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St. Joseph Crime Rate Report (Missouri)

St. Joseph crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 26 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in St. Joseph for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for St. Joseph in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 49.52% and the city property crime rate in St. Joseph was higher than the national property crime rate average by 130.95%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in St. Joseph was higher than the violent crime rate in Missouri by 17.26% and the city property crime rate in St. Joseph was higher than the property crime rate in Missouri by 115.6%.

Property and Violent Crime
St. Joseph Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
St. Joseph Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

St. Joseph Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault206
Arson10
Burglary439
Larceny and Theft1,840
Motor Vehicle Theft232
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape121
Robbery19
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,773
Property Crime2,511
Violent Crime347
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault292
Arson15
Burglary267
Larceny and Theft1,512
Motor Vehicle Theft262
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape169
Robbery16
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,302
Property Crime2,040
Violent Crime478

Property and Violent Crime Totals

St. Joseph Property Crime

St. Joseph Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

St. Joseph Crime 2025

St. Joseph Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

St. Joseph Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

St. Joseph Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this St. Joseph, 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 St. Joseph crime report data for 2026 was projected from 26 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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