What is the #1 most dangerous cities in missouri?

#	City	Population	Crime Rate per 1K
1	Velda City	1,231	63.11
2	Flordell Hills	1,300	31.37
3	Wellston	1,690	30.09
4	Berkeley	8,149	25.35
5	Riverview	2,688	18.65
6	Pagedale	2,547	18.47
7	Jennings	12,900	18.39
8	Vinita Park	1,978	17.30
9	Pine Lawn	2,738	16.83
10	Country Club Hills	1,017	16.21
11	Kansas City	508,233	15.47
12	St. Louis	293,109	13.69
13	Butler	4,594	13.59
14	Caruthersville	5,426	12.28
15	Springfield	169,432	11.79
16	Moline Acres	2,806	11.56
17	Sikeston	16,231	10.30
18	Bellefontaine Neighbors	10,562	9.45
19	Senath	1,578	9.40
20	Raytown	29,593	8.64
21	Piedmont	2,857	8.64
22	Charleston	4,565	8.10
23	Normandy	4,263	7.91
24	Clinton	9,047	7.38
25	St. Joseph	71,542	7.29
26	Breckenridge Hills	4,413	7.17
27	Ferguson	18,350	7.12
28	North Kansas City	4,758	7.09
29	Grandview	25,821	6.79
30	Winfield	1,726	6.75
31	Hayti	2,145	6.65
32	Maplewood	8,154	6.52
33	Bridgeton	11,372	6.51
34	Greenfield	1,276	6.47
35	Calverton Park	1,280	6.25
36	Cape Girardeau	40,047	6.23
37	Riverside	4,153	6.14
38	St. John	6,562	6.09
39	New London	1,118	6.08
40	Sullivan	6,355	5.88
41	Houston	2,407	5.85
42	Malden	3,818	5.77
43	Independence	121,944	5.72
44	Kennett	10,236	5.70
45	Joplin	52,218	5.60
46	Harrisonville	10,002	5.53
47	Sedalia	21,869	5.45
48	Nevada	7,998	5.44
49	De Soto	6,452	5.38
50	Overland	15,762	5.34
51	Bel-Ridge	2,714	5.25
52	Seneca	1,938	5.19
53	Byrnes Mill	3,168	5.02
54	Hazelwood	25,214	4.90
55	Edmundson	1,153	4.78
56	Branson	12,760	4.78
57	Steele	1,449	4.76
58	Ash Grove	1,336	4.66
59	New Madrid	2,720	4.66
60	Claycomo	1,994	4.42
61	Waynesville	5,422	4.39
62	Kirksville	17,493	4.18
63	Lebanon	15,157	4.18
64	Rock Hill	4,708	4.11
65	Cameron	8,721	4.10
66	Sugar Creek	3,261	4.10
67	St. Ann	12,865	4.06
68	Richland	2,256	4.03
69	Richmond Heights	9,179	4.01
70	Aurora	7,331	3.99
71	Potosi	2,542	3.94
72	Union	12,560	3.94
73	Shelbina	2,108	3.86
74	Tipton	2,680	3.84
75	Sweet Springs	1,299	3.83
76	Gladstone	27,069	3.76
77	Rolla	20,144	3.74
78	Northwoods	3,654	3.65
79	Purdy	1,308	3.65
80	St. Clair	4,767	3.63
81	West Plains	12,341	3.61
82	El Dorado Springs	3,545	3.59
83	Hannibal	16,825	3.58
84	Buckner	2,917	3.50
85	Columbia	127,200	3.49
86	Chillicothe	9,129	3.47
87	Florissant	51,915	3.41
88	Belton	24,618	3.34
89	Jefferson City	42,565	3.34
90	St. James	3,922	3.34
91	Excelsior Springs	10,502	3.30
92	Farmington	17,999	3.23
93	Richmond	5,979	3.20
94	Moberly	13,634	3.18
95	Cuba	3,172	3.17
96	Warrensburg	19,437	3.13
97	Eldon	4,486	3.00
98	Scott City	4,354	2.99
99	University City	34,655	2.99
100	Chaffee	3,039	2.98
101	Portageville	2,869	2.95
102	Perryville	8,530	2.94
103	Dexter	7,906	2.93
104	Charlack	1,775	2.92
105	Buffalo	3,358	2.88
106	Owensville	2,798	2.87
107	Carl Junction	8,257	2.84
108	Trenton	5,542	2.84
109	Boonville	7,682	2.80
110	Mountain Grove	4,494	2.73
111	Neosho	12,857	2.72
112	Belle	1,476	2.68
113	Osage Beach	4,715	2.65
114	Van Buren	1,146	2.61
