So far, I have data going back 38 years to 1985 and 2023 had the least amount of violent crime in total in St. Louis City and per 100,000 in that time frame and i think it probably goes back to mid-1960's
Crime is down in the City of St. Louis.
With targeted investments in crime prevention, intervention, and enforcement, St. Louis has experienced its lowest homicide rate in a decade and the largest year over year reduction in crime in 90 years.
Monthly crime data on the SLMPD website only goes back to 2009 so that's as far as I can go back but, in a week, when November 2023 is posted, it will be the lowest 11-month total for violent crime since at least 2009, and probably way before that.