What is the crime rate in Kirkwood, MO?

In 2025, the Kirkwood Police Department reported 43 violent crimes and 385 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 147 violent and 1,313 property crimes per 100,000 of the 29,321 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: 147
Property per 100,000: 1,313
Violent crimes: 43
Property crimes: 385

Crime reported by the Kirkwood 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	46	158	441	1,511	29,193
2024	63	217	410	1,410	29,082
2025	43	147	385	1,313	29,321

Violent crimes reported went from 46 in 2023 to 43 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 441 in 2023 to 385 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.

Kirkwood against Missouri and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Kirkwood	147	1,313
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 Kirkwood, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Kirkwood	—	147	1,313
Des Peres	1.9 mi	76	5,029
Glendale	2.3 mi	17	366
Warson Woods	2.5 mi	0	457
Crestwood	2.8 mi	107	1,377
Sunset Hills	3.4 mi	99	1,289
Frontenac	3.5 mi	0	1,914
Rock Hill	3.5 mi	107	688
Webster Groves	3.6 mi	90	521

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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