Kansas City Crime Map
Missouri · Latest 24h · updated 2026-11-12
| Latest 24h | 10 incidents, 1 violent (2026-11-09) |
|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | 39,506 incidents through October |
| 2025 (full year) | 51,844 incidents |
| Full archive | 515,006 incidents (2015–2026) |
| Per 100K / year | 10,047 |
Source: Kansas City Missouri Police Department open data.
About crime in Kansas City
Latest mapped day. Kansas City recorded 10 incidents on 2026-11-09, including 1 violent-category incident. This is a short-window snapshot of police open data, not a personal-safety score.
Year-over-year context
Kansas City recorded 57,069 incidents in 2024 and 51,844 in 2025, a 9.2% decrease. Year-to-year comparisons depend on consistent source coverage and reporting definitions.
Latest 24h (2026-11-09) category breakdown
| Other | 3 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Auto theft | 1 |
| Theft | 1 |
| Vandalism | 1 |
| Assault | 1 |
| Theft from vehicle | 1 |
Across 2015–2026, the current archive contains 515,006 incidents for Kansas City. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.
Kansas City crime overview
Essay updated 2026-11-12 · figures above are from the latest data
TL;DR. Kansas City recorded 51,844 police-reported incidents in 2025, down 9.2% from 57,069 in 2024. Other was the most reported category with 12,905 incidents, 24.9% of the total, followed by assault with 9,527 incidents. Violent-category incidents totaled 11,447, or 22.1% of the 2025 total. The rate was 10,046.7 reported incidents per 100,000 residents. January–October 2026 totaled 39,506 incidents, down 10.7% from 44,260 in the same months of 2025.
About this data
TheCrimeMaps plots 51,844 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025 from the Kansas City Missouri Police Department, with each report mapped by location and category across Kansas City, Missouri. The view covers 12 months of data for 2025, which is the latest complete calendar year in an archive spanning 2015 to 2026. The archive holds 515,006 incidents across all years combined.
That 2025 total equals 10,046.7 reported incidents per 100,000 residents, calculated from the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 516,032 for the city. Violent-category incidents, defined as assault plus sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide in 2025, totaled 11,447, or 22.1% of the year’s reports. The violent rate was 2,218.3 per 100,000 residents. Figures are current through November 2026.
Recent trend
Reported incidents declined 9.2% between two complete calendar years, from 57,069 in 2024 to 51,844 in 2025. The matched January–October comparison also declined, with 39,506 reports in January–October 2026 versus 44,260 in the same months of 2025, a 10.7% decrease. Across complete years, totals moved from 49,393 in 2021 to 52,960 in 2022 and 57,459 in 2023 before easing in 2024 and 2025. The 2025 figure remains above the 2020 complete-year count of 49,681. All annual comparisons use complete 12-month years with matching coverage.
Category breakdown
Other was the largest grouping in 2025 with 12,905 reports, or 24.9% of the total. Its breakdown was Other crime with 7,944 reports and 15.3% of all incidents, Impaired & dangerous driving with 2,330 and 4.5%, Threats with 1,410 and 2.7%, Drugs with 697 and 1.3%, Weapons offenses with 505 and 1.0%, and Harassment with 19. Assault followed with 9,527 reports, or 18.4%, while Theft added 7,260 reports, or 14%. The next three groupings were Auto theft with 5,859 reports and 11.3%, Vandalism with 5,200 and 10%, and Theft from vehicle with 4,850 and 9.4%. Violent-category incidents, covering assault, sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide, totaled 11,447 in 2025.
What this means
Kansas City’s 2025 total of 51,844 sits below its 2023 count of 57,459 and its 2024 count of 57,069, after earlier totals of 49,393 in 2021 and 52,960 in 2022. What stands out is the ordering at the top: Other leads with 12,905 reports and 24.9%, followed by Assault with 9,527 and 18.4% and Theft with 7,260 and 14%. Auto theft, Vandalism and Theft from vehicle add 5,859, 5,200 and 4,850 reports.
FAQ
How many incidents were reported in Kansas City in 2025?
Kansas City recorded 51,844 police-reported incidents in calendar year 2025. That equals 10,046.7 reported incidents per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on the U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimate of 516,032 for the city. The 2025 period covers 12 months of data and is a complete calendar year.
What was the most reported crime category in Kansas City in 2025?
Other was the leading category in 2025 with 12,905 incidents, or 24.9% of the 51,844 total. The source groups many incident types under Other, including other crime with 7,944 incidents, impaired and dangerous driving with 2,330, threats with 1,410, drugs with 697, weapons offenses with 505, and harassment with 19. Assault was the next largest specific category with 9,527 incidents.
Did crime increase or decrease in Kansas City between 2024 and 2025?
Reported incidents decreased between the two consecutive complete calendar years. Kansas City recorded 57,069 incidents in 2024 and 51,844 in 2025, a change of -9.2%. For the current year, January–October 2026 recorded 39,506 incidents compared with 44,260 in the same months of 2025, a change of -10.7% on a same-months basis.
Are some neighborhoods in Kansas City affected more than others?
This city page summarizes Kansas City at the citywide level for 2025, with 51,844 total incidents including 11,447 violent-category incidents and 9,527 assaults. Violent incidents accounted for 22.1% of the 2025 total. Readers comparing areas should use the same 2025 definitions, since assault plus sexual assault plus robbery plus shooting plus homicide make up the violent count used here.
Where does TheCrimeMaps get its Kansas City crime numbers?
The figures come from the Kansas City Missouri Police Department, the source cited for this page. The 2025 citywide total of 51,844 incidents and the category breakdown, including 7,260 thefts and 5,859 auto thefts, are based on those police-reported records. The all-years archive combined total is 515,006 incidents for 2015 through 2026, including 131 undated incidents.
How current is the Kansas City crime data?
The data is current through November 2026. The headline period is the complete calendar year 2025 with 12 months of data and 51,844 incidents. The archive also includes 2026 with 40,395 incidents across 11 months of data, which is a partial year, so 2026 should not be compared directly with 2025 as an annual total.
Explore Kansas City
By category
- Kansas City Assault (92,816)
- Kansas City Sexual assault (7,441)
- Kansas City Robbery (12,517)
- Kansas City Homicide (1,305)
- Kansas City Burglary (29,891)
- Kansas City Auto theft (54,456)
- Kansas City Theft from vehicle (61,373)
- Kansas City Theft (72,453)
- Kansas City Bike theft (163)
- Kansas City Vandalism (48,280)
- Kansas City Fraud (15,869)
- Kansas City Other (118,442)
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