | 560.6 | 2,655 | C (57) |
| 4 | Independence | 123K | 654.9 | 2,141 | D (47) |
| 5 | Columbia | 126K | 665.3 | 2,176 | D (45) |
All rates per 100,000 residents. Source: FBI UCR 2023.
Crime statistics for Missouri cities are derived from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) data. All figures represent per-capita rates per 100,000 residents, not raw counts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Based on FBI crime data and our Safety Context Score, Springfield is the safest city in Missouri with a score of 63/100 (Grade C), a violent crime rate of 597.9 per 100,000, and a property crime rate of 1,253 per 100,000.
Cities are ranked using our Safety Context Score (0-100), which weighs violent crime rate vs. national average (40%), property crime rate vs. national average (30%), and 5-year trend direction (30%). All rates are per 100,000 residents, never raw counts.
Crime in Missouri has increased 0.0% over the past 5 years based on FBI data.
Safety Context Score: violent crime vs. national average (40%), property crime vs. national average (30%), 5-year trend (30%). All rates per 100,000 residents.
The this entity category groups every U.S. city and county crime rates entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader the FBI UCR/NIBRS dataset distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.
For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying the FBI UCR/NIBRS dataset data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, 2026.