What is the crime rate in Poplar Bluff, MO?

In 2025, the Poplar Bluff Police Department reported 149 violent crimes and 739 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 923 violent and 4,576 property crimes per 100,000 of the 16,151 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: 923
Property per 100,000: 4,576
Violent crimes: 149
Property crimes: 739

Crime reported by the Poplar Bluff 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	133	819	859	5,287	16,248
2024	131	813	874	5,426	16,108
2025	149	923	739	4,576	16,151

Violent crimes reported went from 133 in 2023 to 149 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 859 in 2023 to 739 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.

Poplar Bluff against Missouri and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Poplar Bluff	923	4,576
Butler County	524	2,577
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 Poplar Bluff, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Poplar Bluff	—	923	4,576
Doniphan	25 mi	224	1,571
Dexter	25 mi	216	1,181
Bernie	25 mi	55	546
Malden	26 mi	548	1,730
Corning	26 mi	262	524
Campbell	26 mi	67	870

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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