Neighborhood safety · Kansas City · data through September 2026

How safe is your Kansas City neighborhood?

SafeRoute scores every Kansas City neighborhood 0–100 from incidents reported to the KCPD — severity-weighted, within 1 km of each neighborhood's center, normalized citywide. Higher is safer. The same data powers the SafeRoute app's crime-aware walking routes.

These figures describe reported crime around each neighborhood's center — they are informational, not a judgment of any community. Citywide median index: 55/100.

Feed current to September 2026covers 8 months

Blue Ridge

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Swope Park Ridge-Winchester	85/100	Low risk	26
Eastwood Hills West	84/100	Low risk	39
Strupwood	82/100	Low risk	41
Western Blue Township	80/100	Low risk	43
Brown Estates	79/100	Low risk	53
Truman Sports Complex	79/100	Low risk	59
Coachlight Square	74/100	Moderate	67
Sterling Gardens	74/100	Moderate	71
Stayton Meadows	71/100	Moderate	73
Cunningham Ridge	70/100	Moderate	88
Hillcrest	70/100	Moderate	86
Lewis Heights	61/100	Moderate	129
Ashland Ridge	59/100	Moderate	141
Park Farms	58/100	Moderate	132
Riss Lake	57/100	Moderate	145
Eastwood Hills East	56/100	Moderate	144
East Swope Highlands	55/100	Moderate	155
Oldham Farms	51/100	Moderate	192
Sterling Acres	39/100	Elevated	391

Briarcliff/Winnwood

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Briarcliff West	91/100	Low risk	22
Ravenwood-Somerset	87/100	Low risk	23
Chouteau Estates	81/100	Low risk	51
Maple Park	78/100	Low risk	56
River Forest	76/100	Low risk	60
Cooley Highlands S	74/100	Moderate	72
River View	74/100	Moderate	73
Foxwoods-Carriage Hills	73/100	Moderate	78
Gracemor-Randolph Corners	71/100	Moderate	73
Davidson	69/100	Moderate	91
Maple Park West	69/100	Moderate	96
Winnwood Gardens	67/100	Moderate	92
Country Club Estates and Big Shoal	66/100	Moderate	117
Hill Haven	66/100	Moderate	97
Glenhaven	64/100	Moderate	117
Sherwood Estates	63/100	Moderate	128
Briarcliff and Claymont	62/100	Moderate	134
Holiday Hills	57/100	Moderate	142
Colonial Square	54/100	Moderate	160
Antioch Acres	51/100	Moderate	182
Crestview	51/100	Moderate	198
Winnetonka	50/100	Moderate	194
Winnwood	50/100	Moderate	269
Chaumiere	49/100	Elevated	275

Country Club/Waldo

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Stratford Gardens	90/100	Low risk	27
Sunset Hill West	90/100	Low risk	21
Romanelli West	88/100	Low risk	33
Ward Estates	86/100	Low risk	38
Country Club District	77/100	Low risk	76
Greenway Fields	76/100	Low risk	85
Country Club	74/100	Moderate	87
Armour Fields	72/100	Moderate	103
Wornall Homestead	72/100	Moderate	100
Brookside Park	69/100	Moderate	112
Ward Parkway Plaza	69/100	Moderate	126
Morningside	67/100	Moderate	128
Armour Hills	65/100	Moderate	139
West Waldo	56/100	Moderate	206
Waldo Homes	54/100	Moderate	189
Ward Parkway	51/100	Moderate	235
Western 49-63	51/100	Moderate	212
Oak Meyer Gardens	45/100	Elevated	270
Holmes Park	43/100	Elevated	269
Tower Homes	42/100	Elevated	325
Eastern 49-63	34/100	Elevated	376
Rolling Meadows	30/100	Elevated	441
Rockhill Manor	27/100	Elevated	522

Gashland/Nashua

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Gashland	96/100	Low risk	11
Nashua	85/100	Low risk	38
Outer Gashland-Nashua	83/100	Low risk	43
Ridgefield	80/100	Low risk	47
New Mark	74/100	Moderate	90
Meadowbrook Heights	70/100	Moderate	89
Sherrydale	63/100	Moderate	119
Jefferson Highlands	62/100	Moderate	153

