Kansas City Theft

Kansas City · Theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Kansas City police open data recorded 7,260 theft incidents, 14.0% of all 51,844 incidents reported in the city that year and down 10.2% from 2024. That is about 1,407 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,637 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 5,706 theft incidents have been published.

Theft in Kansas City by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)5,706——
20257,2601,407down 10.2%
20248,0821,566down 0.4%
20238,1181,573up 17.0%
20226,9391,345up 0.9%
20216,8801,333up 1.4%
20206,7841,315down 13.7%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 72,453 theft incidents.

Questions

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

7,260, according to Kansas City Missouri Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is theft going up or down in Kansas City?

Reported theft was down 10.2% in 2025 compared with 2024, and up 4.6% 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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