What is the crime rate in Bolivar, MO?

In 2025, the Bolivar Police Department reported 16 violent crimes and 202 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 136 violent and 1,720 property crimes per 100,000 of the 11,743 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: 136
Property per 100,000: 1,720
Violent crimes: 16
Property crimes: 202

Crime reported by the Bolivar 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	25	221	234	2,067	11,321
2024	22	191	120	1,041	11,523
2025	16	136	202	1,720	11,743

Violent crimes reported went from 25 in 2023 to 16 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 234 in 2023 to 202 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.

Bolivar against Missouri and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Bolivar	136	1,720
Polk County	176	873
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 Bolivar, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Bolivar	—	136	1,720
Buffalo	18 mi	28	196
Fair Grove	21 mi	184	367
Stockton	22 mi	53	53
Willard	22 mi	224	403
Ash Grove	22 mi	131	1,115

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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