Greater Downtown

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
West Bottoms	86/100	Low risk	27
Harlem	58/100	Moderate	157
Westside South	44/100	Elevated	260
Columbus Park Industrial	43/100	Elevated	292
Union Hill	28/100	Elevated	624
Westside North	27/100	Elevated	584
West of Vine	24/100	High risk	659
Columbus Park	22/100	High risk	738
Crown Center	22/100	High risk	719
River Market	22/100	High risk	817
Beacon Hills	21/100	High risk	743
Mount Hope	20/100	High risk	802
Longfellow	18/100	High risk	932
Paseo West	18/100	High risk	927
Parkview	17/100	High risk	964
Hospital Hill	16/100	High risk	1,085
Quality Hill	13/100	High risk	1,456
Crossroads	12/100	High risk	1,589
CBD Downtown	9/100	High risk	2,139

Heart of the City

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Vineyard Estates	68/100	Moderate	82
Dunbar	48/100	Elevated	201
Vineyard	48/100	Elevated	192
Knoches Park	47/100	Elevated	210
Vineyard Northwest	36/100	Elevated	341
Boulevard Village	34/100	Elevated	362
Oak Park Southeast	29/100	Elevated	470
Oak Park Southwest	26/100	Elevated	547
18th and Vine and Downtown East	24/100	High risk	644
Ivanhoe Southwest	24/100	High risk	636
Washington Wheatley	24/100	High risk	611
Wendell Phillips	24/100	High risk	618
Ingleside	23/100	High risk	631
Ivanhoe Southeast	23/100	High risk	655
Palestine East	23/100	High risk	639
Ivanhoe Northeast	20/100	High risk	736
Linwood Homeowners-Ivanhoe	19/100	High risk	822
Palestine West and Oak Park Northeast	19/100	High risk	794
Key Coalition	16/100	High risk	1,032
Oak Park Northwest	16/100	High risk	1,015
Santa Fe	14/100	High risk	1,259

Hickman Mills

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Robandee South	81/100	Low risk	36
Sechrest	74/100	Moderate	94
White Oak	72/100	Moderate	73
Hickman Mills South	65/100	Moderate	91
Kirkside	63/100	Moderate	103
Bannister Acres	59/100	Moderate	123
Ruskin Hills	57/100	Moderate	129
Fairlane	49/100	Elevated	191
Stratford Estates	49/100	Elevated	202
Fairwood and Robandee	47/100	Elevated	221
Hickman Mills	44/100	Elevated	252
Crossgates	40/100	Elevated	291
Loma Vista	38/100	Elevated	310
Ruskin Heights	32/100	Elevated	383

Line Creek

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Barry Harbour	94/100	Low risk	12
Royal Oaks North	89/100	Low risk	27
Line Creek and Northern Heights	85/100	Low risk	31
Breen Hills	84/100	Low risk	36
Parkdale and Walden	82/100	Low risk	39
Park Plaza	80/100	Low risk	49
Platte Brook North	78/100	Low risk	49
Coves North	77/100	Low risk	78
Park Forest	74/100	Moderate	62
Lakeview Terrace	72/100	Moderate	77
Clayton	71/100	Moderate	77
Linden Park	71/100	Moderate	82
Prairie Point-Wildberry	71/100	Moderate	100
Tanglewood and Regency North	67/100	Moderate	95
The Coves	62/100	Moderate	128
Hawthorne and Picture Hills	59/100	Moderate	152
Platte Ridge	50/100	Moderate	231

Little Blue Valley

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Little Blue	97/100	Low risk	8
Highview Estates	88/100	Low risk	24
Glen Lake	87/100	Low risk	29
Timber Valley	87/100	Low risk	33
Unity Ridge	85/100	Low risk	37
Blue Vue Hills	83/100	Low risk	40
Woodson Estates	82/100	Low risk	46
Fairway Hills	80/100	Low risk	51
Country Valley-Hawthorn Square	78/100	Low risk	57

Martin City/Richards-Gebaur

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Blue Ridge Farms	98/100	Low risk	5
Martin City	65/100	Moderate	159

Midtown/Plaza

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Countryside	64/100	Moderate	134
Westwood	63/100	Moderate	144
Sunset Hill	56/100	Moderate	247
Crestwood	54/100	Moderate	189
Coleman Highlands	42/100	Elevated	288
Park Central-Research Park	33/100	Elevated	447
South Plaza	32/100	Elevated	567
Volker	29/100	Elevated	525
Rockhill	27/100	Elevated	621
Manheim Park	26/100	Elevated	602
South Hyde Park	26/100	Elevated	649
West Plaza	26/100	Elevated	746
Squier Park	22/100	High risk	682
Country Club Plaza	21/100	High risk	953
Center City	19/100	High risk	870
Roanoke	19/100	High risk	908
Central Hyde Park	18/100	High risk	988
Valentine	17/100	High risk	1,111
Broadway Gillham	16/100	High risk	1,147
Southmoreland	16/100	High risk	1,201
North Hyde Park	15/100	High risk	1,183
Plaza Westport	14/100	High risk	1,475
Hanover Place	12/100	High risk	1,565
Old Westport	12/100	High risk	1,566

