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Buchanan County, MO Arrest Records

Buchanan County, MO is among the safest counties in the USA with 0.31 per 1,000 residents crime rate compared to national 4.69 per 1,000 average. It has lower total crime rate than Jefferson, Scott, Lincoln, Stone, Boone counties in Missouri.
Buchanan County, MO property crime rate is 2.11 per 1,000 residents, lower rate than national average of 28.42 per 1,000. There were 95 larceny theft related arrests in 2016 that decreased by 21.49% compared to 2015.

Buchanan County, MO Crime Rate

Total arrests in Buchanan County in 2016 decreased by 4.85% compared to 2015 and is lower than national average of 33.12 per 1,000 people. Violent crimes decreased from 28 to 28 while non-violent crime decreased by 5.53% from 199 to 188.

5 Crimes In Buchanan County, MO in 2016 with the Most Arrests

Crime Arrests
Larceny-theft 95
Burglary 62
Motor vehicle theft 31
Aggravated assault 25
Arson 9

Violent Crimes

Violent crime rate in Buchanan County decreased by 0% from 2015 and increased by 27.27% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 22 to 28. In 2016 violent crime rate in Buchanan County was 93.29% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of a violent crime is 0.031%.

Property Crimes

Property crime rates in Buchanan County decreased by 5.53% from 2015 and decreased by 10.05% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 209 to 188. In 2016 property crime rate in Buchanan County was 92.56% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of property crime is 0.211%.

How Buchanan stands up against other counties

Buchanan vs. Christian

You’ll be in more safety in Buchanan compared to Christian county that had 105.87% higher crime rate compared to Buchanan county according to the FBI.
Assault rates of 0.2811 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 2.8422 per 1,000 people and lower than average 1.0189 in Christian county.
Arson rates of 0.1012 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 0.1465 per 1,000 people and higher than average 0.0592 in Christian county.

Buchanan vs. Platte

You’ll be in more safety in Buchanan compared to Platte county that had 26.91% higher crime rate compared to Buchanan county according to the FBI.
Rape rates of 0.0000 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 0.0199 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.1322 in Platte county.
Motor Vehicle Theft rates of 0.3486 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 2.8637 per 1,000 people and higher than average 0.2848 in Platte county.

Names with the most arrests in Buchanan

Crime rate by age group, gender, and race

According to the records in Buchanan, Missouri, the most crimes, that's 33.58% of all records in county are committed by the people aged between 21-30.

DID you know?

  • The overall crime rate in Buchanan County is 0.93% lower than the national average.
  • For every 1,000 residents, there are 0.67 daily crimes that occur in Buchanan County.
  • Buchanan, MO is safer than Christian.
  • In Buchanan County you have a 1 in 412 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
  • Year over year crimes in Buchanan, MO have decreased by 4.85%.

Buchanan Police Departments

Cities in Buchanan County

Names in Buchanan County