St. Louis County Crime Map

Missouri · Latest 24h · updated 2026-11-12

Latest 24h	7 incidents, 3 violent (2026-11-07)
2026 YTD	13,215 incidents through October
2025 (full year)	16,954 incidents
Full archive	105,698 incidents (2021–2026)

Source: St. Louis County Police Department open data.

About crime in St. Louis County

Latest mapped day. St. Louis County recorded 7 incidents on 2026-11-07, including 3 violent-category incidents. This is a short-window snapshot of police open data, not a personal-safety score.

Year-over-year context

St. Louis County recorded 17,307 incidents in 2024 and 16,954 in 2025, a 2.0% decrease. Year-to-year comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and reporting definitions.

Latest 24h (2026-11-07) category breakdown

Assault	2
Vandalism	2
Sexual assault	1
Burglary	1
Theft from vehicle	1

Where incidents were mapped

Ferguson: 3
Maryland Heights: 2
Wildwood: 1
Overland: 1

Across 2021–2026, the current archive contains 105,698 incidents for St. Louis County. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.

St. Louis County crime overview

Essay updated 2026-11-12 · figures above are from the latest data

TL;DR. St. Louis County recorded 16,954 police-reported incidents in 2025, according to St. Louis County Police Department data through November 2026. Assault was the most common category with 3,333 cases, followed by theft at 3,265. The 2025 total was down 2% from 17,307 in 2024. January–October 2026 figures also show a 4.7% decline from the same months in 2025. Jennings led neighborhoods with 1,343 incidents.

About this data

TheCrimeMaps plots police-reported incidents in St. Louis County, Missouri, using open data from the St. Louis County Police Department. For 2025, the dataset records 16,954 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025, with 3,926 incidents in the violent group of assault, sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide, or 23.2% of the yearly total. Coverage spans all 12 months of the year.

The archive behind the map holds 105,698 incidents from 2021 to 2026, with data through November 2026. Readers can explore the 2025 pattern by category and by neighborhood across 69 named neighborhoods. Assault accounted for 3,333 reports, or 19.7%, while Jennings recorded 1,343 incidents, or 7.9%, to lead the neighborhood list for the year. Theft followed closely with 3,265 reports, or 19.3% of the 2025 total.

Recent trend

Between the two consecutive complete calendar years, reported incidents declined 2%, from 17,307 in 2024 to 16,954 in 2025. That follows earlier complete-year totals of 20,009 in 2021 and 20,918 in 2022, before the lower 2024 and 2025 totals. On a like-for-like basis, January–October 2026 recorded 13,215 incidents, down 4.7% from 13,874 in the same months of 2025. Together, the complete-year comparison and the same-months comparison point to a lower count in the latest periods without mixing partial-year totals into annual comparisons.

Category breakdown

Assault led the 2025 breakdown with 3,333 reports, or 19.7% of the yearly total. Theft was next with 3,265 reports, or 19.3%, followed by Other with 2,939 reports, or 17.3%. The next tiers were Vandalism with 1,954 reports, or 11.5%, Fraud with 1,494 reports, or 8.8%, and Auto theft with 1,327 reports, or 7.8%. Within Other, the source groups Threats with 931 reports, or 5.5%, Drugs with 911 reports, or 5.4%, Weapons offenses with 790 reports, or 4.7%, and Other crime with 307 reports, or 1.8%. Violent-category incidents totaled 3,926 in 2025, or 23.2% of the total. The county data cover police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025.

Where incidents concentrate

In 2025, Jennings recorded 1,343 incidents, or 7.9%, the largest neighborhood count among 69 named neighborhoods. Chesterfield followed with 541 incidents, or 3.2%, then Maryland Heights with 423 incidents, or 2.5%, Hazelwood with 411 incidents, or 2.4%, and Ferguson with 376 incidents, or 2.2%. These counts show where reports were filed during the year. Neighborhood totals follow where people live, work and visit, and differences in daytime population and reporting can shape the order, so they are not a risk score for residents or visitors.

What this means

What stands out for St. Louis County in 2025 is how close the top two categories sit: Assault at 3,333 reports, or 19.7%, and Theft at 3,265 reports, or 19.3%, with Other next at 2,939 reports, or 17.3%. Jennings, with 1,343 reports, or 7.9%, stands above Chesterfield with 541 reports, or 3.2%. Against the archive, the 2025 total of 16,954 sits below 20,918 in 2022 and 20,009 in 2021.

FAQ

How many crimes were reported in St. Louis County in 2025?
In 2025, St. Louis County recorded 16,954 police-reported incidents across the full 12-month calendar year. Violent-category incidents, defined as assault plus sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide, totaled 3,926, or 23.2% of the total. The archive combining all years from 2021 through 2026 contains 105,698 incidents.

What was the most reported crime category in St. Louis County in 2025?
Assault was the leading category in 2025 with 3,333 reported incidents, or 19.7% of the 16,954 total. Theft was second with 3,265 incidents, or 19.3%, followed by Other with 2,939 incidents, or 17.3%. Within Other, the largest subgroups were Threats with 931 incidents and Drugs with 911 incidents.

Did crime go up or down in St. Louis County compared to the prior year?
Reported incidents declined 2% between the two consecutive complete calendar years, falling from 17,307 in 2024 to 16,954 in 2025. For the more recent window, January–October 2026 recorded 13,215 incidents compared with 13,874 in the same months of 2025, a 4.7% decrease on a same-months basis.

Which neighborhoods had the most reported incidents in 2025?
Among 69 named neighborhoods ranked in 2025, Jennings recorded the highest count with 1,343 incidents, or 7.9% of the county total. Chesterfield was next with 541 incidents, or 3.2%, followed by Maryland Heights with 423 incidents, or 2.5%, Hazelwood with 411 incidents and Ferguson with 376 incidents.

Where does TheCrimeMaps get St. Louis County crime data?
The figures for St. Louis County are compiled from the St. Louis County Police Department, as listed for the 2025 reporting period. That source underlies the 16,954 incidents reported in 2025 and the breakdowns by category and neighborhood shown on this page. The same source supports the year series from 2021 through 2026 and the all-years archive total of 105,698 incidents.

How up to date is the St. Louis County crime data?
The 2025 page reflects a complete 12-month calendar year. TheCrimeMaps archive on this site extends from 2021 through 2026 and was current through November 2026 at the time of publication. Figures for 2026 remain partial, with 13,362 incidents recorded so far across 11 months of data, so a full-year comparison with 2025 is not yet available.

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