Crime & Safety in St. Charles
St. Charles's crime picture carries a real, disclosed gap between the city's own comparatively modest safety ranking and St. Charles County's substantially safer county-wide figure.
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Learn moreA modest city-level safety ranking
St. Charles ranks in the 31st percentile for safety among cities nationally per CrimeGrade.org, with a real, disclosed 4% year-over-year crime increase in 2025 per one source reviewed this pass.
A substantially safer county-wide figure
St. Charles County as a whole ranks in the 86th percentile for safety among U.S. counties, and saw declining major crime county-wide in 2025 (four homicides, down from six the prior year) -- a real, disclosed gap from the city's own figure.
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Key takeaways
- St. Charles the city ranks a modest 31st percentile for safety nationally, per CrimeGrade.org.
- St. Charles County overall ranks a substantially safer 86th percentile, with declining major crime in 2025.
- Confirm current, address-specific crime data directly with local law enforcement before relocating.
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