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Kansas City Crime Rate Report (Missouri)

Kansas City crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 26 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Kansas City for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Kansas City in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 317.98% and the city property crime rate in Kansas City was higher than the national property crime rate average by 157.37%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Kansas City was higher than the violent crime rate in Missouri by 227.79% and the city property crime rate in Kansas City was higher than the property crime rate in Missouri by 140.26%.

Property and Violent Crime
Kansas City Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Kansas City Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Kansas City Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault5,560
Arson65
Burglary2,791
Larceny and Theft11,500
Motor Vehicle Theft6,172
Murder and Manslaughter135
Rape363
Robbery1,036
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)28,229
Property Crime20,463
Violent Crime7,094
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault5,848
Arson66
Burglary2,037
Larceny and Theft13,060
Motor Vehicle Theft8,313
Murder and Manslaughter160
Rape368
Robbery910
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)31,176
Property Crime23,410
Violent Crime7,286

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Kansas City Property Crime

Kansas City Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Kansas City Crime 2025

Kansas City Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Kansas City Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Kansas City Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Kansas City, Missouri crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Kansas City crime report data for 2026 was projected from 26 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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