Neighborhoods

Safest & Most Dangerous Kansas City Neighborhoods

Where the data signals calm streets and where it flags real concern.

234Neighborhoods graded

71%Graded A or B

C-Kansas City grade

Overview

How Kansas City neighborhoods compare

Kansas City's safety story is fundamentally a map, not a number. The southern neighborhoods and the Northland generally post low rates, while the East Side and the Prospect Corridor carry the heaviest violent-crime load. The lists below distill that pattern.

Lowest crime

Safest neighborhoods in Kansas City

Neighborhoods like Brookside, Waldo, and much of the Northland tend to grade well, pairing low reported crime with stable, established residential streets.

#	Neighborhood	Grade	Population	Median income
1	Unity Ridge	A+	481	$165,158
2	Longview	A+	3,288	$117,239
3	Ward Estates	A+	330	$297,856
4	Sunset Hill West	A+	367	$279,155
5	Ridgefield	A+	4,658	$113,302
6	Timber Valley	A+	652	$120,836
7	Armour Fields	A+	1,918	$179,338
8	Greenway Fields	A+	579	$210,836
9	Country Club District	A+	1,370	$218,289
10	Stratford Gardens	A+	580	$220,488
11	Verona Hills	A+	1,950	$121,694
12	Armour Hills	A+	2,426	$124,178

Highest crime

Highest-crime neighborhoods in Kansas City

The Prospect Corridor, the broader East Side, and parts of the central city consistently report the highest concentrations of violent crime in Kansas City.

#	Neighborhood	Grade	Population
1	Citadel	F	1,367
2	Ivanhoe Northeast	F	835
3	Wendell Phillips	F	1,853
4	Mount Cleveland	F+	714
5	Vineyard Northwest	F+	918
6	Center City	D-	535
7	Beacon Hills	D-	782
8	Foxtown East	D-	894
9	Oak Park Southeast	D-	1,585
10	Hillcrest	D-	579
11	Key Coalition	D-	1,664
12	Parkview	D	1,743

Full ranking

All Kansas City neighborhoods, safest to highest-crime

Every graded neighborhood. Tap any name for its own map, grade and recent incidents.

