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The Midwest > Missouri > Crime

MISSOURI CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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% High school students carrying a weapon on school property, 2003 5.5% [21st of 0]
% High school students carrying a weapon on school property, 2005 7.3% [13th of 40]
% High school students threatened or injured by a weapon, 2003 7.5% [17th of 0]
Aggravated assault 22,161 [12th of 51]
Arson deaths 0 [46th of 49]
Burglary 44,647 [16th of 51]
Capital offenses
First-degree murder (565.020 RSMO 2000).
Capital Punishment > Black inmates on death row 21 [16th of 38]
Capital Punishment > Electrocution 0 [26th of 32]
Capital Punishment > Lethal injection 61 [4th of 32]
Capital Punishment > Total executions 1977-2006 66 [4th of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total executions since 1930 128 [16th of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total inmates on death row 47 [16th of 38]
Capital Punishment > White inmates on death row 26 [17th of 38]
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000 12.3 [20th of 51]
Forcible rape 1,764 [17th of 51]
Gun violence > % Gun 68.8 [12th of 50]
Gun violence > % Knife 10.5 [44th of 50]
Gun violence > % Other Weapons 20.7 [34th of 50]
Gun violence > Number of homicides 354 [16th of 50]
Hate Crimes > Disability related 2 [13th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Ethnicity related 8 [24th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Race related 48 [26th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Religion related 10 [25th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Sexual orientation related 10 [29th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Total number 78 [26th of 50]
Homicide > Total number of victims 402 [16th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 14-17 7% [6th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 18-24 24.7% [20th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 25-34 21.9% [41st of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 35-49 25.9% [17th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 50-64 10.5% [19th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 65 and above 4.5% [25th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > Under 14 5.5% [23rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Black Female 8% [17th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Black Male 50.1% [13th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Female 0.5% [22nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Male 0.5% [33rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Black 58.1% [14th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Other 1% [29th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > White 40.9% [32nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female 22.8 % [37th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Male 77.2 % [13th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Gun 69.3 % [13th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Knife 13.1 % [26th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons 17.6 % [39th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Female 11% [37th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Male 29.9% [28th of 49]
Larceny-theft 153,490 [14th of 51]
Lynchings > Black 69 [13th of 44]
    Lynchings > Black (per capita) 11.896 per 1 million people [12th of 44]
Lynchings > Total 122 [12th of 44]
    Lynchings > Total (per capita) 21.033 per 1 million people [17th of 44]
Lynchings > White 53 [8th of 44]
    Lynchings > White (per capita) 9.137 per 1 million people [17th of 44]
Motor vehicle theft 25,433 [15th of 51]
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 368 [19th of 51]
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 31,081 [14th of 50]
    Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 5.359 per 1,000 people [12th of 50]
Property crime total 223,570 [14th of 51]
Robbery 7,587 [17th of 51]
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails 0 [43rd of 44]
    State and Federal prisoners held in local jails (per capita) 0 per 1 million people [38th of 44]
State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities 0 [46th of 50]
    State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities (per capita) 0 per 100,000 people [46th of 50]
State Prisoners > Number of deaths 122 [17th of 50]
    State Prisoners > Number of deaths (per capita) 0.21 per 10,000 people [15th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Homicides 1 [23rd of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Homicides (per capita) 0.172 per 1 million people [20th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Suicides 6 [14th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Suicides (per capita) 1.034 per 1 million people [26th of 50]
Stop and Identify statutes > States with "Stop and Identify" statutes Mo. Rev. Stat.
Terrorism > Victims of 9-11 2 [22nd of 40]
Violent crime 31,880 [14th of 51]
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 2,507 [8th of 50]
    Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 43.222 per 100,000 people [11th of 50]

SOURCES: National Center for Educational Statistics.; Bureau of Justice Statistics; US Fire Administration, 2001; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; statehealthfacts.org; Wikipedia: Gun violence in the United States by state; Fedral Bureau of Investigation, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics ; UMKC School of Law; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.; Wikipedia: Stop and Identify statutes ; September 11th, 2001 Victims, website memorial, last update - Sept. 21, 2002.

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