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Lee's Summit, MO crime & safety
Lee's Summit's reported crime rate is close to Missouri's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 123 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Lee's Summit compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
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C
Lee's Summit’s Safety Grade: C
Lee's Summit reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 66% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 73%.
BViolent crimeC-Property crime▼Improving since 2023
All U.S. towns we grade (6,620)Safer than 34%
More reported crimeLess reported crime
Missouri towns we grade (194)Safer than 43%
Places of 100,000+ people (304)Safer than 73%
Good confidence. Built on 7,228 incidents over 3 years. With counts this size, ordinary swings could put Lee's Summit anywhere from C to C+.
How the Safety Grade works
- One score, from FBI data. Property crimes + 4 × violent crimes reported to police, per resident, pooled over the FBI’s latest 3 years (2023–2025). Violent crime counts four times as much because it matters more to how safe a place feels. It’s the same score behind our Safest towns in MO ranking.
- Graded on a national curve. Every U.S. town and city with 1,000+ residents that reported all 3 years (6,620 places) is lined up by score: A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Violent and property sub-grades use the same curve on each rate alone.
- Trend compares 2025 with 2023 and only says “improving” or “rising” when the change is bigger than normal year-to-year swings.
- Not graded: towns under 1,000 people, and towns missing any of the 3 years.
- What it can’t see: unreported crime, traffic safety, or which part of town incidents happen in. Towns with a campus, highway or big shopping center count incidents involving visitors. It’s our own summary of public data, not an official rating.
Reported crime, 2025
Lee's Summit at a glance
Violent crime
1.1
per 1,000 residents · Missouri 4.3
Property crime
19.5
per 1,000 residents · Missouri 16.9
Incidents reported
2,218
123 violent · 2,095 property
Since 2022
▼ 7%
change in reported property crime
Violent crime per 1,000
Property crime per 1,000
Trend
Reported crime per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025
Lee's SummitMissouri
Solid lines: property crime · dashed: violent crime.
Show as a table
| Year | Lee's Summit property | Missouri property | Lee's Summit violent | Missouri violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21 | 24.2 | 1.4 | 5 |
| 2023 | 21.8 | 21.8 | 1.6 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 22.9 | 20.1 | 1.5 | 4.7 |
| 2025 | 19.5 | 16.9 | 1.1 | 4.3 |
What gets reported
2025, by type
Larceny / theft
1,739
Burglary
153
Vehicle theft
203
Aggravated assault
85
Robbery
6
Rape
30
Homicide
2
Arson
2
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Who keeps Lee's Summit safe
Local public safety
👮 Lee's Summit Police DepartmentReports its crime counts to the FBI — the figures on this page.
🚨 EmergenciesCall 911. For non-emergency numbers, alerts and preparedness, see the town guide.
Nearby
Lee's Summit and its neighbors
Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people. Grade: the Safety Grade; — = not graded.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee's Summit | C | 1.1 | 19.5 | 2025 |
| Independence | D | 5.5 | 29.7 | 2025 |
| Kansas City | D- | 13.7 | 39.5 | 2025 |
| Lake Winnebago | — | 0 | 3.7 | 2025 |
| Greenwood | A | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2025 |
| Lake Lotawana | B+ | 2.9 | 4 | 2025 |
No town figures in the FBI's data: Unity Village.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can't tell you
- It's reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
- Small numbers swing. In a town of about 107,700, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
- Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.