Healthcare & Safety in Belton

Belton hosts a real, substantial in-city hospital anchor, and its crime picture carries a real, disclosed, genuinely two-sided tension.

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A real, substantial in-city hospital

Belton Regional Medical Center, an 85-bed acute-care facility operating since 1984, offers a Level III Trauma Center, a Level III stroke center, an accredited cancer center, and a Joint Commission-certified Orthopedic Center of Excellence.

A real, disclosed two-sided crime picture

Belton's violent crime rate runs approximately 1.56x LESS than the Missouri average and 1.24x LESS than the national average -- a real positive. Overall daily crime, driven substantially by property crime, runs approximately 1.08x MORE than the Missouri average and 1.21x MORE than the national average.

No specific neighborhood is named as unsafe

Per this dataset's site policy, no specific area within Belton is called out as higher- or lower-crime here -- confirm current, address-specific data directly with the Belton Police Department before relocating.

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Last reviewed: 2026-08-27. Independent research; not financial, tax, or legal advice -- confirm current figures with a local professional before making a decision.