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Safety index · Midtown/Plaza, Kansas City · data through September 2026

Is Hanover Place safe?

Hanover Place 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 241st of 243 Kansas City neighborhoods — based on 1,565 incidents reported to the KCPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 8 months to September 2026.

12/100
High risk
SafeRoute safety index for the area within 1 km of the center of Hanover Place — higher is safer. 241st of 243 Kansas City neighborhoods.

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 Hanover Place against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.

The largest reported category here is violent crime (18% of reports) — worth taking seriously when walking at night; the full mix is broken down below.

Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 32% of severity-weighted reports come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 28% overnight.

Where incidents cluster

Broadway BoulevardWest 39th Street neighborhood center 1 dot = 1 report · darker = more severe 500 m N ↑
1,565 incidents reported within 1 km of the Hanover Place center (500 shown) · Kansas City Police data through September 2026 · basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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What's reported here

Violent crime
277 · 18%
Vehicle crime
400 · 26%
Public order
228 · 15%
Criminal damage & arson
157 · 10%
Other theft
153 · 10%
Burglary
70 · 4%

When it happens

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Severity-weighted share of reported incidents by time of day, from police incident timestamps.

Walking in Hanover Place at night?

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Common questions

Is Hanover Place safe at night?

High risk overall (safety index 12/100). About 60% of severity-weighted incidents in Hanover Place 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 Hanover Place?

Violent crime — 277 of 1,565 incidents (18%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 8 months to September 2026.

How is the Hanover Place 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.