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Kansas City Police Department

City agencyMOKPD0000NIBRS since 2010LEMAS 2020Founded 1874

Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte County, Missouri

Serves ~518,039 residents · UCR reported

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The Kansas City Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency for the city of Kansas City, Missouri.

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Crime & staffing trends

Reported offenses by year

Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Staffing by year

Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Aggravated Assault: victim & offender age · 23,631 victims, 17,680 offenders
Victim sex
Male12,268 (52%)
Female11,298 (48%)
Unknown65 (0%)
Victim race
Black or African American13,714 (59%)
White9,222 (40%)
Asian198 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native92 (0%)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander23 (0%)
Weapons involved
Handgun4,611 (28%)
Firearm2,877 (17%)
Blunt Object2,264 (14%)
Personal Weapons1,904 (12%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument1,775 (11%)
Other1,225 (7%)

Top 6 of 22 categories shown.

Incident location
Residence/Home14,641 (62%)
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk5,020 (21%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage866 (4%)
Convenience Store365 (2%)
Bar/Nightclub365 (2%)
Other/Unknown326 (1%)

Top 6 of 41 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown8,843 (37%)
Stranger4,422 (18%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend2,238 (9%)
Acquaintance1,740 (7%)
Offender1,265 (5%)
Ex-Relationship (Ex-Boyfriend/Girlfriend)1,148 (5%)

Top 6 of 26 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property659 (52%)
Simple Assault115 (9%)
Murder and Nonnegligent Manslaughter110 (9%)
Weapon Law Violations83 (7%)
Drug/Narcotic Violations51 (4%)
All Other Larceny46 (4%)

Top 6 of 25 categories shown.

Open data

Curated sources
KCMO2 datasets · arcgis

KCPD Calls for ServiceCalls for service

KCPD Calls for Service 2022-2023Calls for service

Last checked 2026-07-03

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
1,286
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
555
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
1,841
Population served
497,159
Operating budget
$232,526,404
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
20131,363570$196,432,911
20071,393736$194,784,107
20031,299664$146,944,539
20001,253595$134,445,917
19991,215675
19971,172688
19931,171605
19901,148570
19871,085571

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
1,119
Civilians (2025)
610

Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.

Open data

KCMO Open Data

POP conference activity

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