The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department's crime statistics page shows 144 homicides in the city, which has a population of roughly 300,000, through Sept. 17. Meanwhile, KCMO has a population ...

Kansas City, Missouri, reported a record homicide tally in 2023, while a significant drop was reported in St. Louis on the opposite end of the Show-Me State.

In contrast to St. Louis city, both Kansas City and St. Louis County were able to report crime data without interruption after obtaining NIBRS certification for their new systems from the Highway ...

Crime St. Louis looks to Kansas City for help with homicide onslaught By TONY RIZZO. The Kansas City Star. February 22, 2015 7:03 PM.

Hear more from Nixon on The 314 Podcast. Former Missouri Gov. Jeremiah “Jay” Nixon knows what things were like when the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department was under state control. As governor, ...

Jones explained that Kansas City saw a surge in deaths in homicides in 2023 (the most ever recorded in that city), while St. Louis achieved a 10-year low.

Three Missouri cities, including St. Louis, Kansas City and Springfield, are in the top 10 of highest violent crime rates in the U.S.

The St. Louis area is facing a variety of serious problems from housing to crime. Solutions will take funding, planning and follow-through. Some say the Rams settlement could offer the funding the ...

Currently, the police department in Kansas City is the only city of its kind to be under such a system — and Mayor Quinton Lucas says it doesn't work. Missouri may take control over St. Louis ...

But violent crime totals actually declined in St. Louis between 2020 and 2021 after seeing year-over-year increases from 2018 to 2020, according to data compiled by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

"We will issue charges on that," St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Melissa Price Smith said. "It's not safe. Those ...

ST. LOUIS — When billionaire Ken Griffin announced in June that he planned to move the headquarters of his Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel to Miami, he cited the Windy City’s high crime rate ...