Safety index · Briarcliff/
Is Cooley Highlands S safe?
Cooley Highlands S shows a typical level of reported crime for Kansas City. Its SafeRoute safety index is 73 out of 100 — 18 points above the citywide median of 55, ranking 67th of 243 Kansas City neighborhoods — based on 86 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 Cooley Highlands S against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.
The largest reported category here is violent crime (27% of reports) — worth taking seriously when walking at night; the full mix is broken down below.
Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 28% of severity-weighted reports come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 17% overnight.
Where incidents cluster
What's reported here
| Violent crime | 23 · 27% | |
| Other theft | 15 · 17% | |
| Vehicle crime | 14 · 16% | |
| Other | 12 · 14% | |
| Public order | 10 · 12% | |
| Robbery | 3 · 3% |
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 Cooley Highlands S 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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Common questions
Is Cooley Highlands S safe at night?
Moderate overall (safety index 73/100). About 45% of severity-weighted incidents in Cooley Highlands S 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 Cooley Highlands S?
Violent crime — 23 of 86 incidents (27%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 9 months to October 2026.
How is the Cooley Highlands S 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.