Leavenworth, KS carries a PlainCrime D safety grade with violent crime 41% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Leavenworth, KS shows violent crime at 495.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,588.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 41% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade D from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
D safety grade
495.4/100K violent
2588.1/100K property
+41% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Leavenworth, KS
Comparable rate records
Leavenworth's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Kansas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Leavenworth's 495.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Salina (492.9), Oberlin (501.3), Garden City (511.9), Independence (522.0). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Leavenworth reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Kansas cities
At 495.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Leavenworth ranks 19 of 125 — above 106 of the 124 other Kansas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +161.1% against the cohort median of 189.7. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 832.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 495.4 in 2024 (-40.5%). The highest observed value was 883.6 in 2021 and the lowest 495.4 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Leavenworth's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Leavenworth's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 24.4 Census sq mi, Leavenworth logged 39.3 property and 7.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Leavenworth's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (64% of 1,139 offenses; mix index 4,498).
Violent offenses are 16% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (24.4 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-28.2%
689.8 → 495.4/100K
Property Crime Rate
+7.9%
2399.5 → 2588.1/100K
Property offenses lead Leavenworth's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
956
2588.1
1711
Larceny-Theft
728
1970.8
-
Burglary
165
446.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
63
170.6
-
Arson
7
19
-
Violent Crime
183
495.4
352
Aggravated Assault
147
398
-
Robbery
19
51.4
-
Rape
17
46
-
Murder
0
0
-
Leavenworth Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Leavenworth property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Leavenworth Police Department
Reporting agency for Leavenworth NIBRS-participating
Leavenworth Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Leavenworth's 1,139 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Kansas
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Kansas cities closest to Leavenworth in population. Their populations run from 22,878 to 45,447, against 36,939 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Leavenworth reported 183 violent crimes and 956 property crimes, for a total of 1,139 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Leavenworth?
From 2023 to 2024, Leavenworth's violent crime rate decreased by 28.2%, and the property crime rate increased by 7.9%.
What is the most common crime in Leavenworth?
The most common crime type in Leavenworth is larceny-theft, accounting for 63.9% of all reported crimes (728 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Leavenworth figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Leavenworth, KS rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.