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Columbia Crime Rate Report (Missouri)

Columbia crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 27 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Columbia for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Columbia in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 8.85% and the city property crime rate in Columbia was higher than the national property crime rate average by 22.1%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Columbia was lower than the violent crime rate in Missouri by 14.63% and the city property crime rate in Columbia was higher than the property crime rate in Missouri by 13.98%.

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

Columbia Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault377
Arson15
Burglary279
Larceny and Theft1,963
Motor Vehicle Theft233
Murder and Manslaughter4
Rape47
Robbery43
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,808
Property Crime2,475
Violent Crime471
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault412
Arson27
Burglary312
Larceny and Theft2,058
Motor Vehicle Theft444
Murder and Manslaughter10
Rape55
Robbery22
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)3,147
Property Crime2,814
Violent Crime499

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Columbia Property Crime

Columbia Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Columbia Crime 2025

Columbia Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Columbia Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Columbia Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Columbia, 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 Columbia crime report data for 2026 was projected from 27 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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