What is the crime rate in Branson, MO?

In 2025, the Branson Police Department reported 54 violent crimes and 475 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 418 violent and 3,675 property crimes per 100,000 of the 12,924 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: 418
Property per 100,000: 3,675
Violent crimes: 54
Property crimes: 475

Crime reported by the Branson 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	51	389	736	5,619	13,098
2024	62	478	793	6,108	12,982
2025	54	418	475	3,675	12,924

Violent crimes reported went from 51 in 2023 to 54 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 736 in 2023 to 475 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.

Branson against Missouri and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Branson	418	3,675
Taney County	251	1,108
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 Branson, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Branson	—	418	3,675
Hollister	3.3 mi	64	577
Kimberling City	7.7 mi	0	126
Merriam Woods	10 mi	0	0
Reeds Spring	10 mi	0	80
Forsyth	12 mi	216	757
Green Forest	21 mi	339	646

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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