DeKalb County, MO is a safe place to live in comparison to the national average. Violent crime is lower than the US average by almost 10 points and property crime is also significantly lower than the national average. This suggests that DeKalb County is a safer place to live and work as there are fewer incidents of violent crimes and property crimes compared with other places in the United States.
Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)
DeKalb County violent crime is 12.8. (The US average is 22.7)
DeKalb County property crime is 18.7. (The US average is 35.4)
NOTE: The city of DeKalb, Missouri does not have FBI Crime Statistics. The closest similar sized city with FBI crime data is the city of Smithville, Missouri. The charts below are detailed crime statistics for the city of Smithville, Missouri. Click links below to see charts for each crime category.