What is the crime rate in Rolla, MO?

In 2025, the Rolla Police Department reported 78 violent crimes and 464 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 374 violent and 2,226 property crimes per 100,000 of the 20,849 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: 374
Property per 100,000: 2,226
Violent crimes: 78
Property crimes: 464

Crime reported by the Rolla 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	70	341	650	3,167	20,526
2024	81	393	529	2,569	20,591
2025	78	374	464	2,226	20,849

Violent crimes reported went from 70 in 2023 to 78 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 650 in 2023 to 464 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.

Rolla against Missouri and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Rolla	374	2,226
Phelps County	259	1,460
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 Rolla, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Rolla	—	374	2,226
St. James	8.9 mi	178	2,007
Dixon	19 mi	165	578
Cuba	21 mi	317	5,418
Steelville	22 mi	208	1,597
St. Robert	23 mi	72	2,704
Salem	25 mi	232	990
Waynesville	26 mi	436	1,035
Bourbon	31 mi	0	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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