Burglary per Capita in Lees Summit
The map below shows burglary per 1,000 Lees Summit residents.
The map below shows burglary per 1,000 Lees Summit residents.
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of burglary in Lees Summit is about 1 in 800.
Burglary costs the average Lees Summit resident about $11 per year.
Crime Grade's burglary map shows the safest places in Lees Summit in green. The most dangerous areas in Lees Summit are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The A- grade means the rate of burglary is lower than the average US city. Lees Summit is in the 78th percentile for safety, meaning 22% of cities are safer and 78% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Lees Summit's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of burglary in Lees Summit is 1.250 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Lees Summit generally consider the east part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of burglary in Lees Summit may be as high as 1 in 359 in the central neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 1,213 in the east part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more burglary occurs in the north parts of Lees Summit, MO: about 27 per year. The southeast part of Lees Summit has fewer cases of burglary with only 8 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the burglary rate in Lees Summit to the Missouri state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Lees Summit, MO: | 1.250 |
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| Missouri: | 2.800 |
| USA: | 2.509 |
Considering only the burglary rate, Lees Summit is safer than the Missouri state average and safer than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Burglary is projected to cost the residents of Lees Summit about $1,233,660 in 2025, or roughly $11 per resident. This is part of Lees Summit's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Lees Summit, including every crime type and how Lees Summit compares to other cities.
Remember that burglary rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Lees Summit's crime maps on the Lees Summit overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Burglary Crime Grade |
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F | D- | F | D+ | |
B- | A- | B | A+ | |
B+ | B+ | B+ | A | |
A- | A+ | A- | A+ | |
D- | D- | D- | C- | |
C- | B+ | D+ | A | |
D- | D- | D- | D | |
C- | D- | C- | A- | |
D+ | C+ | D+ | B+ | |
B+ | B | B+ | A |
Lees Summit is lower versus other cities of the same size for burglary. The table below compares burglary in cities with comparable overall population.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Burglary Crime Grade |
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D- | D+ | D+ | C- | |
C- | C | C | C- | |
B- | C | C | B- | |
B | B | B | B | |
D+ | D+ | D+ | B- | |
D+ | C- | C- | C | |
C | D+ | D+ | A | |
F | D | D | D- | |
C- | B- | B- | C+ | |
B+ | B- | B- | A |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Lees Summit, MO average SchoolGrade of B, with 45% actual proficiency versus 46% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See Lees Summit schools on SchoolGrade
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