The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Grandview, MO
Grandview is a city of 27,100 in Jackson County, about 16 miles south of downtown Kansas City · Updated November 2026
Is Grandview, MO safe?
Crime in Grandview is high by national standards, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of C+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 82% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Grandview. Violent and property crime both grade C+ here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Grandview run from B+ to F, so check the map below.
C+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 504 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
18% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Grandview as a whole, and 82% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Grandview scores 504.
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 Grandview, MO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Grandview, 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 Grandview
Reported rape stands out among C-graded cities. For the typical resident of a C-graded US city, the figure is 0.30 reported rapes a year per 1,000 residents; Grandview has 1.0.
Vehicle theft at about triple the US rate. Grandview has 9.4 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Grandview
In Grandview, 54% of residents live in areas graded A or B, 31% in areas graded C and 15% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Grandview run from B+ to F; every part of Grandview has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
54%31%15%
A or B 54%C 31%D or F 15%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Grandview, the southeast side has the least crime and the north side the most.
Is crime going up in Grandview?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Grandview is down 17%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 7.7 to 6.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 39 to 36 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 21% and property crime fell 14%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
GrandviewUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Grandview. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Grandview
Violent, US
Property, Grandview
Property, US
2016
-29%
+4%
-12%
+15%
2017
-13%
+4%
+10%
+12%
2018
-10%
+0%
-5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-3%
+4%
+1%
-8%
2021
-20%
+6%
-13%
-10%
2022
-11%
+5%
-12%
-6%
2023
-31%
+2%
+8%
-7%
2024
-17%
-4%
-8%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Grandview
CrimeGrade™ estimates Grandview has about 72 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 94% more than the US as a whole and 72% more 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.
Theft makes up about 29% of crime reported in Grandview. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
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.
The Grandview Police Department's 2024 report of burglary had a month far out of line with the rest, a sign of a data-entry error or a catch-up month, so CrimeGrade™ set it aside and used the other months.
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 Grandview
Grandview has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Grandview, 50% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 44% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (50%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (42%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (44%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (47%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (56%)
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 Grandview compares with nearby cities
Grandview has more crime than 5 of its 7 nearest cities. Stilwell, KS and Leawood, KS have the least crime nearby.
Parking lots, walkability and density in Grandview
Two things set Grandview apart: it has 2.9 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (10 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places with a lot of parking-lot space tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher 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. 92% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (10 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 75% 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.7% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 67% 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.99% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 64% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.9.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 59% 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.6.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 56% 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 Grandview
Crime costs Grandview about $2,132 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 77% more 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 $69 million a year, or $2,548 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$3.4 million
$125
Rape
$1.7 million
$61
Robbery
$680,000
$25
Assault
$6.9 million
$255
Burglary
$940,000
$35
Theft
$2.9 million
$109
Vehicle theft
$3.9 million
$144
Arson
$35,000
$1
Vandalism
$2.8 million
$105
Total
$23 million
$859
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 Grandview 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 Grandview, MO average a SchoolGrade of F: 28% of students test proficient, against 19% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Grandview on SchoolGrade
