1. Home
  2. Missouri
  3. Dent

Dent County, MO Arrest Records

Dent County, MO is among the safest counties in the USA with 0.45 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, Jasper counties in Missouri.
Dent County, MO property crime rate is 3.90 per 1,000 residents, lower rate than national average of 28.42 per 1,000. There were 29 burglary related arrests in 2016 that increased by 3.57% compared to 2015.

Dent County, MO Crime Rate

Total arrests in Dent County in 2016 decreased by 19.28% compared to 2015 and is lower than national average of 33.12 per 1,000 people. Violent crimes decreased from 13 to 7 while non-violent crime decreased by 14.29% from 70 to 60.

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

Crime Arrests
Burglary 29
Larceny-theft 22
Motor vehicle theft 9
Murder 2
Revised rape 2

Violent Crimes

Violent crime rate in Dent County decreased by 46.15% from 2015 and decreased by 58.82% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 17 to 7. In 2016 violent crime rate in Dent County was 90.31% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of a violent crime is 0.045%.

Property Crimes

Property crime rates in Dent County decreased by 14.29% from 2015 and decreased by 27.71% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 83 to 60. In 2016 property crime rate in Dent County was 86.28% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of property crime is 0.39%.

How Dent stands up against other counties

Dent vs. Livingston

You’ll be in more risk in Dent compared to Livingston county that had 42.72% lower crime rate compared to Dent county according to the FBI.
Murder rates of 0.1300 per 1,000 people is higher than national of 0.0614 per 1,000 people and higher than average 0.0000 in Livingston county.
Arson rates of 0.0000 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 0.1465 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.0000 in Livingston county.

Dent vs. Macon

You’ll be in more safety in Dent compared to Macon county that had 63.5% higher crime rate compared to Dent county according to the FBI.
Rape rates of 0.1300 per 1,000 people is higher than national of 0.0199 per 1,000 people and higher than average 0.0000 in Macon county.
Larceny rates of 1.4298 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 20.5437 per 1,000 people and lower than average 3.7574 in Macon county.

Names with the most arrests in Dent

Crime rate by age group, gender, and race

According to the records in Dent, Missouri, the most crimes, that's 38.04% of all records in county are committed by the people aged between 21-30.

DID you know?

  • The overall crime rate in Dent County is 0.87% lower than the national average.
  • For every 1,000 residents, there are 1.19 daily crimes that occur in Dent County.
  • Dent, MO is more violent than Livingston.
  • In Dent County you have a 1 in 230 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
  • Year over year crimes in Dent, MO have decreased by 19.28%.

Dent Police Departments

Cities in Dent County

Names in Dent County