The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Excelsior Springs, MO
Excelsior Springs is a city of 13,100 in Clay County, about 25 miles northeast of downtown Kansas City · Updated November 2026
Is Excelsior Springs, MO safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Excelsior Springs is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Excelsior Springs sits near the middle: 50% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 50% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades A and property crime A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Excelsior Springs run from A+ to B-, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 837 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
50% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Excelsior Springs as a whole, and 50% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Excelsior Springs scores 837.
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 Excelsior Springs, MO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Excelsior Springs, 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 Excelsior Springs
Vehicle theft stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.93 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; Excelsior Springs has 3.6.
The safest and least safe parts of Excelsior Springs
Every part of Excelsior Springs where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Excelsior Springs run from A+ to B-; 39% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Excelsior Springs, the northeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Excelsior Springs?
Reported property crime in Excelsior Springs has risen 10% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 22 to 24 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
Excelsior SpringsUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Excelsior Springs. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Excelsior Springs
Property, US
2016
+48%
+15%
2017
+24%
+12%
2018
+40%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+29%
-8%
2021
-11%
-10%
2022
+3%
-6%
2023
+14%
-7%
2024
+10%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Excelsior Springs
CrimeGrade™ estimates Excelsior Springs has about 46 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 24% more than the US as a whole and close to 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 Excelsior Springs is assault, about 39% 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 Excelsior Springs
Excelsior Springs has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Excelsior Springs, 69% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 38% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (69%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (46%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (38%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (44%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (54%)
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 Excelsior Springs compares with nearby cities
Of the 3 cities closest to Excelsior Springs, 2 have less crime. Kearney and Wood Heights have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Excelsior Springs. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Excelsior Springs has more crime than 86% of them.
Empty homes, transit and walkability in Excelsior Springs
Two things set Excelsior Springs apart: it has 10.2% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 3% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and vandalism runs high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.10.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 87% of US city residents
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 Excelsior Springs: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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 and assault. 91% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 71% of US city residents
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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.65% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 80% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.3% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 80% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 75% of US city residents
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 Excelsior Springs
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Excelsior Springs about $1,078 a year per household, 11% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $14 million a year, or $1,068 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$290,000
$22
Rape
$460,000
$35
Robbery
$70,000
$5
Assault
$2.4 million
$183
Burglary
$190,000
$15
Theft
$1.0 million
$80
Vehicle theft
$720,000
$55
Arson
$12,000
$1
Vandalism
$620,000
$47
Total
$5.8 million
$443
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 Excelsior Springs 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 Excelsior Springs, MO average a SchoolGrade of B: 46% of students test proficient, against 39% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Excelsior Springs on SchoolGrade
