What is the crime rate in Potosi, MO?

In 2025, the Potosi Police Department reported 16 violent crimes and 90 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 628 violent and 3,532 property crimes per 100,000 of the 2,548 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: 628
Property per 100,000: 3,532
Violent crimes: 16
Property crimes: 90

Crime reported by the Potosi 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	19	750	252	9,953	2,532
2024	10	394	140	5,514	2,539
2025	16	628	90	3,532	2,548

Violent crimes reported went from 19 in 2023 to 16 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 252 in 2023 to 90 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.

Potosi against Missouri and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Potosi	628	3,532
Washington County	106	665
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 Potosi, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Potosi	—	628	3,532
Leadwood	11 mi	0	0
Bonne Terre	13 mi	453	1,048
Bismarck	14 mi	574	820
Desloge	15 mi	248	3,265
Park Hills	17 mi	148	2,077
De Soto	18 mi	568	3,529
Farmington	22 mi	292	2,452
Hillsboro	24 mi	487	917

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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