Safety index · Country Club/
Is Morningside, Kansas City safe?
Morningside shows a typical level of reported crime for Kansas City. Its SafeRoute safety index is 66 out of 100 — 11 points above the citywide median of 55, ranking 91st of 243 Kansas City neighborhoods — based on 161 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 Morningside against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.
Most of what's reported here is property-related — vehicle crime alone is 31% of reports — rather than violence against strangers, though the full mix below is worth a look.
Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 30% of severity-weighted reports come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 21% overnight.
Where incidents cluster
What's reported here
| Vehicle crime | 50 · 31% | |
| Other theft | 30 · 19% | |
| Criminal damage & arson | 26 · 16% | |
| Public order | 11 · 7% | |
| Shoplifting | 9 · 6% | |
| Violent crime | 8 · 5% |
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 Morningside 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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- Wornall Homestead70/100 · Moderate
- Greenway Fields76/100 · Low risk
- Oak Meyer Gardens43/100 · Elevated
- Brookside Park67/100 · Moderate
- Country Club74/100 · Moderate
Common questions
Is Morningside safe at night?
Moderate overall (safety index 66/100). About 52% of severity-weighted incidents in Morningside 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 Morningside?
Vehicle crime — 50 of 161 incidents (31%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 9 months to October 2026.
How is the Morningside 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.