What is the crime rate in Sedalia, MO?

In 2025, the Sedalia Police Department reported 141 violent crimes and 640 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 628 violent and 2,850 property crimes per 100,000 of the 22,454 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: 2,850
Violent crimes: 141
Property crimes: 640

Crime reported by the Sedalia 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	146	662	644	2,921	22,051
2024	162	730	771	3,473	22,201
2025	141	628	640	2,850	22,454

Violent crimes reported went from 146 in 2023 to 141 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 644 in 2023 to 640 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.

Sedalia against Missouri and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Sedalia	628	2,850
Pettis County	405	1,864
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 Sedalia, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Sedalia	—	628	2,850
Cole Camp	17 mi	252	84
Knob Noster	18 mi	202	168
Sweet Springs	20 mi	675	975
Lincoln	22 mi	82	1,067
Stover	23 mi	925	740
Concordia	27 mi	42	340

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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