Mission is a city of 15,700 in Johnson County, about 7 miles southwest of downtown Kansas City · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Mission?
Property crime is high in Mission: a B-, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 75% of Americans live. Theft makes up 60% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades B-.
B-
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 583 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
25% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Mission as a whole, and 75% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Mission scores 583.
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 Mission, KS at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Mission, 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 Mission
Burglaries are less common than the crime level suggests. Property crime in Mission runs at about double the US rate, but burglaries run 20% below it: 1.9 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
Car thefts run high for a city with a B for property crime. Mission has 6.8 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US city graded B for property crime, the figure is 2.9.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Mission
Low property crime is the norm across Mission: 65% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across Mission run from A- to C-.
65%35%
A or B 65%C 35%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Crestview, southwestThefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Mission.B654
2Cunningham Heights, northwestClose to the rest of Mission on most crimes.B-599
3North Park, westClose to the rest of Mission on most crimes.B-583
Neighborhood areas of Mission, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Property crime rates and types in Mission
CrimeGrade™ estimates Mission has about 48 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about double the rate for the US as a whole and 44% more than Kansas.
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 Mission, about 60% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
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 Mission
Mission has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Mission, 47% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 62% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (51%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (62%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (60%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (58%)
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 Mission and nearby cities
Mission has more property crime than 5 of its 9 nearest cities. Prairie Village and Fairway have the least property crime nearby.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Mission apart: it has 15.1 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 67 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.15.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 88% of US city residents
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. 74% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (25 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 73% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.67 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 84% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 70% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.5.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 59% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Mission on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Mission
Property crime costs Mission about $5.4 million a year, or $345 per resident and about $702 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 the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$270,000
$17
Theft
$2.3 million
$148
Vehicle theft
$1.6 million
$104
Arson
$20,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.2 million
$75
Total
$5.4 million
$345
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
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
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.
