Safety index · Greater Downtown, Kansas City · data through October 2026
Is Paseo West safe?
Paseo West records a high level of reported crime for Kansas City. Its SafeRoute safety index is 18 out of 100 — 37 points below the citywide median of 55, ranking 225th of 243 Kansas City neighborhoods — based on 1,108 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 Paseo West against other neighborhoods here, and cannot be read against a score in another city.
The largest reported category here is public order (25% of reports); the full mix is broken down below.
Incidents spread across the day here — roughly 29% of severity-weighted reports come in the evening (6 p.m.–midnight) and 17% overnight.
Where incidents cluster
What's reported here
| Public order | 282 · 25% | |
| Violent crime | 239 · 22% | |
| Vehicle crime | 127 · 11% | |
| Other theft | 104 · 9% | |
| Other | 96 · 9% | |
| Criminal damage & arson | 91 · 8% |
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 Paseo West at night?
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- Parkview17/100 · High risk
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- CBD Downtown9/100 · High risk
Common questions
Is Paseo West safe at night?
High risk overall (safety index 18/100). About 47% of severity-weighted incidents in Paseo West 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 Paseo West?
Public order — 282 of 1,108 incidents (25%) reported within 1 km of the neighborhood center over the 9 months to October 2026.
How is the Paseo West 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.