What is the crime rate in De Soto, MO?

In 2025, the De Soto Police Department reported 37 violent crimes and 230 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 568 violent and 3,529 property crimes per 100,000 of the 6,517 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: 568
Property per 100,000: 3,529
Violent crimes: 37
Property crimes: 230

Crime reported by the De Soto 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	387	186	2,883	6,452
2024	36	553	228	3,503	6,509
2025	37	568	230	3,529	6,517

Violent crimes reported went from 25 in 2023 to 37 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 186 in 2023 to 230 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.

De Soto against Missouri and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
De Soto	568	3,529
Jefferson County	215	758
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 De Soto, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
De Soto	—	568	3,529
Hillsboro	6.4 mi	487	917
Festus	9.8 mi	136	900
Crystal City	11 mi	128	447
Herculaneum	12 mi	164	1,258
Pevely	13 mi	311	850
Bonne Terre	15 mi	453	1,048
Valmeyer	18 mi	0	331
Potosi	18 mi	628	3,532

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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