Safety index · Greater Downtown, Kansas City · data through September 2026
Is Crossroads safe?
Crossroads records a high level of reported crime for Kansas City. Its SafeRoute safety index is 12 out of 100 — 43 points below the citywide median of 55, ranking 240th of 243 Kansas City neighborhoods — based on 1,589 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 Crossroads against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.
Most of what's reported here is property-related — public order alone is 28% of reports — rather than violence against strangers, though the full mix below is worth a look.
Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 36% of severity-weighted reports come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 25% overnight.
Where incidents cluster
What's reported here
| Public order | 447 · 28% | |
| Violent crime | 235 · 15% | |
| Vehicle crime | 322 · 20% | |
| Criminal damage & arson | 165 · 10% | |
| Other theft | 153 · 10% | |
| Burglary | 51 · 3% |
When it happens
Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from police incident timestamps.
Walking in Crossroads at night?
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Is Crossroads safe at night?
High risk overall (safety index 12/100). About 61% of severity-weighted incidents in Crossroads 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 Crossroads?
Public order — 447 of 1,589 incidents (28%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 8 months to September 2026.
How is the Crossroads 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.