The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Gladstone, MO
Gladstone is a city of 28,300 in Clay County, about 8 miles north of downtown Kansas City · Updated November 2026
Is Gladstone, MO safe?
Crime in Gladstone is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 65% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Gladstone. Violent crime grades B+ and property crime B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Gladstone run from A to B-, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 740 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
35% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Gladstone as a whole, and 65% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Gladstone scores 740.
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 Gladstone, MO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Gladstone, 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 Gladstone
One weak spot: reported rape. It grades C+ in Gladstone, worse than in the neighborhoods where 90% of Americans live, against B+ for violent crime as a whole.
The safest and least safe parts of Gladstone
Every part of Gladstone where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Gladstone run from A to B-; 7% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
100%
A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Gladstone, the northeast side has the least crime and the west side the most.
Is crime going up in Gladstone?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Gladstone is up 13% and property crime is down 34%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.5 to 3.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 27 to 18 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 11% and property crime fell 15%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
GladstoneUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Gladstone. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Gladstone
Violent, US
Property, Gladstone
Property, US
2016
-4%
+4%
-3%
+15%
2017
+36%
+4%
-1%
+12%
2018
+30%
+0%
-8%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+46%
+4%
-6%
-8%
2021
-2%
+6%
-20%
-10%
2022
-3%
+5%
+4%
-6%
2023
+2%
+2%
-22%
-7%
2024
+13%
-4%
-34%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Gladstone
CrimeGrade™ estimates Gladstone has about 43 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 15% 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 Gladstone is assault, about 32% 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 Gladstone
Gladstone has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Gladstone, 76% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 48% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (76%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (44%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (48%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (45%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (50%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Gladstone compares with nearby cities
Of the 5 cities closest to Gladstone, 3 have less crime. Pleasant Valley and Claycomo have the least.
Night lighting, density and walkability in Gladstone
One thing sets Gladstone apart: it has 6% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery and car theft, yet robbery and car theft run higher here than that would suggest.
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
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.6% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 70% 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. 80% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 56% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 62% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.35 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 62% 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.5.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 52% 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 Gladstone
Crime costs Gladstone about $1,031 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 14% 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 $33 million a year, or $1,152 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$720,000
$26
Rape
$1.1 million
$38
Robbery
$370,000
$13
Assault
$4.5 million
$159
Burglary
$470,000
$17
Theft
$1.9 million
$67
Vehicle theft
$1.9 million
$67
Arson
$14,000
under $1
Vandalism
$1.7 million
$61
Total
$13 million
$448
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 Gladstone 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 Gladstone, MO average a SchoolGrade of B+: 48% of students test proficient, against 38% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Gladstone on SchoolGrade
