What is the crime rate in Jefferson City, MO?

In 2025, the Jefferson City Police Department reported 148 violent crimes and 767 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 348 violent and 1,802 property crimes per 100,000 of the 42,573 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: 348
Property per 100,000: 1,802
Violent crimes: 148
Property crimes: 767

Crime reported by the Jefferson City 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	140	329	889	2,090	42,535
2024	148	348	885	2,079	42,561
2025	148	348	767	1,802	42,573

Violent crimes reported went from 140 in 2023 to 148 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 889 in 2023 to 767 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.

Jefferson City against Missouri and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Jefferson City	348	1,802
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 Jefferson City, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Jefferson City	—	348	1,802
Holts Summit	6.5 mi	145	18
Ashland	17 mi	19	323
Linn	19 mi	0	831
California	22 mi	331	486
Fulton	23 mi	40	350

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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