Safety index · Riverfront Industrial, Kansas City · data through August 2026
Is Birmingham Bottoms safe?
Birmingham Bottoms sits at the safer end of Kansas City by reported crime. Its SafeRoute safety index is 97 out of 100 — 42 points above the citywide median of 55, ranking 2nd of 243 Kansas City neighborhoods — based on 8 incidents reported to the KCPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 8 months to August 2026. Much of this area is industrial, river-bottom or undeveloped land rather than housing, so a low count reflects how few people are here rather than how safe the streets are.
DATA THROUGH AUGUST 2026 · 8 MONTHS OF DATA
The 0–100 scale is calibrated to Kansas City — a typical Kansas City neighborhood sits near 55. It ranks Birmingham Bottoms against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.
Most of what's reported here is property-related — other theft alone is 38% of reports — rather than violence against strangers, though the full mix below is worth a look.
Reported incidents here skew to daytime and evening hours — only about 0% of severity-weighted reports fall overnight (midnight–6 a.m.).
Where incidents cluster
What's reported here
| Other theft | 3 · 38% | |
| Violent crime | 1 · 13% | |
| Vehicle crime | 2 · 25% | |
| Drugs | 1 · 13% | |
| Other | 1 · 13% |
When it happens
Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from police incident timestamps.
Walking in Birmingham Bottoms at night?
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Is Birmingham Bottoms safe at night?
Low risk overall (safety index 97/100). About 71% of severity-weighted incidents in Birmingham Bottoms are reported between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. Reported crime is low for Kansas City, but stick to lit, busier streets late.
What is the most common crime in Birmingham Bottoms?
Other theft — 3 of 8 incidents (38%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 8 months to August 2026.
How is the Birmingham Bottoms safety index calculated?
SafeRoute weights each incident reported to the Kansas City Police Department by severity (violence weighs more than shoplifting), sums the last available period within 1 km of the neighborhood center, and normalizes against citywide crime rates onto a 0–100 scale — higher is safer. It describes reported crime only; it is not a guarantee of safety. The scale is calibrated within Kansas City, so scores compare neighborhoods to each other and cannot be read against another city's.