Clayton crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 21 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Clayton for 2025 is expected to be lower than in 2019.
The city violent crime rate for Clayton in 2019 was lower than the
national violent crime rate average by 81.33% and the city property crime rate in Clayton was lower than the
national property crime rate average by 34.52%.
In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Clayton was lower than the
violent crime rate in Missouri by 85.69% and the city property crime rate in Clayton was lower than the
property crime rate in Missouri by 47.64%.