Sugar Creek, MO Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Sugar Creek, MO Summary

Crime in Sugar Creek research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Sugar Creek 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 Sugar Creek:

  • There were 93 total crimes committed in Sugar Creek the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,927.3 total crimes per 100K people in Sugar Creek.
  • The overall crime rate in Sugar Creek is 25.95% above the national average.
  • Sugar Creek ranks #293 safest out of 378 cities in Missouri.
  • Sugar Creek ranks #8,044 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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Sugar Creek Vs Missouri And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sugar Creek is 2,927.3 per 100,000 people. That's 25.95% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -4.76% lower than the Missouri total crime rate of 3,073.7 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sugar Creek
/ 100k People
Missouri
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 93 2,927.3 3,073.7 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 11.8 6.3
Robbery 1 31.5 74.4 66.1
Aggravated Assault 6 188.9 413.3 268.2
Violent Crime 9 283.3 542.7 369.8
Burglary 11 346.2 378.8 269.8
Larceny 54 1,699.7 1,759.1 1,401.9
Car Theft 19 598.0 393.2 282.7
Property Crime 84 2,644.0 2,531.0 1,954.4

Sugar Creek 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 Sugar Creek

9
Violent Crimes
283.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-23.39%
Below The National Average
  • There were 9 violent crimes in Sugar Creek in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sugar Creek is 283.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 353.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sugar Creek each year. That compares to a 1 in 184.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -23.39% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -47.80% lower than the Missouri violent crime rate of 542.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sugar Creek

84
Property Crimes
2,644.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
35.28%
Above The National Average
  • There were 84 property crimes in Sugar Creek in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sugar Creek is 2,644.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 37.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sugar Creek each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 35.28% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 4.46% higher than the Missouri property crime rate of 2,531.0 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sugar Creek

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Independence, MO 121,255 4,652 3,836.5 3,308.7 527.8
Lee's Summit, MO 103,976 2,325 2,236.1 2,097.6 138.5
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
Gladstone, MO 26,953 822 3,049.8 2,734.4 315.4
Kearney, MO 11,041 166 1,503.5 1,331.4 172.1
Smithville, MO 10,654 73 685.2 563.2 122.0
Parkville, MO 8,412 131 1,557.3 1,462.2 95.1
Fairway, KS 4,171 57 1,366.6 1,318.6 48.0
Mission Hills, KS 3,540 97 2,740.1 2,655.4 84.7

Sugar Creek SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8
Diversity
7
Safety
N/A
Amenities
5
Education
4
Commute
7
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