Kansas City, MO crime rate
In 2025 the Kansas City Police Department reported 1,375.8 violent crimes and 3,991.0 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Missouri and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Kansas City compare with Missouri and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Kansas City only.
What offenses were reported in Kansas City, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Missouri | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 7,127 | 1,375.8 | 417.8 | 327.6 | down 11.7% | down 7.3% |
| Murder | 134 | 25.9 | 7.1 | 4.1 | down 6.2% | down 16.7% |
| Rape | 377 | 72.8 | 40.0 | 36.1 | down 8.8% | down 19.3% |
| Robbery | 1,041 | 201.0 | 42.4 | 49.4 | down 20.9% | down 17.3% |
| Aggravated assault | 5,575 | 1,076.2 | 328.4 | 238.0 | down 10.0% | down 3.9% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 20,675 | 3,991.0 | 1,644.1 | 1,534.8 | down 15.5% | down 8.5% |
| Burglary | 2,830 | 546.3 | 220.0 | 193.6 | up 10.3% | down 4.0% |
| Larceny-theft | 11,577 | 2,234.8 | 1,131.1 | 1,144.1 | down 9.6% | down 20.9% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 6,200 | 1,196.8 | 293.1 | 197.0 | down 31.1% | up 28.1% |
| Arson | 68 | 13.1 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 25.6% | down 58.1% |
Reported = offenses known to the Kansas City Police Department and sent to the FBI. Missouri and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Kansas City | United States | Missouri |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,484.7 | 387.0 | 524.3 |
| 2022 | 1,490.4 | 388.7 | 494.4 |
| 2023 | 1,490.8 | 379.5 | 471.0 |
| 2024 | 1,557.7 | 362.9 | 467.0 |
| 2025 | 1,375.8 | 327.6 | 417.8 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Kansas City | United States | Missouri |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4,360.0 | 1,832.3 | 2,346.8 |
| 2022 | 4,764.4 | 1,973.8 | 2,370.4 |
| 2023 | 5,014.4 | 1,934.1 | 2,158.0 |
| 2024 | 4,723.2 | 1,761.1 | 1,974.1 |
| 2025 | 3,991.0 | 1,534.8 | 1,644.1 |
Is Kansas City safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Kansas City Police Department reported, 1,375.8 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Missouri's 417.8, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 11.7% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
In 2025, Kansas City police counted 7,127 violent crimes and 20,675 property crimes, as reported to the FBI. The violent rate was 1,375.8 per 100,000 residents covered by the Kansas City Police Department, 3.3 times the Missouri estimate of 417.8 and 4.2 times the US rate of 327.6. That rate was 11.7% lower than in 2024 and 7.3% lower than in 2021.
Robbery fell the most of the violent offenses in the last year, 20.9%, and rape fell the most since 2021, 19.3%. The 134 homicides give a murder rate of 25.9 per 100,000, 6.3 times the national rate and 16.7% below 2021. Aggravated assault was 78% of violent crime and 4.5 times the US rate.
The property rate, 3,991.0, was 2.4 times the state's 1,644.1 and 2.6 times the national 1,534.8, after falling 15.5% from 2024 and 8.5% from 2021. Motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses in the last year, 31.1%, to 1,196.8 per 100,000. Measured from 2021, it had the largest rise in the group, 28.1%, and it was 6.1 times the US rate.
Burglary rose 10.3% from 2024, the largest rise that year. Larceny-theft, 56% of property crime, was 20.9% lower than in 2021. The department reported all 12 months for each of the 5 years shown and has used NIBRS since 2010.
The Cass, Clay, Jackson and Platte county sheriff's offices report separately.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 3.34 per 1,000 residents (1,119 officers, 610 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Missouri cities
The nearest Missouri cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Kansas City Police Department (ORI MOKPD0000), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Missouri and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Kansas City Police Department (MOKPD0000): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MOKPD0000_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Kansas City Police Department (MOKPD0000): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MOKPD0000_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Kansas City Police Department (MOKPD0000): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MOKPD0000_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Kansas City Police Department (MOKPD0000): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MOKPD0000_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Kansas City Police Department (MOKPD0000): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MOKPD0000_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Kansas City Police Department (MOKPD0000): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MOKPD0000_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Kansas City Police Department (MOKPD0000): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MOKPD0000_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Kansas City Police Department (MOKPD0000): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MOKPD0000_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Kansas City Police Department (MOKPD0000): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MOKPD0000_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Kansas City Police Department (MOKPD0000): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_MOKPD0000_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Kansas City Police Department (MOKPD0000): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_MOKPD0000__from-2021-to-2025.json)