The crime rate in Creve Coeur is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 17 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Creve Coeur is 1 in 60. Based on FBI crime data, Creve Coeur is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Missouri, Creve Coeur has a crime rate that is higher than 74% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

How does the crime rate in Creve Coeur compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Creve Coeur with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Creve Coeur's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Creve Coeur does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Creve Coeur.

For Creve Coeur, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Creve Coeur than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1678, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Creve Coeur's rate for property crime is 16 per one thousand population. This makes Creve Coeur a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Creve Coeur is one in 63.

Importantly, we found that Creve Coeur has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of FBI crime data. This is compared to communities of all sizes, from the smallest to the largest. In fact, your chance of getting your car stolen if you live in Creve Coeur is one in 293.