Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Cape Girardeau, MO Crime Grade
How Cape Girardeau grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Missouri — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Missouri
9/10
vs. Missouri cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Cape Girardeau, MO was 467.4 per 100,000 residents (192 incidents over a population of 41,080). That puts Cape Girardeau Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 11% above the Missouri statewide rate of 422.6.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Cape Girardeau (red), Missouri (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Cape Girardeau vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 636.4(267) | 601.5(241) | 639.0(260) | 584.0(238) | 467.4(192) |
| Murder | 4.8(2) | 10.0(4) | 2.5(1) | 7.4(3) | 4.9(2) |
| Rape | 100.1(42) | 79.9(32) | 73.7(30) | 51.5(21) | 65.7(27) |
| Robbery | 47.7(20) | 27.5(11) | 51.6(21) | 34.4(14) | 36.5(15) |
| Aggravated assault | 483.8(203) | 484.2(194) | 511.2(208) | 490.8(200) | 360.3(148) |
| Property crime | 2869.6(1,204) | 2473.4(991) | 2590.3(1,054) | 2475.9(1,009) | 1738.1(714) |
| Burglary | 524.3(220) | 376.9(151) | 321.9(131) | 301.8(123) | 255.6(105) |
| Larceny | 2049.7(860) | 1826.9(732) | 1963.6(799) | 1923.8(784) | 1338.9(550) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 250.3(105) | 252.1(101) | 270.3(110) | 235.6(96) | 126.6(52) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Cape Girardeau's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Missouri cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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Comparable Missouri cities by population.
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