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Charleston Crime Rate Report (Missouri)

Charleston crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 20 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Charleston for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Charleston in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 162.89% and the city property crime rate in Charleston was higher than the national property crime rate average by 9.28%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Charleston was higher than the violent crime rate in Missouri by 106.17% and the city property crime rate in Charleston was higher than the property crime rate in Missouri but only by 2.01%.

Property and Violent Crime
Charleston Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Charleston Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Charleston Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault33
Arson1
Burglary11
Larceny and Theft49
Motor Vehicle Theft14
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape3
Robbery1
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)110
Property Crime74
Violent Crime38
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault33
Arson1
Burglary5
Larceny and Theft50
Motor Vehicle Theft13
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape3
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)104
Property Crime68
Violent Crime37

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Charleston Property Crime

Charleston Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Charleston Crime 2025

Charleston Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Charleston Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Charleston Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Charleston, Missouri crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Charleston crime report data for 2026 was projected from 20 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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