Kansas City Assault

Kansas City · Assault · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Kansas City police open data recorded 9,527 assault incidents, 18.4% of all 51,844 incidents reported in the city that year and down 2.0% from 2024. That is about 1,846 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,325 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 8,574 assault incidents have been published.

Assault in Kansas City by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)8,574——
20259,5271,846down 2.0%
20249,7231,884up 4.0%
20239,3521,812up 2.5%
20229,1271,769up 4.1%
20218,7671,699down 6.3%
20209,3571,813down 0.8%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 92,816 assault incidents.

Questions

How many assault incidents were reported in Kansas City in 2025?

9,527, according to Kansas City Missouri Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is assault going up or down in Kansas City?

Reported assault was down 2.0% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 4.4% compared with 2022 (rising over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Kansas City Missouri Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.

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