Tonganoxie, KS carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 46% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Tonganoxie, KS shows violent crime at 191 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 175.1 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 46% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A safety grade
191/100K violent
175.1/100K property
-46% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Tonganoxie, KS
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 52.2% of the 23 Part I offenses reported in Tonganoxie for 2024, against a median of 13.8% across comparable Kansas cities — a gap of 38.4 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.
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Tonganoxie reported 12 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 6,282. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 106.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 191.0 in 2024 (+79.8%). The highest observed value was 191.0 in 2024 and the lowest 102.8 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Comparable rate records
Tonganoxie's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Kansas cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Tonganoxie's 191.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Louisburg (191.0), Garnett (188.5), Olathe (196.0), Overland Park (184.4). 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
Tonganoxie sits mid-pack among comparable Kansas cities
At 191.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Tonganoxie ranks 62 of 125 — above 63 of the 124 other Kansas cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +0.7% 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.
Tonganoxie's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row keeps violent and property totals in a closer balance. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Based on 12 reported violent incidents in a population of 6,282. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Tonganoxie's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 4.1 Census sq mi, Tonganoxie logged 2.7 property and 3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Tonganoxie leans on aggravated assault at 48% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,686.
Violent offenses are 52% of the municipal total - a violence-heavy book for a small city.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (4.1 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-54.4%
384.4 → 175.1/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+3.9%
183.9 → 191/100K
Tonganoxie's 2024 offense mix (violent and property)
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs KS
Violent Crime
12
191
456.2
Aggravated Assault
11
175.1
-
Rape
1
15.9
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Property Crime
11
175.1
2090
Larceny-Theft
8
127.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
3
47.8
-
Burglary
0
0
-
Arson
0
0
-
Tonganoxie Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Tonganoxie violent crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
191/100K↑3.9%vs 2023
Tonganoxie property crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
175.1/100K↓54.4%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
5,649
106.2
885.1
56
2021
Comparable
5,761
138.9
503.4
37
2022
Comparable
5,836
102.8
599.7
41
2023
Comparable
5,983
183.9
384.4
34
2024
Comparable
6,282
191
175.1
23
Tonganoxie Police Department
Reporting agency for Tonganoxie NIBRS-participating
Tonganoxie Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Tonganoxie's 23 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 Tonganoxie in population. Their populations run from 5,565 to 7,161, against 6,282 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Tonganoxie reported 12 violent crimes and 11 property crimes, for a total of 23 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Tonganoxie?
From 2023 to 2024, Tonganoxie's violent crime rate increased by 3.9%, and the property crime rate decreased by 54.4%.
What is the most common crime in Tonganoxie?
The most common crime type in Tonganoxie is aggravated assault, accounting for 47.8% of all reported crimes (11 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Tonganoxie is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Tonganoxie, KS rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.