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West Plains, Missouri, is a city in southern Missouri, and it has a population of 12,320 people. West Plains is located in Howell County. West Plains has a council-administrator form of government. The Mayor of the city is Jack Pahlmann. The City Administrator is Tom Stehn.

City of West Plains
City Hall
1910 Holiday Lane
West Plains, Mo 65775
417-256-7176

Tom Stehn, City Administrator
tom.stehn@westplains.net

For the year 2016, West Plains had a crime index of 347.7, which is higher than the United States national crime index of 280.5. During that year, there were 2 murders in West Plains. There were 7 rapes, 7 robberies, and 20 assaults. There were also 89 reported burglaries, 454 reported thefts, 35 reported auto thefts, and no reported arsons. As of February 2019, there were 86 registered sex offenders living in West Plains. The ratio of residents to registered sex offenders was 143 to 1.

In the year 2016, there were 528 crimes reported in West Plains, which gave the city a crime rate of 4,269 per 100,000 persons. This is higher than the Missouri state crime rate of 3,364 per 100,000 persons and the United States national crime rate of 2,745 per 100,000 persons. Property crime was the most common crime in West Plains.