#	Neighborhood	Grade	Population	Median income
1	Longview	A+	3,288	$117,239
2	Sunset Hill West	A+	367	$279,155
3	Ward Estates	A+	330	$297,856
4	Timber Valley	A+	652	$120,836
5	Unity Ridge	A+	481	$165,158
6	Ridgefield	A+	4,658	$113,302
7	Armour Fields	A+	1,918	$179,338
8	Greenway Fields	A+	579	$210,836
9	Country Club District	A+	1,370	$218,289
10	Stratford Gardens	A+	580	$220,488
11	Verona Hills	A+	1,950	$121,694
12	Armour Hills	A+	2,426	$124,178
13	Meyer Circle	A+	908	$182,081
14	Nashua	A+	4,728	$108,587
15	Brookside Park	A+	335	$158,125
16	Kansas City International Airport	A+	33	$118,133
17	Wornall Homestead	A+	780	$150,015
18	Countryside	A+	1,558	$123,236
19	Foxwoods / Carriage Hills	A+	1,274	$105,587
20	Morningside	A+	1,412	$110,559
21	Outer Gashland	A+	4,463	$104,944
22	Foxcroft / Glen Arbor	A+	885	$102,640
23	Oak Meyer Gardens	A+	1,175	$130,221
24	Romanelli West	A+	417	$161,855
25	Park Forest	A	4,158	$108,959
26	New Mark	A	5,717	$81,588
27	Sunset Hill	A	816	$152,512
28	Ravenwood / Somerset	A	3,656	$91,399
29	Gracemore / Randolph Corners	A	3,767	$80,492
30	Ward Parkway	A	3,659	$108,118
31	Crestwood	A	287	$138,641
32	Meadowbrook Heights	A	3,038	$109,155
33	Hunt Midwest Business Park	A	23	$80,376
34	Hunt Midwest Industrial Park	A	7	$80,376
35	Great Midwest Industrial Park	A	35	$80,365
36	Royal Oaks North	A	1,494	$82,318
37	Jefferson Highlands	A	2,469	$70,388
38	Maple Park	A	1,679	$69,866
39	Coleman Highlands	A	679	$83,201
40	Gashland	A	5,858	$109,487
41	Blue Vue Hills	A	1,640	$86,348
42	Glen Lake	A	116	$86,364
43	Blue Hills Estates	A	1,668	$95,741
44	Park Plaza	A	3,235	$102,207
45	Linden Park	A	830	$65,054
46	Bridlespur	A	1,241	$89,600
47	Sterling Acres	A	1,064	$97,803
48	Westwood	A	862	$88,107
49	Parkdale / Walden	A	4,918	$99,550
50	White Oak	A	2,514	$84,806
51	Lea Manor	A	2,182	$83,361
52	Hawthorne / Picture Hills	A	1,659	$67,211
53	Gladstone	A	27,334	$71,279
54	Royal Oaks	A	1,244	$77,688
55	Kirkside	A	1,619	$59,417
56	Western Hills	A	1,823	$85,428
57	Fairway Hills	A	2,321	$98,573
58	Country Club Estates / Big Shoal	A	1,195	$75,945
59	Woodson Estates	A	1,111	$97,491
60	Highview Estates	A	2,269	$88,653
61	The Coves	A	4,403	$79,497
62	Sherwood Estates	A	1,653	$83,390
63	Briarcliff West	A	637	$105,696
64	River Forest	A	1,782	$60,470
65	Breen Hills	A	3,492	$84,360
66	Ward Parkway Plaza	A	455	$82,032
67	Mission Lake	A	3,389	$86,203
68	West Waldo	A	1,253	$74,926
69	Woodbridge	A	792	$75,845
70	Martin City	A-	1,043	$65,894
71	Platte Brook North	A-	2,688	$79,453
72	Terrace Lake Gardens	A-	1,459	$70,390
73	Glenhaven	A-	1,275	$46,569
74	St. Catherine's Gardens	A-	3,035	$87,323
75	University of Missouri Kansas City	A-	658	$105,768
76	Waldo Homes	A-	1,319	$82,040
77	Chaumiere	A-	1,789	$55,216
78	Maple Park West	A-	2,176	$61,209
79	Chouteau Estates	A-	2,131	$53,004
80	Blue Ridge Farms	A-	422	$47,170
81	Sherrydale	A-	2,113	$62,529
82	Holiday Hills	A-	803	$59,930
83	West Plaza	A-	3,686	$69,425
84	Coves North	A-	8,835	$75,805
85	Winnwood	A-	2,667	$57,525
86	Lakeview Terrace	A-	1,470	$80,555
87	Tower Homes	A-	5,024	$79,896
88	Clayton	A-	4,808	$85,000
89	Stayton Meadows	A-	2,184	$67,909
90	Roanoke	A-	600	$72,463
91	Little Blue	A-	4,662	$76,646
92	Winnwood Gardens	A-	844	$64,694
93	Red Bridge	A-	3,803	$78,403
94	Platte Ridge	A-	2,633	$70,178
95	Sterling Gardens	A-	1,225	$77,089
96	Colonial Square	A-	768	$61,046
97	Arrowhead Stadium	B+	5	$64,768
98	Cunningham Ridge	B+	353	$68,778
99	Rolling Meadows	B+	814	$69,853
100	Western Blue Township	B+	885	$69,167
101	Bannister Acres	B+	1,549	$79,479
102	Country Lane Estates	B+	1,803	$59,499
103	Brown Estates	B+	848	$86,382
104	Barry Harbour	B+	4,973	$66,429
105	Crossroads	B+	583	$79,586
106	Davidson	B+	5,508	$65,095
107	Santa Fe Hills	B+	2,184	$62,490
108	Volker	B+	3,859	$57,301
109	North Indian Mound	B+	5,264	$33,211
110	Antioch Acres	B+	2,310	$69,181
111	North Blue Ridge	B+	142	$27,922
112	Strupwood	B+	95	$104,762
113	Swope Park Ridge / Winchester	B+	264	$104,756
114	Scarritt Point	B+	5,470	$36,114
115	South Indian Mound	B+	5,683	$34,453
116	Park Farms	B+	3,146	$64,729
117	Holmes Park	B+	906	$63,794
118	River View	B+	1,885	$64,392
119	Executive Park	B+	477	$42,750
120	Hickman Mills South	B+	1,798	$66,433
