St. Louis Crime Map
Missouri · April 2026 · updated 2026-11-12
| April 2026 | 3,630 incidents |
|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | 4,609 incidents through April (data stop 2026-04-30) |
| Full archive | 5,629 incidents (2025–2026) |
Source: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department open data. ⚠ feed frozen since 2026-04-30
About crime in St. Louis
Latest available snapshot. St. Louis has 3,630 incidents for April 2026. Counts reflect the source coverage published for this city.
2025 available coverage category breakdown
| Other | 316 |
| Assault | 100 |
| Theft | 63 |
| Vandalism | 52 |
| Burglary | 28 |
| Homicide | 19 |
| Sexual assault | 17 |
| Robbery | 13 |
Across 2025–2026, the current archive contains 5,629 incidents for St. Louis. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.
St. Louis crime overview
Essay updated 2026-11-11 · figures above are from the latest data
TL;DR. St. Louis police reported 4,609 incidents in January–April 2026, with data through April 2026. Other was the leading category with 2,174 incidents, 47.2% of the total, followed by Theft with 1,010 incidents and Assault with 507. Dutchtown with 254 incidents and Downtown with 247 led 85 neighborhoods. The archive lists 614 incidents for 2025 and 4,609 for 2026, and both years are marked partial in the source.
About this data
TheCrimeMaps crime map for St. Louis, Missouri visualizes police-reported incidents published in open data from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. Each mapped point reflects an incident record with a category and neighborhood assignment, current through April 2026. The display covers the January–April 2026 window, with supporting context from all years in the archive.
For January–April 2026, St. Louis recorded 4,609 incidents. Of that total, 667 incidents, or 14.5%, were in violent categories defined as assault plus sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide. The leading categories were Other with 2,174 incidents, Theft with 1,010 incidents and Assault with 507 incidents. The archive on TheCrimeMaps holds 5,629 incidents from 2025 to 2026, so the January–April 2026 figure is the headline total for this page.
Recent trend
The archive lists 614 incidents for 2025 and 4,609 incidents for January–April 2026. Both years are flagged as partial in the source data, with 2025 showing 12 months with data and 2026 showing 4 months with data. Because no two complete years are available, no year-over-year change is calculated for St. Louis on this page. The 4,609 total for January–April 2026 is therefore presented as a period count rather than an annual trend, current through April 2026. The all-years archive total is 5,629 incidents from 2025 to 2026.
Category breakdown
For January–April 2026, Other was the largest grouping with 2,174 incidents, or 47.2% of the 4,609 total. Theft followed with 1,010 incidents, or 21.9%, and Assault was third with 507 incidents, or 11%. Beyond the top three, Vandalism accounted for 493 incidents, or 10.7%, Burglary for 235 incidents, or 5.1%, and Robbery for 69 incidents, or 1.5%. Within Other, Weapons offenses contributed 777 incidents, Other crime 613 incidents and Impaired & dangerous driving 441 incidents, with Drugs, Harassment and Threats making up the remainder of that grouping in the same window. The 667 violent-category incidents represent 14.5% of the period total.
Where incidents concentrate
For January–April 2026, Dutchtown led named neighborhoods with 254 incidents, or 5.5% of the city total, followed by Downtown with 247 incidents, or 5.4%, Carondelet with 168 incidents, or 3.6%, Central West End with 164 incidents, or 3.6%, and Downtown West with 159 incidents, or 3.4%. The city has 85 named neighborhoods in the ranking. Counts cover the same January–April 2026 window current through April 2026. Neighborhood counts follow where people live, work and visit, so they reflect reported volume rather than a neighborhood risk score.
What this means
St. Louis's January–April 2026 picture is dominated by Other at 2,174 incidents, or 47.2%, with Theft at 1,010 incidents, or 21.9%, as the next largest specific category. Assault at 507 incidents, or 11%, and Vandalism at 493 incidents, or 10.7%, sit close together. At the neighborhood level, Dutchtown with 254 incidents and Downtown with 247 incidents stand slightly ahead of Carondelet with 168 incidents and Central West End with 164 incidents across the 4,609-incident window.
FAQ
How many incidents were reported in St. Louis in January–April 2026?
St. Louis recorded 4,609 police-reported incidents in January–April 2026. That total includes 667 violent-category incidents, or 14.5% of the period total, covering assault, sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide. The remaining incidents span theft, vandalism, burglary and the grouped Other category.
What was the most reported crime category in St. Louis in January–April 2026?
Other was the largest category in January–April 2026 with 2,174 incidents, or 47.2% of the 4,609 total. Within Other, weapons offenses accounted for 777 incidents, other crime for 613 and impaired and dangerous driving for 441. Theft was the next largest specific category with 1,010 incidents.
Are reported incidents in St. Louis trending up or down compared with last year?
The archive lists 614 incidents for 2025 and 4,609 incidents for January–April 2026, with a combined all-years total of 5,629 incidents for 2025–2026. Both years are flagged as partial in the source data, so these counts cannot be compared as an annual change. No year-over-year comparison is available for this period.
Which St. Louis neighborhoods had the most reported incidents in January–April 2026?
Among 85 named neighborhoods in January–April 2026, Dutchtown ranked first with 254 incidents, or 5.5% of the 4,609 total, followed by Downtown with 247 incidents, or 5.4%. Carondelet reported 168 incidents and Central West End reported 164. The top eight neighborhoods range from 254 down to 129 in Baden.
Where does the St. Louis crime data on this page come from?
The figures come from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the upstream open-data source for this page. Its records provide the 4,609 incidents for January–April 2026, including breakdowns by category such as 507 assaults and 69 robberies, and by neighborhood across 85 named areas.
How current is the St. Louis crime data?
The data is current through April 2026, covering four months of 2026 from January through April. The headline total of 4,609 incidents and category details such as 1,010 thefts and 493 vandalism incidents describe only that January–April 2026 window, not a complete calendar year.
Explore St. Louis
By category
- St. Louis Assault (686)
- St. Louis Sexual assault (105)
- St. Louis Robbery (93)
- St. Louis Shooting (2)
- St. Louis Homicide (90)
- St. Louis Burglary (268)
- St. Louis Theft from vehicle (13)
- St. Louis Theft (1,093)
- St. Louis Vandalism (567)
- St. Louis Fraud (26)
- St. Louis Other (2,686)
By year
Neighborhoods
- Academy
- Baden
- Benton Park West
- Bevo Mill
- Carondelet
- Central West End
- College Hill
- Covenant Blu Grand Center
- Downtown
- Downtown West
- Dutchtown
- Fairground
- Gravois Park
- Hyde Park
- JeffVanderLou
- Kingsway East
- Kingsway West
- Lindenwood Park
- Marine Villa
- Mark Twain
- Midtown
- Mount Pleasant
- North Hampton
- OFallon
- Old North St Louis
- Patch
- Penrose
- Soulard
- Southampton
- Southwest Garden
- St Louis Place
- The Greater Ville
- The Hill
- Tower Grove East
- Tower Grove South
- Walnut Park East
- Walnut Park West
- Wells Goodfellow
- West End