Crime in University City, Missouri
Major crime in University City is 13% below the U.S. rate per resident: 10% higher for persons crimes and 18% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 23.6% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.
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Vandalism stands out most, at 1.9 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in University City for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across University City
The middle half of University City residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 50 and 124; the typical (median) resident's is 67. The citywide figure (88) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.
- 0–5019.5%
- 50–10047.3%
- 100–20028.5%
- 200–4004.8%
- 400+0.0%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on weekend daytimes
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 23.6% in a year; across Missouri it fell 11.3%
Change in expected crimes, with Missouri as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.
University City against U.S. places with 25,000 to 50,000 residents
403 of the 960 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than University City; the middle of the group is 77. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
University City has a higher major-crime index than 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Clayton (1 mi), is 42% below University City's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in University City
What are the most common crimes in University City?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 135 a year), theft from vehicle (about 100 a year) and aggravated assault (about 100 a year). Compared with the U.S., vandalism stands out most: 1.9 times the U.S. rate per resident.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. University City's figures add up its 36 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- University City has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- 35.7% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 34,645. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in University City, Missouri." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/mo/university-city
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Clayton1 mi51
- Hanley Hills2 mi284
- Richmond Heights2 mi368
- Olivette3 mi94
- Ladue3 mi52
- Brentwood3 mi194
- Overland3 mi148
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