Poplar Bluff crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 20 years with violent crime increasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Poplar Bluff for 2025 is expected to be higher than in 2018.
The city violent crime rate for Poplar Bluff in 2018 was higher than the
national violent crime rate average by 30.82% and the city property crime rate in Poplar Bluff was higher than the
national property crime rate average by 209.69%.
In 2018 the city violent crime rate in Poplar Bluff was lower than the
violent crime rate in Missouri by 0.84% and the city property crime rate in Poplar Bluff was higher than the
property crime rate in Missouri by 157.32%.