What is the crime rate in Belton, MO?

In 2025, the Belton Police Department reported 44 violent crimes and 449 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 167 violent and 1,705 property crimes per 100,000 of the 26,341 residents it serves.

Across Missouri the rates were 426 and 1,690.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 167
Property per 100,000: 1,705
Violent crimes: 44
Property crimes: 449

Crime reported by the Belton Police Department, 2023 to 2025

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	81	310	654	2,501	26,148
2024	88	338	497	1,907	26,058
2025	44	167	449	1,705	26,341

Violent crimes reported went from 81 in 2023 to 44 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 654 in 2023 to 449 in 2025.

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

Belton against Missouri and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Belton	167	1,705
Missouri	426	1,690
United States	330	1,552

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 Belton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Belton	—	167	1,705
Raymore	4.0 mi	71	979
Grandview	4.3 mi	315	2,956
Peculiar	6.9 mi	94	910
Leawood	8.0 mi	70	993
Lake Winnebago	9.1 mi	0	375
Overland Park	9.9 mi	161	1,471
Lee's Summit	11 mi	111	1,953
Greenwood	11 mi	80	159

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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