The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Meadowbrook Heights, Kansas City, MO: Crime Maps and Statistics

Crime per Capita in Meadowbrook Heights

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

 

Meadowbrook Heights, Kansas City, MO Map of Crime Rates
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Overall Crime Grade™

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A
Other Crime Grade
B-

$1.92 million

Cost of Crime™ for Meadowbrook Heights, Kansas City, MO

In 2025, crime will cost $775 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Meadowbrook Heights 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 Meadowbrook Heights, Kansas City, MO Safe?

The A overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US neighborhood, where Meadowbrook Heights's combined rate is much lower than the norm. Meadowbrook Heights sits in the 86th percentile, ahead of 86% of neighborhoods and behind 14%. The grade covers only Meadowbrook Heights's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.

The overall crime rate in Meadowbrook Heights is 20.54 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the northwest part of the neighborhood the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 39 in the south areas to 1 in 69 in the northwest.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the south parts of Meadowbrook Heights, Kansas City, MO report the most crime, about 52 cases per year. The northeast part reports the fewest, around 7 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Meadowbrook Heights, Kansas City, MO

Across all crime types, the projected cost of crime in Meadowbrook Heights for 2025 is $1,924,702, about $290 per resident and $775 per household. That equals 0.8% of the median household income. These figures cover tangible costs, which include:
  1. Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 58.0%
  2. Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 29.7%
  3. Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 12.2%

How Much Does Crime Cost in Meadowbrook Heights Compared to Other Neighborhoods?

Meadowbrook Heights, Kansas City, MO: $290
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 Meadowbrook Heights is $290 per year, which is $174 less than the national average and $370 less than Kansas City's city average. The comparison below uses neighborhoods similar to Meadowbrook Heights:
  • In Dutchtown, St. Louis, MO, crime costs $1,547 per person, which is $1,257 more than in Meadowbrook Heights.
  • In Central West End, St. Louis, M, crime costs $1,357 per person, which is $1,068 more than in Meadowbrook Heights

2025 Projected Cost by Type of Crime

The table below shows the total cost of crime to the residents of Meadowbrook Heights for the year 2025 along with the projected cost per resident.
Crime
Cost to Meadowbrook Heights
Cost per Meadowbrook Heights Resident
Murder
$391,668
$59
Rape/Sexual Assault
$282,948
$43
Robbery
$56,860
$9
Assault
$184,947
$28
Kidnapping
$39,288
$6
Vehicle Theft
$265,409
$40
Burglary
$54,753
$8
Theft
$223,332
$34
Arson
$20,719
$3
Vandalism
$172,808
$26
Animal Cruelty
$2,303
$0
Drug Crimes
$222,557
$34
Identity Theft
$7,110
$1
Total Cost of Crime
$1,924,702
$290

The Intangible Cost of Crime in Meadowbrook Heights, 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 Meadowbrook Heights totals $4,028,872 ($607 per resident), and all of it comes from violent crime rather than property loss. Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $5,953,574 ($896 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 southeast 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, of which Meadowbrook Heights has 1, do the same, and of Meadowbrook Heights's 6,641 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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Meadowbrook Heights 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 Meadowbrook Heights residents in a standard year.

Violent Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Assault
0.9697
Robbery
0.2722
Rape
0.7027
Murder
0.0314
Total Violent Crime
1.976 (A)
 
 

 


Property Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Theft
6.493
Vehicle Theft
2.581
Burglary
0.9090
Arson
0.1292
Total Property Crime
10.11 (A)
 
 

 


Other Crime Rates

Crime Type
Crime Rate
Kidnapping
0.0976
Drug Crimes
4.531
Vandalism
3.642
Identity Theft
0.1383
Animal Cruelty
0.0469
Total "Other" Rate
8.456 (B-)

 


Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of crime in Meadowbrook Heights is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Meadowbrook Heights.

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

Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Meadowbrook Heights is lower 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
C
C
C
A
C+
C+
A-
B+
B+
A
A+
A+
C
A
A
F
F
F
F
F
F
D+
C-
C-
C-
C+
C+
A-
C-
C-

Considering only the crime rate, Meadowbrook Heights is safer than the Missouri state average and safer than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Meadowbrook Heights, Kansas City, MO average SchoolGrade of B+, with 53% actual proficiency versus 52% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See Meadowbrook Heights schools on SchoolGrade

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