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Safety index · Greater Downtown, Kansas City · data through October 2026

Is Hospital Hill safe?

Hospital Hill records a high level of reported crime for Kansas City. Its SafeRoute safety index is 16 out of 100 — 39 points below the citywide median of 55, ranking 231st of 243 Kansas City neighborhoods — based on 1,292 incidents reported to the KCPD within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 9 months to October 2026.

16/100
High risk
SafeRoute safety index for the area within 1 km of the center of Hospital Hill — higher is safer. 231st of 243 Kansas City neighborhoods.

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 Hospital Hill against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.

The largest reported category here is public order (24% of reports); 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 25% overnight.

Where incidents cluster

Bruce R. Watkins DriveEast 22nd Street neighborhood center 500 m N ↑
1 dot = 1 report · darker = more severe · rings every 250 m from the neighborhood center1,292 incidents reported within 1 km of the Hospital Hill center (500 shown) · Kansas City Police data through October 2026 · basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors. Reports cluster toward the west of the map — the area immediately around the neighborhood center is comparatively quiet.
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What's reported here

Public order
310 · 24%
Violent crime
261 · 20%
Vehicle crime
251 · 19%
Criminal damage & arson
124 · 10%
Other theft
107 · 8%
Other
70 · 5%

When it happens

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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 Hospital Hill at night?

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Nearby areas

Common questions

Is Hospital Hill safe at night?

High risk overall (safety index 16/100). About 57% of severity-weighted incidents in Hospital Hill 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 Hospital Hill?

Public order — 310 of 1,292 incidents (24%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 9 months to October 2026.

How is the Hospital Hill 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.