Oak Grove, MO Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Oak Grove, MO Summary

Crime in Oak Grove research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Oak Grove over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Oak Grove:

  • There were 112 total crimes committed in Oak Grove the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,335.2 total crimes per 100K people in Oak Grove.
  • The overall crime rate in Oak Grove is -42.55% below the national average.
  • Oak Grove ranks #171 safest out of 378 cities in Missouri.
  • Oak Grove ranks #4,824 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Oak Grove Vs Missouri And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Oak Grove is 1,335.2 per 100,000 people. That's -42.55% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -56.56% lower than the Missouri total crime rate of 3,073.7 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Oak Grove
/ 100k People
Missouri
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 112 1,335.2 3,073.7 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 11.8 6.3
Robbery 2 23.8 74.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 3 35.8 413.3 268.2
Violent Crime 11 131.1 542.7 369.8
Burglary 9 107.3 378.8 269.8
Larceny 72 858.4 1,759.1 1,401.9
Car Theft 20 238.4 393.2 282.7
Property Crime 101 1,204.1 2,531.0 1,954.4

Oak Grove Crime Compared To Missouri Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Missouri.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Oak Grove

11
Violent Crimes
131.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-64.54%
Below The National Average
  • There were 11 violent crimes in Oak Grove in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Oak Grove is 131.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 762.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Oak Grove each year. That compares to a 1 in 184.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -64.54% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -75.84% lower than the Missouri violent crime rate of 542.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Oak Grove

101
Property Crimes
1,204.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-38.39%
Below The National Average
  • There were 101 property crimes in Oak Grove in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Oak Grove is 1,204.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 83.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Oak Grove each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -38.39% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -52.43% lower than the Missouri property crime rate of 2,531.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Oak Grove

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Independence, MO 121,255 4,652 3,836.5 3,308.7 527.8
Lee's Summit, MO 103,976 2,325 2,236.1 2,097.6 138.5
Blue Springs, MO 60,093 1,430 2,379.6 2,171.6 208.0
Raytown, MO 29,224 1,252 4,284.2 3,726.4 557.8
Grain Valley, MO 16,320 252 1,544.1 1,409.3 134.8
Pleasant Hill, MO 8,811 48 544.8 476.7 68.1
Greenwood, MO 6,077 29 477.2 362.0 115.2
Odessa, MO 5,546 53 955.6 829.4 126.2
Buckner, MO 2,896 51 1,761.0 1,277.6 483.4
Lake Lotawana, MO 2,350 30 1,276.6 1,148.9 127.7

Oak Grove SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
7
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
4
Safety
8
Amenities
8
Education
6
Commute
6
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