Kansas City Homicide

Kansas City · Homicide · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Kansas City police open data recorded 123 homicide incidents, 0.2% of all 51,844 incidents reported in the city that year and down 10.9% from 2024. That is about 23.8 per 100,000 residents, compared with 8.8 per 100,000 across the 59 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 106 homicide incidents have been published.

Homicide in Kansas City by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)106——
202512323.8down 10.9%
202413826.7down 19.8%
202317233.3up 16.2%
202214828.7up 18.4%
202112524.2down 22.4%
202016131.2up 30.9%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 1,305 homicide incidents.

Questions

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

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

Is homicide going up or down in Kansas City?

Reported homicide was down 10.9% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 16.9% compared with 2022 (falling 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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