115	Carrollton	3,335	2.59
116	St. Robert	5,327	2.57
117	Washington	14,948	2.55
118	Strafford	2,609	2.54
119	Warsaw	2,064	2.53
120	Duquesne	2,216	2.51
121	Forsyth	2,749	2.50
122	Cabool	2,460	2.44
123	Bismarck	1,560	2.41
124	Macon	5,457	2.36
125	Blue Springs	59,416	2.36
126	Hollister	4,608	2.34
127	Woodson Terrace	3,935	2.34
128	Bonne Terre	6,773	2.34
129	Bloomfield	2,011	2.31
130	Pevely	6,037	2.31
131	Pierce City	1,472	2.30
132	Mountain View	2,648	2.30
133	Hermann	2,550	2.29
134	Mansfield	1,375	2.28
135	Gallatin	1,722	2.27
136	Webb City	13,139	2.24
137	Unionville	1,725	2.23
138	Doniphan	2,220	2.21
139	Lathrop	2,646	2.21
140	Camdenton	4,017	2.20
141	Lexington	4,602	2.19
142	Holden	1,936	2.18
143	Ellington	1,104	2.17
144	Carterville	1,978	2.16
145	Cassville	3,208	2.16
146	Kirkwood	29,302	2.13
147	Kearney	10,696	2.13
148	Fulton	12,611	2.09
149	St. Peters	58,200	2.07
150	Bethany	3,164	2.05
151	Liberty	30,446	2.03
152	Herculaneum	4,925	2.02
153	Hillsboro	3,483	2.00
154	Fredericktown	4,464	1.98
155	Willard	6,418	1.98
156	Ashland	4,811	1.97
157	Auxvasse	1,385	1.97
158	Clarkson Valley	2,592	1.94
159	Salem	4,673	1.90
160	Smithville	10,552	1.84
161	Fayette	2,800	1.83
162	Pacific	7,299	1.83
163	Festus	12,965	1.83
164	Noel	1,679	1.82
165	Lake Ozark	2,451	1.78
166	Shrewsbury	6,328	1.78
167	Hamilton	1,909	1.78
168	Grain Valley	15,967	1.77
169	Maryville	10,556	1.76
170	East Prairie	2,930	1.76
171	Carthage	15,513	1.74
172	Bolivar	10,996	1.74
173	Leadwood	1,524	1.70
174	Adrian	2,006	1.70
175	Maryland Heights	27,981	1.68
176	Moscow Mills	3,647	1.65
177	Lone Jack	1,487	1.65
178	Lincoln	1,795	1.64
179	Creve Coeur	18,643	1.64
180	Memphis	1,860	1.61
181	Battlefield	6,095	1.59
182	Archie	1,340	1.59
183	Louisiana	3,231	1.53
184	Advance	1,549	1.50
185	Brentwood	8,151	1.50
186	Lee's Summit	102,583	1.49
187	Raymore	23,849	1.49
188	Bel-Nor	1,472	1.48
189	Park Hills	8,667	1.48
190	Oakland	1,619	1.46
191	Marble Hill	1,781	1.46
192	Wright City	5,025	1.45
193	Platte City	4,793	1.44
194	Troy	13,467	1.44
195	Peculiar	5,815	1.44
196	Ellisville	9,908	1.44
197	Weatherby Lake	2,465	1.41
198	Marshall	13,699	1.40
199	Steelville	1,410	1.39
200	Linn	1,302	1.39
201	Tarkio	1,478	1.39
202	Marshfield	7,599	1.38
203	St. Charles	71,048	1.36
204	Lakeshire	1,478	1.33
205	Eureka	12,371	1.33
206	Plattsburg	2,437	1.33
207	Clever	2,977	1.32
208	Monett	9,734	1.28
209	New Haven	3,389	1.27
210	Republic	19,233	1.26
211	Brookfield	4,128	1.23
212	Desloge	4,870	1.23
213	Country Club	3,171	1.22
214	Webster Groves	23,771	1.20
215	Ste. Genevieve	4,996	1.19
216	Savannah	5,062	1.18
217	Parkville	8,022	1.17
218	Milan	1,883	1.15
219	Versailles	2,580	1.12
220	Slater	2,144	1.11
221	Wentzville	45,734	1.10
222	Holts Summit	4,572	1.09
223	Lake Waukomis	1,085	1.07
224	Arnold	20,884	1.06
225	Thayer	2,288	1.05
226	Pleasant Hill	8,853	1.04
227	Clayton	17,282	1.03
228	Sparta	2,378	1.02
229	Crestwood	12,298	0.99
230	Mound City	1,103	0.98
