Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Kansas City, KS Crime Grade
How Kansas City grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Kansas — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Kansas
9/10
vs. Kansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Kansas City, KS was 1053.1 per 100,000 residents (1,615 incidents over a population of 153,363). That puts Kansas City Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 122% above the Kansas statewide rate of 474.7.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Kansas City (red), Kansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Kansas City vs. U.S., 2024 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2014 | 2015 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 710.9(1,060) | 773.4(1,163) | 118.3(180) | 1053.1(1,615) |
| Murder | 16.8(25) | 18.6(28) | 3.3(5) | 12.4(19) |
| Rape | 156.3(233) | 175.6(264) | 12.5(19) | 72.4(111) |
| Robbery | 170.4(254) | 202.2(304) | 15.8(24) | 93.9(144) |
| Aggravated assault | 367.5(548) | 377.1(567) | 86.8(132) | 874.4(1,341) |
| Property crime | 4947.6(7,377) | 4742.3(7,131) | 448.3(682) | 3668.4(5,626) |
| Burglary | 1115.3(1,663) | 871.8(1,311) | 49.3(75) | 449.3(689) |
| Larceny | 3150.2(4,697) | 3161.5(4,754) | 268.9(409) | 2318.7(3,556) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 641.2(956) | 657.7(989) | 130.2(198) | 898.5(1,378) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Kansas City's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Kansas cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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