Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lee's Summit, MO Crime Grade
How Lee's Summit 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Missouri
4/10
vs. Missouri cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lee's Summit, MO was 114.2 per 100,000 residents (123 incidents over a population of 107,668). That puts Lee's Summit Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 73% below the Missouri statewide rate of 422.6.
That ranks Lee's Summit #1,281 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 66% of them, and #24 of 77 in Missouri. Violent crime is down 21% year over year and down 25% over the last five years.
Lee's Summit, MO crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Missouri Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 114.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,281 of 3,771
- MO rank
- #24 of 77
- Safer than
- 66% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 21%
- 5-year change
- down 25%
- Population
- 107,668
- Reporting agency
- Lee's Summit Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Lee's Summit Police Department (FBI ORI MO0480800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Lee's Summit (red), Missouri (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lee's Summit 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 | 152.2(156) | 138.5(144) | 162.8(170) | 144.7(152) | 114.2(123) |
| Murder | 2.9(3) | 5.8(6) | 1.0(1) | 1.0(1) | 1.9(2) |
| Rape | 22.4(23) | 23.1(24) | 23.0(24) | 35.2(37) | 27.9(30) |
| Robbery | 14.6(15) | 10.6(11) | 10.5(11) | 9.5(10) | 5.6(6) |
| Aggravated assault | 112.2(115) | 99.1(103) | 128.4(134) | 99.0(104) | 78.9(85) |
| Property crime | 1773.3(1,818) | 2100.5(2,184) | 2198.2(2,295) | 2384.5(2,505) | 1947.7(2,097) |
| Burglary | 160.0(164) | 149.1(155) | 133.1(139) | 135.2(142) | 142.1(153) |
| Larceny | 1359.7(1,394) | 1653.3(1,719) | 1744.2(1,821) | 1949.5(2,048) | 1615.2(1,739) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 249.7(256) | 295.3(307) | 313.2(327) | 297.0(312) | 188.5(203) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Lee's Summit, MO Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Lee's Summit Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Lee's Summit calculated?
- Lee's Summit's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Missouri state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Missouri cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Lee's Summit Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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