Mission, KS carries a PlainCrime D safety grade with violent crime 4% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Mission, KS shows violent crime at 338.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 4,573.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 4% below 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
338.7/100K violent
4573.1/100K property
-4% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Mission, KS
Comparable rate records
Mission's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Kansas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Mission's 338.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Pleasanton (334.7), Edwardsville (342.9), Marysville (324.1), Great Bend (315.5). 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
Mission reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Kansas cities
At 338.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Mission ranks 32 of 125 — above 93 of the 124 other Kansas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +78.5% 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 430.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 338.7 in 2024 (-21.4%). The highest observed value was 473.3 in 2021 and the lowest 338.7 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 6.9% of the 493 Part I offenses reported in Mission for 2024, against a median of 13.8% across comparable Kansas cities — a gap of 6.9 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property counts dominate Mission'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.
Mission's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 2.7 Census sq mi, Mission logged 172 property and 12.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Mission's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (76% of 493 offenses; mix index 6,002).
Violent offenses are only 7% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (2.7 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
-15.3%
400.1 → 338.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
-11%
5140 → 4573.1/100K
Property offenses lead Mission's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs KS
Property Crime
459
4573.1
1711
2090
Larceny-Theft
375
3736.2
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
64
637.6
-
-
Burglary
20
199.3
-
-
Arson
1
10
-
-
Violent Crime
34
338.7
352
456.2
Aggravated Assault
27
269
-
-
Robbery
6
59.8
-
-
Rape
1
10
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Mission Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Mission 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
Mission Police Department
Reporting agency for Mission NIBRS-participating
Mission Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Mission's 493 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 Mission in population. Their populations run from 8,950 to 11,216, against 10,037 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Mission reported 34 violent crimes and 459 property crimes, for a total of 493 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Mission?
From 2023 to 2024, Mission's violent crime rate decreased by 15.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 11%.
What is the most common crime in Mission?
The most common crime type in Mission is larceny-theft, accounting for 76.1% of all reported crimes (375 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Mission 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 Mission, KS rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.