What is the crime rate in Hillsboro, MO?

In 2025, the Hillsboro Police Department reported 17 violent crimes and 32 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 487 violent and 917 property crimes per 100,000 of the 3,489 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: 487
Property per 100,000: 917
Violent crimes: 17
Property crimes: 32

Crime reported by the Hillsboro 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	10	286	42	1,202	3,495
2024	7	200	40	1,141	3,506
2025	17	487	32	917	3,489

Violent crimes reported went from 10 in 2023 to 17 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 42 in 2023 to 32 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.

Hillsboro against Missouri and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Hillsboro	487	917
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 Hillsboro, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Hillsboro	—	487	917
De Soto	6.4 mi	568	3,529
Festus	8.6 mi	136	900
Herculaneum	9.6 mi	164	1,258
Pevely	9.8 mi	311	850
Crystal City	10 mi	128	447
Byrnes Mill	14 mi	157	439
Valmeyer	15 mi	0	331
Arnold	17 mi	76	831

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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