Lee's Summit, MO Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Lee's Summit, MO Summary

Crime in Lee's Summit research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Lee's Summit over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Lee's Summit:

  • There were 2,325 total crimes committed in Lee's Summit the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,236.1 total crimes per 100K people in Lee's Summit.
  • The overall crime rate in Lee's Summit is -3.79% below the national average.
  • Lee's Summit ranks #253 safest out of 378 cities in Missouri.
  • Lee's Summit ranks #7,017 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Lee's Summit Vs Missouri And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lee's Summit is 2,236.1 per 100,000 people. That's -3.79% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -27.25% lower than the Missouri total crime rate of 3,073.7 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lee's Summit
/ 100k People
Missouri
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 2,325 2,236.1 3,073.7 2,324.2
Murder 6 5.8 11.8 6.3
Robbery 11 10.6 74.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 103 99.1 413.3 268.2
Violent Crime 144 138.5 542.7 369.8
Burglary 155 149.1 378.8 269.8
Larceny 1,719 1,653.3 1,759.1 1,401.9
Car Theft 307 295.3 393.2 282.7
Property Crime 2,181 2,097.6 2,531.0 1,954.4

Lee's Summit Crime Compared To Missouri Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Missouri.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Lee's Summit

144
Violent Crimes
138.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-62.55%
Below The National Average
  • There were 144 violent crimes in Lee's Summit in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lee's Summit is 138.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 722.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lee's Summit each year. That compares to a 1 in 184.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -62.55% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -74.48% lower than the Missouri violent crime rate of 542.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lee's Summit

2,181
Property Crimes
2,097.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
7.33%
Above The National Average
  • There were 2,181 property crimes in Lee's Summit in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lee's Summit is 2,097.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 47.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lee's Summit each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 7.33% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -17.12% lower than the Missouri property crime rate of 2,531.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Lee's Summit

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Overland Park, KS 196,626 5,145 2,616.6 2,394.4 222.2
Blue Springs, MO 60,093 1,430 2,379.6 2,171.6 208.0
Leawood, KS 33,596 699 2,080.6 1,952.6 128.0
Raytown, MO 29,224 1,252 4,284.2 3,726.4 557.8
Grandview, MO 25,542 1,090 4,267.5 3,551.0 716.5
Raymore, MO 25,351 397 1,566.0 1,447.7 118.3
Belton, MO 24,395 691 2,832.5 2,434.9 397.6
Grain Valley, MO 16,320 252 1,544.1 1,409.3 134.8
Pleasant Hill, MO 8,811 48 544.8 476.7 68.1
Greenwood, MO 6,077 29 477.2 362.0 115.2

Lee's Summit SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
8
Safety
7
Amenities
8.5
Education
9.5
Commute
6
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