The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Cass County, MO
Cass County is home to 110,800 residents and includes Raymore and Belton · Updated November 2026
Is Cass County, MO safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Cass County has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 68% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Cass County run from A+ to B-, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 904 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
68% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Cass County as a whole, and 32% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Cass County scores 904.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Cass County, MO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Cass County, 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 in Cass County
Burglaries and car thefts both run low. In Cass County, each runs at less than half the US rate: 0.81 burglaries and 1.2 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 and 2.7 nationally.
Simple assault is the exception. Cass County grades A for violent crime, but simple assault grades B+, worse than in the neighborhoods where 62% of Americans live.
The safest and most dangerous places in Cass County
Every part of Cass County where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Cass County run from A+ to B-; 70% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in Cass County with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the county, the Garden City area has the least crime and the Belton area the most.
Is crime going up in Cass County?
Since 2019, reported property crime in Cass County is down 39%, while violent crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.1 to 2.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 19 to 12 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 16%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Cass CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Cass County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Cass County
Violent, US
Property, Cass County
Property, US
2016
-6%
+4%
+26%
+15%
2017
+8%
+4%
+28%
+12%
2018
-6%
+0%
+18%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+16%
+4%
-15%
-8%
2021
+7%
+6%
-31%
-10%
2022
+6%
+5%
-25%
-6%
2023
+4%
+2%
-27%
-7%
2024
+6%
-4%
-39%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Cass County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Cass County has about 29 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 22% less than the US as a whole and 31% less than Missouri.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
The largest share of crime reported in Cass County is assault, about 44% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Cass County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Cass County, 2022 to 2024.
In Cass County, 65% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 45% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (65%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (54%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (48%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (60%)
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.
How Cass County compares with nearby counties
Cass County has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest counties.
Two things set Cass County apart: it has 28 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 2% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft and robbery, and they run low here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.28 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 91% of Americans
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.2% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 90% of Americans
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. 91% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (9 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 84% of Americans
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Cass County: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 86% of Americans
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.8.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 81% of Americans
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.67% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 73% of Americans
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 crime costs Cass County
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Cass County about $764 a year per household, 37% less than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $31 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $82 million a year, or $743 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.0 million
$18
Rape
$3.1 million
$28
Robbery
$450,000
$4
Assault
$14 million
$129
Burglary
$810,000
$7
Theft
$5.3 million
$48
Vehicle theft
$2.0 million
$18
Arson
$100,000
$1
Vandalism
$3.3 million
$30
Total
$31 million
$282
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Cass County means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Cass County, MO average a SchoolGrade of C: 41% of students test proficient, against 40% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Cass County on SchoolGrade
