Safety index · Greater Downtown, Kansas City · data through October 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 2,505 incidents reported to the KCPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 9 months to October 2026.
DATA THROUGH OCTOBER 2026 · 9 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 public order (26% of reports); 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
| Public order | 657 · 26% | |
| Vehicle crime | 504 · 20% | |
| Violent crime | 427 · 17% | |
| Criminal damage & arson | 221 · 9% | |
| Other theft | 215 · 9% | |
| Other | 176 · 7% |
When it happens
Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from police incident timestamps.
Is Kansas City safe at night? See which neighborhoods see the most reported crime after dark →
Walking in CBD Downtown at night?
SafeRoute scores every walking route against the same official crime data on this page — and shows how much of each route runs on lit streets. Compare the routes and share your walk. Free, no account.
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- Quality Hill13/100 · High risk
- Paseo West18/100 · High risk
- River Market21/100 · High risk
- Crossroads12/100 · High risk
- Columbus Park22/100 · High risk
Common questions
Is CBD Downtown safe at night?
High risk overall (safety index 9/100). About 55% 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?
Public order — 657 of 2,505 incidents (26%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 9 months to October 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.