What is the crime rate in Kansas City, KS?

In 2025, the Kansas City Police Department reported 1,539 violent crimes and 4,970 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 981 violent and 3,169 property crimes per 100,000 of the 156,815 residents it serves.

Across Kansas the rates were 476 and 1,924.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 981
Property per 100,000: 3,169
Violent crimes: 1,539
Property crimes: 4,970

Crime reported by the Kansas City Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	180	118	682	448	152,115
2024	1,615	1,053	5,626	3,668	153,363
2025	1,539	981	4,970	3,169	156,815

Violent crimes reported went from 180 in 2023 to 1,539 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 682 in 2023 to 4,970 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Kansas City against Kansas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Kansas City	981	3,169
Wyandotte County	967	3,115
Kansas	476	1,924
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Kansas City, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Kansas City	—	981	3,169
Edwardsville	5.1 mi	484	1,325
Parkville	6.7 mi	32	787
Riverside	6.8 mi	367	4,341
Merriam	7.7 mi	360	4,495
Bonner Springs	7.7 mi	562	1,277
Shawnee	8.0 mi	229	1,378
Mission	8.0 mi	309	4,666
Weatherby Lake	8.1 mi	47	281

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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