Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2022 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2023 data?
Methodology: Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data
Lake Ozark is safer than the majority of cities, towns, and villages in America (79%) and also has a lower crime rate than 75% of the communities in Missouri, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI crime data. How risky is that? Your chance of becoming a victim in Lake Ozark is one in 241 based on the total crime rate (violent and property crimes, combined). In America overall, your chance of becoming a victim of crime is 1 in 43.
Compared to other communities of similar population size, Lake Ozark has a crime rate that is noticeably lower than the average. This means that for comparably sized cities all across America, Lake Ozark is actually safer than most according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis of FBI crime data.
Now let us turn to take a look at how Lake Ozark 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 Lake Ozark.
From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Lake Ozark occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Lake Ozark; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 362. This equates to a rate of 3 per one thousand inhabitants.
Furthermore, our research shows that motor vehicle theft, arson, burglary, and larceny are not very common in Lake Ozark compared to most US cities and towns. In fact, the rate of these property crimes in Lake Ozark is just 1 per one thousand people, far below the national average. Based on this rate, Lake Ozark is one of the safer communities in America with regard to incidences of property crime.
(100 is safest)
Violent | Property | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Number of Crimes |
6 |
3 |
9 |
Crime Rate
|
2.76 |
1.38 |
4.14 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.00 | 0.92 | 0.00 | 1.84 |
Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 21,156 | 133,294 | 220,450 | 893,980 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.06 | 0.40 | 0.66 | 2.68 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Rate per 1,000 | 0.00 | 1.38 | 0.00 |
burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
---|---|---|---|
Report Total | 899,293 | 4,672,363 | 942,173 |
Rate per 1,000 | 2.70 | 14.02 | 2.83 |