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Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in Missouri (2026)

Scotland has the lowest violent crime rate of any county in Missouri, at 16.8 per 100k, followed by Lewis and Mercer. Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average)

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Safest counties for violent crime rate in Missouri

Top 25 of 115 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Missouri
RankCountyValue
1Scotland16.8 per 100k
2Lewis42.8 per 100k
3Mercer45.8 per 100k
4Moniteau52.7 per 100k
5Osage65.0 per 100k
6Sullivan68.0 per 100k
7Atchison70.6 per 100k
8Reynolds71.1 per 100k
9Clark76.9 per 100k
10Ralls83.4 per 100k
11Putnam85.6 per 100k
12Worth92.0 per 100k
13Ripley93.9 per 100k
14Harrison99.5 per 100k
15Shelby101.9 per 100k
16Carroll101.9 per 100k
17Hickory104.9 per 100k
18Scott105.4 per 100k
19Lafayette111.2 per 100k
20Cole118.4 per 100k
21Dallas118.6 per 100k
22Caldwell124.5 per 100k
23Macon127.2 per 100k
24Andrew128.5 per 100k
25Gasconade129.6 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks Missouri counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

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