121	River Market	B+	443	$55,936
122	Blue Valley Industrial	B+	1,530	$34,708
123	Boone Hills	B+	2,140	$58,889
124	Northeast Industrial District	B+	200	$48,973
125	Loma Vista	B+	1,901	$51,344
126	Fairwood / Robandee	B+	3,799	$59,833
127	Linden Hills / Indian Heights	B	2,014	$64,435
128	Rockhill	B	512	$60,453
129	Fairlane	B	5,221	$60,636
130	Central Industrial District	B	1,638	$53,920
131	Ruskin Heights	B	4,155	$48,331
132	Prairie Point / Wildberry	B	3,515	$70,175
133	Ruskin Hills	B	2,893	$55,011
134	Calico Farms	B	1,980	$84,469
135	Eastwood Hills West	B	1,439	$38,197
136	Country Club Plaza	B	875	$58,488
137	Crown Center	B	631	$85,132
138	Plaza Westport	B	1,518	$62,043
139	Park Central / Research Park	B	1,005	$62,289
140	Tanglewood and Regency North	B	2,972	$42,227
141	Crestview	B	3,828	$57,996
142	Sheffield	B	2,446	$23,753
143	Southmoreland	B	3,025	$50,928
144	South Plaza	B	2,448	$75,233
145	Eastwood Hills East	B	3,850	$45,008
146	Winnetonka	B	1,407	$85,598
147	Robandee South	B	1,406	$67,450
148	Union Hill	B	815	$77,086
149	Hospital Hill	B	1,161	$63,083
150	Stratford Estates	B	1,967	$67,305
151	Central Business District Downtown	B-	3,149	$59,699
152	Blue Hills	B-	11,753	$62,942
153	Cooley Highlands	B-	1,823	$38,934
154	Lykins	B-	4,806	$27,291
155	Quality Hill	B-	1,460	$39,317
156	Ashland Ridge	B-	1,376	$38,697
157	Washington Wheatley	B-	2,133	$35,867
158	Knoche's Park	B-	1,672	$33,707
159	Leeds	B-	644	$33,139
160	Line Creek / Northern Heights	B-	2,883	$113,393
161	Country Valley / Hawthorn Square	B-	359	$46,384
162	Noble / Gregory Ridge	B-	1,762	$39,779
163	Longfellow	B-	1,537	$55,149
164	Old Westport	B-	1,238	$36,469
165	Valentine	B-	1,471	$43,531
166	Willow Creek	B-	3,578	$51,949
167	Richards Gebaur	C+	1,170	$40,781
168	Hill Haven	C+	2,164	$54,665
169	East Blue Valley	C+	2,093	$33,590
170	Oldham Farms	C+	953	$60,097
171	East Meyer	C+	4,628	$61,528
172	East Community North	C+	3,615	$34,739
173	Marlborough Heights / Marlborough Pride	C+	3,386	$43,917
174	Vineyard Estates	C+	832	$53,750
175	Swope Parkway / Elmwood	C+	2,431	$52,779
176	Hyde Park	C+	5,488	$52,324
177	Vineyard	C+	2,348	$43,879
178	Ingleside	C+	1,047	$43,188
179	Oak Park Southwest	C+	2,047	$34,821
180	East Community South	C+	4,319	$26,448
181	Westside South	C+	1,091	$49,198
182	South Blue Valley	C	1,496	$25,765
183	Lewis Heights	C	873	$38,151
184	Riss Lake	C	2,785	$35,010
185	Hickman Mills	C	2,378	$48,348
186	East Swope Highlands	C	1,133	$63,000
187	West Blue Valley	C	2,188	$31,115
188	Westside North	C	2,087	$36,400
189	Hanover Place	C	2,446	$32,091
190	Swope Park Campus	C-	2,866	$39,092
191	Santa Fe	C-	2,176	$31,102
192	Palestine East	C-	938	$47,672
193	Coachlight Square	C-	449	$36,108
194	Legacy East	C-	1,844	$34,913
195	Broadway Gillham	C-	920	$44,701
196	Harlem	C-	60	$28,885
197	Ivanhoe Southwest	C-	1,232	$40,601
198	North Town Fork Creek	C-	3,170	$39,082
199	Palestine West / Oak Park Northeast	D+	1,081	$30,344
200	Sechrest	D+	774	$43,652
201	Independence Plaza	D+	2,441	$29,079
202	Pendleton Heights	D+	3,616	$25,557
203	Central Blue Valley / Park Tower Gardens	D+	1,394	$21,666
204	18th and Vine / Downtown East	D+	1,586	$34,631
205	Columbus Park	D+	515	$34,180
206	Columbus Park Industrial	D+	876	$33,028
207	Linwood Homeowners	D+	1,606	$20,839
208	Hidden Valley	D+	717	$24,856
209	Oak Park Northwest	D	2,744	$33,824
210	Ivanhoe Southeast	D	1,296	$31,854
211	Marlborough East	D	1,055	$25,100
212	Oakwood	D	1,338	$28,539
213	Manheim Park	D	1,401	$37,123
214	Paseo West	D	1,889	$32,081
215	Squier Park	D	714	$53,929
216	Blenheim Square Research Hospital	D	2,636	$44,119
217	Rockhill Manor	D	1,256	$15,280
218	South Town Fork Creek	D	1,416	$56,705
219	Parkview	D	1,743	$25,145
220	Key Coalition	D-	1,664	$23,409
221	Hillcrest	D-	579	$31,250
222	Oak Park Southeast	D-	1,585	$42,545
223	Foxtown East	D-	894	$44,613
224	Beacon Hills	D-	782	$33,254
225	Center City	D-	535	$24,038
226	Vineyard Northwest	F+	918	$33,371
227	Mount Cleveland	F+	714	$31,023
228	Boulevard Village	F+	261	$22,910
229	Dunbar	F+	419	$23,153
230	Wendell Phillips	F	1,853	$33,853
231	Mount Hope	F	265	$42,601
232	Ivanhoe Northeast	F	835	$24,045
233	Citadel	F	1,367	$47,537
234	Sheraton Estates	F	403	$26,684

