North Kansas City, MO is among the highest-crime cities in the country, and earns an F PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 102% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, North Kansas City, MO shows violent crime at 709.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 7,516.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 102% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade F from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
F safety grade
709.5/100K violent
7516.9/100K property
+102% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for North Kansas City, MO
Position in the state cohort
North Kansas City reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Missouri cities
At 709.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, North Kansas City ranks 24 of 272 — above 248 of the 271 other Missouri cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +284.9% against the cohort median of 184.3. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Comparable rate records
North Kansas City's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Missouri cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to North Kansas City's 709.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Ferguson (712.1), St. Joseph (728.6), Clinton (737.9), Winfield (675.3). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 866.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 709.5 in 2024 (-18.1%). The highest observed value was 1154.6 in 2021 and the lowest 709.5 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 8.6% of the 487 Part I offenses reported in North Kansas City for 2024, against a median of 13.6% across comparable Missouri cities — a gap of 5.0 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property counts dominate North Kansas City's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
North Kansas City's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 4.4 Census sq mi, North Kansas City logged 101.8 property and 9.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
North Kansas City's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (66% of 487 offenses; mix index 4,926).
Violent offenses are only 9% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (4.4 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-40.3%
12583.4 → 7516.9/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-23.3%
924.9 → 709.5/100K
Property offenses lead North Kansas City's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs MO
Property Crime
445
7516.9
1711
1971.6
Larceny-Theft
320
5405.4
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
115
1942.6
-
-
Burglary
10
168.9
-
-
Arson
5
84.5
-
-
Violent Crime
42
709.5
352
463.3
Aggravated Assault
32
540.5
-
-
Robbery
7
118.2
-
-
Rape
3
50.7
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
North Kansas City Crime Trend (2020-2024)
North Kansas City property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
North Kansas City: 710 violent, 7517 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Richmond: 320 violent, 1767 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Glendale: 17 violent, 366 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Pevely: 231 violent, 1104 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Greenwood: 81 violent, 390 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Cottleville: 16 violent, 49 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Shrewsbury: 178 violent, 10142 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Odessa: 53 violent, 266 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Trenton: 284 violent, 586 property per 100,000 (grade B)
North Kansas City Police Department
Reporting agency for North Kansas City NIBRS-participating
North Kansas City Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind North Kansas City's 487 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Missouri
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How many crimes were reported in North Kansas City?
In 2024, North Kansas City reported 42 violent crimes and 445 property crimes, for a total of 487 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in North Kansas City?
From 2023 to 2024, North Kansas City's violent crime rate decreased by 23.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 40.3%.
What is the most common crime in North Kansas City?
The most common crime type in North Kansas City is larceny-theft, accounting for 65.7% of all reported crimes (320 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: North Kansas City is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 North Kansas City, MO rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.