Safety index · Greater Downtown, Kansas City · data through September 2026
Is CBD Downtown safe?
CBD Downtown records a high level of reported crime for Kansas City. Its SafeRoute safety index is 9 out of 100 — 46 points below the citywide median of 55, ranking 243rd of 243 Kansas City neighborhoods — based on 2,139 incidents reported to the KCPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 8 months to September 2026.
DATA THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2026 · 8 MONTHS OF DATA
The 0–100 scale is calibrated to Kansas City — a typical Kansas City neighborhood sits near 55. It ranks CBD Downtown against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.
The largest reported category here is violent crime (16% of reports) — worth taking seriously when walking at night; the full mix is broken down below.
Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 34% of severity-weighted reports come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 22% overnight.
Where incidents cluster
What's reported here
| Violent crime | 345 · 16% | |
| Public order | 567 · 27% | |
| Vehicle crime | 440 · 21% | |
| Criminal damage & arson | 196 · 9% | |
| Other theft | 185 · 9% | |
| Burglary | 61 · 3% |
When it happens
Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from police incident timestamps.
Walking in CBD Downtown at night?
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Is CBD Downtown safe at night?
High risk overall (safety index 9/100). About 56% of severity-weighted incidents in CBD Downtown are reported between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. At night, prefer lit, busier streets — a block or two of detour often avoids the clusters on the map above.
What is the most common crime in CBD Downtown?
Violent crime — 345 of 2,139 incidents (16%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 8 months to September 2026.
How is the CBD Downtown 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.