By ZIP code

Kansas City crime by ZIP code

ZIP codes ranked from safest to highest-crime.

#	ZIP code	Grade	Population	Median income
1	64149	A+	3,204	$122,147
2	64113	A+	11,920	$165,853
3	64157	A+	12,527	$144,632
4	64167	A+	304	$133,411
5	64156	A+	8,788	$115,829
6	64165	A	948	$116,571
7	64158	A	5,687	$109,318
8	64164	A	874	$93,063
9	64152	A	29,251	$110,478
10	64155	A	25,567	$100,521
11	64166	A	478	$118,206
12	64161	A	958	$75,254
13	64139	A	1,390	$137,498
14	64119	A	31,048	$83,153
15	64163	A	871	$81,109
16	64153	A	7,006	$89,096
17	64114	A	24,125	$80,627
18	64145	A	5,974	$86,836
19	64151	A	28,909	$88,425
20	64118	A	44,849	$69,585
21	64112	A	8,320	$82,016
22	64154	A	10,304	$81,766
23	64146	A-	1,448	$60,532
24	64116	A-	17,081	$65,452
25	64133	A-	34,710	$69,757
26	64138	A-	26,723	$69,910
27	64125	A-	1,192	$30,224
28	64102	B+	390	$56,481
29	64101	B+	595	$51,624
30	64117	B+	15,964	$58,459
31	64123	B+	10,991	$35,563
32	64134	B	22,109	$58,635
33	64111	B	17,349	$52,941
34	64136	B	2,346	$55,129
35	64120	B	1,751	$37,142
36	64124	B	11,368	$31,376
37	64137	B	12,526	$63,371
38	64131	B	22,636	$66,332
39	64105	B	3,039	$51,323
40	64129	B	9,931	$46,332
41	64126	B	6,835	$29,926
42	64110	B-	15,553	$64,931
43	64108	C+	8,612	$53,964
44	64147	C	515	$37,765
45	64127	C	17,958	$29,131
46	64128	C	11,980	$34,085
47	64170	C-	335	$40,114
48	64132	C-	13,431	$39,376
49	64130	C-	22,062	$41,535
50	64106	D+	7,908	$39,087
51	64109	D+	9,988	$40,409
52	64121	D	66	$29,912

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