Fact Check: Kansas City 2025 Homicides Outpace Nation

This week . . . Kansas City suffered THREE HOMICIDES OVER THE COURSE OF 72 HOURS and so, local progress over last year is tenuous at best.

Meanwhile . . .

Credit to TKC readers who put our numbers in perspective as the data contradicts a nationwide crime drop across the nation . . .   

Kansas City: per this analysis in the Washington Post, we have the highest homicide rate of any large city in the country through the first 11 months of 2025

Check the graph via www.TonysKansasCity.com screenshot . . .

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