Central Business District, Kansas City, MO Property Crime Rates and Maps
Central Business District is a neighborhood of 8,950 residents in Kansas City, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Central Business District?
Central Business District grades F for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 95% of Americans live. Theft makes up 40% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B, and vehicle theft grades F. Kansas City as a whole grades C for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000More property crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
5% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Central Business District as a whole, and 95% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Central Business District scores 0.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Central Business District, Kansas City, MO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Central Business District in Kansas City, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Central Business District
Car thefts and thefts both run high. In Central Business District, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 48.4 car thefts and 60.1 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 13.1 nationally.
Property crime rates and types in Central Business District
CrimeGrade™ estimates Central Business District has about 149 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than triple the rate for the US as a whole and more than double the rate for Kansas City as a whole.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Central Business District, about 40% of the total, followed by vehicle theft and vandalism.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Kansas City
The Kansas City Police Department polices Central Business District; these figures cover Kansas City as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Kansas City as a whole, 60% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often in parking lots and garages: 42% of them, against 23% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (60%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (47%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (43%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Central Business District and nearby neighborhoods
Central Business District has less property crime than 5 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Central Business District. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Central Business District has more property crime than 84% of them.
Jobs, transit and walkability in Central Business District
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Central Business District apart: it has 329 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 65 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places with both tend to report more theft than places with only one of them, and it runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.329 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 98% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Central Business District: C+ (42 of 100).65 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 92% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 61% of residents here live in walkable areas.A- (78 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 82% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.24.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 92% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Central Business District
Property crime costs Central Business District about $12 million a year, or $1,348 per resident and about $2,172 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