231	Chesterfield	49,591	0.96
232	Marceline	2,269	0.95
233	Lamar	4,290	0.93
234	Edina	1,420	0.90
235	Willow Springs	2,015	0.90
236	Jackson	15,532	0.82
237	Greenwood	6,000	0.81
238	Ozark	21,953	0.81
239	La Plata	1,401	0.81
240	Rich Hill	1,412	0.80
241	Lawson	2,742	0.79
242	Sunset Hills	9,113	0.78
243	Montgomery City	2,810	0.75
244	Gerald	1,264	0.74
245	Pleasant Valley	2,744	0.74
246	Rogersville	4,496	0.72
247	Campbell	1,719	0.67
248	California	4,523	0.66
249	Des Peres	9,145	0.66
250	Huntsville	1,806	0.66
251	Crane	1,545	0.66
252	Bourbon	1,694	0.66
253	Oak Grove	8,477	0.66
254	Hallsville	2,049	0.64
255	Garden City	1,539	0.64
256	Salisbury	1,629	0.64
257	O'Fallon	92,697	0.59
258	Lake St. Louis	17,538	0.57
259	Ballwin	30,835	0.56
260	Olivette	8,539	0.56
261	Bernie	1,772	0.55
262	Odessa	5,589	0.53
263	Seymour	2,081	0.52
264	Kahoka	2,083	0.49
265	Frontenac	3,669	0.49
266	Marionville	2,701	0.48
267	Nixa	24,131	0.46
268	Ladue	8,948	0.45
269	Bowling Green	4,130	0.45
270	Manchester	18,189	0.45
271	Crystal City	4,721	0.42
272	Centralia	4,615	0.42
273	Kimberling City	2,559	0.41
274	Monroe City	3,162	0.37
275	Poplar Bluff	16,243	0.37
276	Warrenton	8,870	0.31
277	Ava	2,978	0.31
278	Town and Country	11,605	0.26
279	Vandalia	3,260	0.25
280	Mount Vernon	4,532	0.22
281	Higginsville	4,775	0.21
282	Glendale	6,111	0.17
283	Cottleville	5,750	0.16
284	Highlandville	1,049	0.00
285	Canton	2,741	0.00
286	Rock Port	1,207	0.00
287	Glasgow	1,054	0.00
288	Lake Winnebago	1,401	0.00
289	New Franklin	1,015	0.00
290	Goodman	1,081	0.00
291	Licking	2,816	0.00
292	Warson Woods	2,312	0.00
293	Gower	1,677	0.00
294	Lilbourn	1,021	0.00
295	Wellsville	1,197	0.00
296	Mexico	11,487	0.00
297	Weston	1,852	0.00
298	Merriam Woods	2,203	0.00
299	Appleton City	1,187	0.00
300	Maysville	1,106	0.00
301	Anderson	2,415	0.00
302	Marthasville	2,587	0.00
303	Dixon	1,267	0.00
304	Granby	2,345	0.00
305	Sarcoxie	1,344	0.00
306	Ironton	1,755	0.00
307	Drexel	1,039	0.00
308	Duenweg	1,707	0.00
309	Palmyra	3,620	0.00
310	Humansville	1,190	0.00
311	Knob Noster	2,824	0.00
312	Concordia	2,184	0.00
313	Lake Lotawana	2,378	0.00
314	Stockton	2,018	0.00
315	Cole Camp	1,327	0.00
316	Sturgeon	1,143	0.00
317	Elsberry	2,010	0.00
318	Oronogo	2,685	0.00
319	Oran	1,137	0.00
320	Fair Grove	1,551	0.00

Methodology

Cities in Missouri are ranked by crime rate per 1k. Only cities with populations above 1,000 are included. Data sourced from FBI Crime Data Explorer. Last updated 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the #1 most dangerous cities in missouri?: Velda City ranks #1 with 63.11 (crime rate per 1k).
What are the top 5 most dangerous cities in missouri?: 1. Velda City (63.11), 2. Flordell Hills (31.37), 3. Wellston (30.09), 4. Berkeley (25.35), 5. Riverview (18.65)
How many cities in Missouri are ranked?: This ranking includes 320 cities in Missouri with available data.

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