What is the crime rate in Mexico, MO?

In 2025, the Mexico Police Department reported 32 violent crimes and 233 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 278 violent and 2,027 property crimes per 100,000 of the 11,493 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: 278
Property per 100,000: 2,027
Violent crimes: 32
Property crimes: 233

Crime reported by the Mexico Police Department, 2024 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
2024	25	217	360	3,123	11,529
2025	32	278	233	2,027	11,493

Violent crimes reported went from 25 in 2024 to 32 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 360 in 2024 to 233 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.

Mexico against Missouri and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Mexico	278	2,027
Audrain County	209	1,204
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 Mexico, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Mexico	—	278	2,027
Auxvasse	10 mi	97	875
Centralia	14 mi	41	616
Wellsville	17 mi	198	198
Fulton	22 mi	40	350
Montgomery City	24 mi	287	610
Columbia	29 mi	360	1,891

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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