What is the crime rate in Liberty, MO?

In 2025, the Liberty Police Department reported 34 violent crimes and 364 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 108 violent and 1,155 property crimes per 100,000 of the 31,506 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: 108
Property per 100,000: 1,155
Violent crimes: 34
Property crimes: 364

Crime reported by the Liberty 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	48	155	594	1,912	31,059
2024	49	158	493	1,591	30,986
2025	34	108	364	1,155	31,506

Violent crimes reported went from 48 in 2023 to 34 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 594 in 2023 to 364 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.

Liberty against Missouri and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Liberty	108	1,155
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 Liberty, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Liberty	—	108	1,155
Pleasant Valley	3.7 mi	109	582
Claycomo	4.3 mi	944	2,469
Sugar Creek	7.1 mi	375	2,623
Gladstone	7.7 mi	332	1,448
Kearney	8.5 mi	88	447
North Kansas City	10 mi	790	6,001
Kansas City	11 mi	1,376	3,991
Independence	11 mi	560	3,008

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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