Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Kansas City, MO Crime Grade
How Kansas City grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Missouri — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Missouri
10/10
vs. Missouri cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Kansas City, MO was 1369.4 per 100,000 residents (7,094 incidents over a population of 518,039). That puts Kansas City Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 224% above the Missouri statewide rate of 422.6.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Kansas City (red), Missouri (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Kansas City vs. U.S., 2025 — 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 1483.7(7,433) | 1490.2(7,583) | 1489.4(7,594) | 1556.3(7,961) | 1369.4(7,094) |
| Murder | 31.1(156) | 32.8(167) | 35.3(180) | 27.6(141) | 26.1(135) |
| Rape | 89.8(450) | 81.6(415) | 84.9(433) | 78.6(402) | 70.1(363) |
| Robbery | 242.5(1,215) | 220.1(1,120) | 241.8(1,233) | 254.1(1,300) | 200.0(1,036) |
| Aggravated assault | 1120.2(5,612) | 1155.7(5,881) | 1127.4(5,748) | 1196.0(6,118) | 1073.3(5,560) |
| Property crime | 4357.4(21,829) | 4764.4(24,244) | 5012.2(25,555) | 4718.7(24,138) | 3962.6(20,528) |
| Burglary | 568.7(2,849) | 569.9(2,900) | 552.1(2,815) | 494.4(2,529) | 538.8(2,791) |
| Larceny | 2824.3(14,149) | 2968.0(15,103) | 2654.9(13,536) | 2471.2(12,641) | 2219.9(11,500) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 933.6(4,677) | 1199.8(6,105) | 1783.3(9,092) | 1735.6(8,878) | 1191.4(6,172) |
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 Missouri 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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