Red Bridge

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Oakwood	91/100	Low risk	22
Verona Hills	90/100	Low risk	27
Blue Hills Estates	88/100	Low risk	28
Foxcroft and Glen Arbor	84/100	Low risk	42
Mission Lake	78/100	Low risk	54
Woodbridge	76/100	Low risk	63
Royal Oaks	75/100	Low risk	72
St Catherines Gardens	75/100	Low risk	72
Red Bridge North	74/100	Moderate	79
Country Lane Estates	71/100	Moderate	96
Calico Farms	68/100	Moderate	93
Legacy East	64/100	Moderate	95
Linden Hills and Indian Heights	64/100	Moderate	109
Bridlespur	63/100	Moderate	137
Red Bridge South	56/100	Moderate	161
Lea Manor	55/100	Moderate	195
Terrace Lake Gardens	55/100	Moderate	160
Boone Hills	50/100	Moderate	213
Western Hills	50/100	Moderate	277
Hidden Valley	49/100	Elevated	193
Santa Fe Hills	44/100	Elevated	268
Willow Creek	38/100	Elevated	343

Riverfront Industrial

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Birmingham Bottoms	97/100	Low risk	8
Minneville	96/100	Low risk	10
Blue Valley Industrial	78/100	Low risk	57
Northeast Industrial District	78/100	Low risk	66
Air Line Junction	73/100	Moderate	96
Worlds of Fun	72/100	Moderate	85
Leeds	71/100	Moderate	82
North Blue Ridge	67/100	Moderate	102

Shoal Creek Valley

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Shoal Creek	97/100	Low risk	4

Swope

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
Swope Park	88/100	Low risk	27
Marlborough East	54/100	Moderate	156
Swope Parkway-Elmwood	49/100	Elevated	187
Sheraton Estates	46/100	Elevated	226
Mount Cleveland	45/100	Elevated	235
Foxtown East	39/100	Elevated	294
East Meyer 6	38/100	Elevated	318
Noble and Gregory Ridge	35/100	Elevated	325
East Meyer 7	31/100	Elevated	417
Marlborough Heights/Marlborough Pride	28/100	Elevated	453
Neighbors United For Action	28/100	Elevated	494
South Town Fork Creek	28/100	Elevated	468
Blenheim Square Research Hospital	26/100	Elevated	510
Citadel	25/100	Elevated	539
Self Help Neighborhood Council	25/100	Elevated	561
Swope Park Campus	25/100	Elevated	562
North Town Fork Creek	23/100	High risk	605
Blue Hills	21/100	High risk	711

Truman Plaza

Neighborhood (safest first)	Index	Band	Incidents
East Blue Valley	41/100	Elevated	293
South Blue Valley	38/100	Elevated	310
Central Blue Valley and Park Tower Gardens	37/100	Elevated	308
Sheffield	36/100	Elevated	378
East Community Team North	31/100	Elevated	459
East Community Team South	29/100	Elevated	481
North Indian Mound	27/100	Elevated	543
West Blue Valley	27/100	Elevated	521
Pendleton Heights	26/100	Elevated	581
Scarritt Point	23/100	High risk	673
Lykins	21/100	High risk	792
Forgotten Homes	18/100	High risk	913
South Indian Mound	18/100	High risk	909
Independence Plaza	17/100	High risk	931

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Methodology

Each incident reported to the Kansas City Police Department is weighted by severity — violence counts for more than shoplifting. For every neighborhood we sum weighted incidents within 1 km of its center, and normalize against citywide rates onto a 0–100 index, higher = safer. Boundaries are the city's own 246 neighborhoods, grouped by the 18 Area Plans the city itself plans against. Two are not scored: KCI & 2nd Creek, which is the airport, and Longview, which wraps Longview Lake and carries almost no recorded incidents anywhere inside it — a page there could only have said “0 incidents, 100/100”, which is missing data dressed as proven safety. Kansas City covers a lot of ground, and several neighborhoods along the Missouri and Blue river bottoms are industrial or largely undeveloped; those pages say so rather than letting an empty count read as a quiet street. Time-of-day charts use KCPD incident timestamps, severity-weighted. Pages regenerate as new data is published.

The index compares areas within Kansas City. It is not comparable between cities: each police force publishes a different set of offences over a different period — Kansas City's figures cannot be read against another city's on the same 0–100 scale.