The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Blue Hills, Kansas City, MO: Crime Maps and Statistics

Crime per Capita in Blue Hills

This overview combines violent, property, and other offenses into a single grade for Blue Hills. The dedicated violent crime and property crime pages go deeper on each. The map below shows the overall crime rate per 1,000 residents.

 

Blue Hills, Kansas City, MO Map of Crime Rates
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Overall Crime Grade™

F
D-
Other Crime Grade
D-

$7.01 million

Cost of Crime™ for Blue Hills, Kansas City, MO

In 2025, crime will cost $3,186 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Blue Hills with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.

Is Blue Hills, Kansas City, MO Safe?

The D- overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US neighborhood, where Blue Hills's combined rate is much higher than the norm. Blue Hills sits in the 9th percentile, ahead of 9% of neighborhoods and behind 91%. The grade covers only Blue Hills's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.

The overall crime rate in Blue Hills is 75.53 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the west part of the neighborhood the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 11 in the northeast areas to 1 in 17 in the west.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the southeast parts of Blue Hills, Kansas City, MO report the most crime, about 69 cases per year. The northwest part reports the fewest, around 16 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Blue Hills, Kansas City, MO

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in Blue Hills for 2025 is $7,009,760, about $1,420 per resident and $3,186 per household. That equals 5.9% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 48.3%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 40.8%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 10.9%

How Much Does Crime Cost in Blue Hills Compared to Other Neighborhoods?

Blue Hills, Kansas City, MO: $1420
Dutchtown, St. Louis, MO: $1547
Central West End, St. Louis, M: $1,357
Missouri: $660
USA: $464

The overall cost of crime per resident in Blue Hills is $1,420 per year, which is $955 more than the national average and $759 more than Kansas City's city average. The comparison below uses neighborhoods similar to Blue Hills:
  • In Dutchtown, St. Louis, MO, crime costs $1,547 per person, which is $127 more than in Blue Hills.
  • In Central West End, St. Louis, M, crime costs $1,357 per person, which is $62 less than in Blue Hills

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of Blue Hills for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to Blue Hills
Cost per Blue Hills Resident
Murder
$2.40 million
$486
Rape/Sexual Assault
$253,661
$51
Robbery
$213,347
$43
Assault
$1.53 million
$309
Kidnapping
$13,867
$3
Vehicle Theft
$966,146
$196
Burglary
$315,113
$64
Theft
$552,678
$112
Arson
$24,261
$5
Vandalism
$471,181
$95
Animal Cruelty
$5,126
$1
Drug Crimes
$258,345
$52
Identity Theft
$6,966
$1
Total Cost of Crime
$7,009,760
$1,420

The Intangible Cost of Crime in Blue Hills, Kansas City, MO

The totals above count tangible costs only. Violent crime also carries a human cost, the pain and trauma borne by victims and their families, which research-based methods estimate so it can be compared across places. That intangible cost in Blue Hills totals $17,604,796 ($3,565 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $24,614,556 ($4,985 per resident). All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Crime Maps

Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The east part of the neighborhood holds more retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.

Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas do the same, and of Blue Hills's 4,938 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.

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Blue Hills Crime Breakdown

The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Blue Hills residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Assault
10.77
Robbery
1.374
Rape
0.8472
Murder
0.2589
Total Violent Crime
13.25 (F)
 
 

 


Property Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
21.61
Vehicle Theft
12.64
Burglary
7.036
Arson
0.2035
Total Property Crime
41.49 (D-)
 
 

 


Other Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Kidnapping
0.0463
Drug Crimes
7.073
Vandalism
13.36
Identity Theft
0.1823
Animal Cruelty
0.1403
Total "Other" Rate
20.80 (D-)

 


Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of crime in Blue Hills is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Blue Hills.

Nearby Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
D+
C-
D+
D-
F
D
C-
C
C-
C
B
C
F
F
F
D
D
D
F
F
D-
D+
C
D+
F
D-
D-
D+
C+
D+

Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Blue Hills is higher versus other neighborhoods of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in neighborhoods with comparable overall population in the neighborhood‘s boundaries.

Similar Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
A+
A+
A+
C
C
C
C-
B-
B-
A+
A
A
A
B+
B+
A
A+
A+
A+
A-
A-
D
C-
C-
A+
A
A
A-
C+
C+

Considering only the crime rate, Blue Hills is less safe than the Missouri state average and less safe than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Blue Hills, Kansas City, MO average SchoolGrade of F, with 14% actual proficiency versus 21% projected; overall, schools underperform expectations. See Blue Hills schools on SchoolGrade

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