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Safewise: Missouri has seen a slight uptick in crime over the last couple years, according to the 2016 FBI crime reports, though the cities that made our list all come in well under state and national averages for violent crime.

Portageville, our top-ranked city, boasts a property crime rate 84% lower than the national average—it stands in direct contrast to large cities like St. Louis that make the news more often for shootings and robberies. However, St. Louis residents are not taking their city’s safety record lightly. Demonstrators took to the streets in June on a silent march against the gun violence that plagues the area. On a hopeful note, James Clark, the event organizer, said, “We think that working together, we can turn St. Louis around.”

The most effective way to stop crime in any city is to strengthen the community, and the safe cities on our list are great examples of this. All twenty communities have violent crime rates of less than one incident per 1,000 people, with our top three cities experiencing no violent crime whatsoever. Third-ranked Carl Junction begins its safety initiatives early—the city’s schools keep its youngest citizens safe with a hotline for reporting any concerns about bullying or violence.

Even though St. Louis is consistently ranked as one of the most dangerous cities in the US, the twenty cities on our list show that there are plenty of safe havens in the Show-Me State. These cities average a violent crime rate that’s 95% lower than the state average and 92% lower than the national average. Property crimes follow a similar trend—58% lower than the state average and 45% lower than national rates.

Check out our Missouri Safety Directory for more information on community safety and preparedness resources.

The 20 Safest Cities in Missouri
Portageville
Population: 3,131
Violent crimes per 1,000: 0.00
Property crimes per 1,000: 4.47
Total crime: 0% violent, 100% property
Chaffee
Population: 2,940
Violent crimes per 1,000: 0.00
Property crimes per 1,000: 11.90
Total crime: 0% violent, 100% propert
Carl Junction
Population: 7,780
Violent crimes per 1,000: 0.00
Property crimes per 1,000: 16.32
Total crime: 0% violent, 100% property
Pleasant Hill
Population: 8,320
Violent crimes per 1,000: 0.12
Property crimes per 1,000: 15.26
Total crime: 0.79% violent, 99.21% property
Greenwood
Population: 5,641
Violent crimes per 1,000: 0.18
Property crimes per 1,000: 4.43
Total crime: 4.00% violent, 96.00% property
Manchester
Population: 18,256
Violent crimes per 1,000: 0.22
Property crimes per 1,000: 17.80
Total crime: 1.23% violent, 98.77% property
Palmyra
Population: 3,617
Violent crimes per 1,000: 0.28
Property crimes per 1,000: 27.09
Total crime: 1.02% violent, 98.98% property
Parkville
Population: 6,450
Violent crimes per 1,000: 0.31
Property crimes per 1,000: 15.04
Total crime: 2.06% violent, 97.94% property
Glendale
Population: 5,928
Violent crimes per 1,000: 0.34
Property crimes per 1,000: 10.80
Total crime: 3.13% violent, 96.87% property
Town and Country
Population: 11,158
Violent crimes per 1,000: 0.36
Property crimes per 1,000: 12.19
Total crime: 2.94% violent, 97.06% property
Ballwin
Population: 30,609
Violent crimes per 1,000: 0.36
Property crimes per 1,000: 7.71
Total crime: 4.66% violent, 95.34% property
Cottleville
Population: 5,151
Violent crimes per 1,000: 0.39
Property crimes per 1,000: 6.60
Total crime: 5.88% violent, 94.12% property
Peculiar
Population: 4,937
Violent crimes per 1,000: 0.41
Property crimes per 1,000: 16.81
Total crime: 2.41% violent, 97.59% property
Seneca
Population: 2,409
Violent crimes per 1,000: 0.42
Property crimes per 1,000: 34.04
Total crime: 1.22% violent, 98.78% property
Ladue
Population: 8,612
Violent crimes per 1,000: 0.46
Property crimes per 1,000: 10.68
Total crime: 4.35% violent, 95.65% property
Battlefield
Population: 6,083
Violent crimes per 1,000: 0.49
Property crimes per 1,000: 14.96
Total crime: 3.30% violent, 96.70% property
Moberly
Population: 13,900
Violent crimes per 1,000: .50
Property crimes per 1,000: 25.61
Total crime: 1.97% violent, 98.03% property
Eureka
Population: 10,681
Violent crimes per 1,000: 0.56
Property crimes per 1,000: 17.13
Total crime: 3.28% violent, 96.72% property
Savannah
Population: 5,115
Violent crimes per 1,000: 0.59
Property crimes per 1,000: 7.43
Total crime: 7.89% violent, 92.11% property
Bethany
Population: 3,122
Violent crimes per 1,000: 0.64
Property crimes per 1,000: 29.79
Total crime: 2.15% violent, 97.85% property

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