What is the crime rate in Aurora, MO?

In 2024, the Aurora Police Department reported 23 violent crimes and 104 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 302 violent and 1,366 property crimes per 100,000 of the 7,612 residents it serves.

Across Missouri the rates were 473 and 2,008.

Nationally they were 363 and 1,767.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 302
Property per 100,000: 1,366
Violent crimes: 23
Property crimes: 104

Crime reported by the Aurora Police Department, 2023 to 2024

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	30	399	143	1,903	7,513
2024	23	302	104	1,366	7,612

Violent crimes reported went from 30 in 2023 to 23 in 2024.

Property crimes reported went from 143 in 2023 to 104 in 2024.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Aurora against Missouri and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2024
	Violent crime	Property crime
Aurora	302	1,366
Lawrence County	156	1,018
Missouri	473	2,008
United States	363	1,767

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Aurora, 2024

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Aurora	—	302	1,366
Marionville	5.2 mi	191	429
Crane	9.4 mi	328	656
Mount Vernon	11 mi	42	126
Billings	11 mi	0	1,821
Monett	12 mi	98	1,428
Clever	14 mi	132	362
Pierce City	16 mi	0	0
Cassville	22 mi	61	2,544

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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