Kansas Crime Grades: A-F Safety Ratings for 125 Cities (2024)

Statewide grade D

125 cities graded A+ through F based on 2024 FBI crime data. State overall score: 36/100 (Below Average).

What is Kansas’s crime safety grade?

Kansas earned an overall safety grade of D (score: 36/100, Below Average) based on 2024 FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program data, with a statewide violent crime rate of 456.2 per 100,000 and property crime rate of 2090 per 100,000. PlainCrime graded 125 Kansas cities with reportable crime data against national benchmarks, producing an A+ through F score for each jurisdiction. Grades weigh violent and property crime rates: cities more than 50% below the national average typically earn A or A+, while cities significantly above average receive D or F ratings.

Across the 125 graded Kansas cities, 24 earned A+, 29 earned A, 31 received B, 18 landed at C, 16 received D, and 7 fell to F in the 2024 scoring. The highest-rated city is Assaria with a A+ grade (score: 100/100, violent rate 0/100K). The lowest-rated city is Elwood with a F grade (score: 0/100, violent rate 1512.5/100K).

Roughly 42% of graded cities in Kansas achieved an A or A+ rating, while 18% received a D or F. Cities missing from this table either did not submit complete 2024 UCR data, fell below the minimum population threshold for reliable rate calculation, or report through consolidated agencies that aggregate into county or regional totals instead of individual city figures. Grade boundaries use the national violent and property crime rate averages for 2024 as the reference point, so grades are directly comparable between Kansas and other states on the site.

A safety grade condenses several FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) measures into a single letter, ranking each state's violent and property crime rates against the national distribution rather than a fixed cutoff. A high grade therefore means a state compares well to its peers in a given year, not that it is free of crime. Grades move as the underlying rates move and as agency reporting completeness shifts from year to year. Two states with the same letter can have very different profiles: one may carry a higher violent-crime rate offset by low property crime, the other the reverse. Use the grade as a quick orientation, then read the component rates beneath it to see what is actually driving the number for this state.

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Assaria

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Bucklin

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Claflin

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Delphos

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Lebo

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Meriden

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Montezuma

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Moran

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What this shows Assaria reports the lowest violent-crime rate in Kansas. At 0 per 100K, it runs well below the Kansas average of 456.2. These eight cities anchor the safe end of the state.

#	Grade	City	Score	Violent Rate	Property Rate	Population
1	A+	Assaria	100	0/100K	0/100K	422
2	A+	Bucklin	100	0/100K	0/100K	700
3	A+	Claflin	100	0/100K	0/100K	538
4	A+	Delphos	100	0/100K	0/100K	301
5	A+	Lebo	100	0/100K	0/100K	871
6	A+	Meriden	100	0/100K	0/100K	719
7	A+	Montezuma	100	0/100K	0/100K	977
8	A+	Moran	100	0/100K	0/100K	464
9	A+	Spearville	100	0/100K	0/100K	783
10	A+	Waverly	100	0/100K	0/100K	555
11	A+	Frankfort	99	0/100K	139.9/100K	715
12	A+	St. John	98	0/100K	173.2/100K	1,155
13	A+	Victoria	98	0/100K	180.8/100K	1,106
14	A+	Winchester	98	0/100K	225.2/100K	444
15	A+	North Newton	97	0/100K	337.3/100K	1,779
16	A+	Eudora	96	15.4/100K	323.8/100K	6,485
17	A+	Nortonville	93	0/100K	850.3/100K	588
18	A+	Hesston	93	28.9/100K	490.6/100K	3,465
19	A+	Clearwater	93	37.9/100K	417.3/100K	2,636
20	A+	Inman	92	0/100K	913.2/100K	1,314
21	A+	Hoisington	92	38.6/100K	462.8/100K	2,593
22	A+	Atwood	91	0/100K	979.6/100K	1,225
23	A+	Medicine Lodge	91	0/100K	1065.7/100K	1,689
24	A+	Ulysses	91	89.8/100K	53.9/100K	5,565
25	A	Ellsworth	89	63.4/100K	538.8/100K	3,155
26	A	Carbondale	89	76.5/100K	382.3/100K	1,308
27	A	Mulvane	88	69.8/100K	628.4/100K	7,161
28	A	Sterling	88	87.5/100K	350.1/100K	2,285
29	A	Overbrook	87	0/100K	1535.3/100K	977
30	A	Bel Aire	86	80.1/100K	710.8/100K	9,989
31	A	Hugoton	86	112/100K	336.1/100K	3,570
32	A	Cheney	85	92.9/100K	696.7/100K	2,153
33	A	Prairie Village	84	61.2/100K	1079.6/100K	22,878
34	A	Wellsville	84	104/100K	675.7/100K	1,924
35	A	Frontenac	83	89.1/100K	920.4/100K	3,368
36	A	Belle Plaine	83	138.2/100K	345.5/100K	1,447
37	A	Fairway	82	144.4/100K	385.2/100K	4,154
38	A	Leawood	81	58.8/100K	1520.1/100K	34,010
39	A	Andover	81	74.5/100K	1322.3/100K	16,108
40	A	Goddard	81	101.4/100K	1048.2/100K	5,915
41	A	Rose Hill	80	114.1/100K	1004.3/100K	4,381
42	A	Basehor	80	150/100K	587.5/100K	8,000
43	A	Lansing	80	151.6/100K	597.4/100K	11,216
44	A	Mission Hills	79	57.1/100K	1740.9/100K	3,504
45	A	Gardner	79	138.1/100K	878.4/100K	26,071
46	A	Minneapolis	79	155/100K	671.8/100K	1,935
47	A	Tonganoxie	79	191/100K	175.1/100K	6,282
48	A	Clay Center	78	123.1/100K	1157.4/100K	4,061
49	A	Lyons	78	144.3/100K	923.3/100K	3,466
50	A	Maize	77	139.5/100K	1046.3/100K	7,168
51	A	Louisburg	76	191/100K	534.8/100K	5,236
52	A	McPherson	75	122.7/100K	1407.4/100K	13,855
53	A	Ottawa	75	149.6/100K	1110.1/100K	12,702
54	B	Holton	74	118.5/100K	1569.9/100K	3,376
55	B	Baldwin City	74	161.1/100K	1147.8/100K	4,966
56	B	Beloit	74	179.3/100K	926.5/100K	3,346
57	B	Spring Hill	74	204.2/100K	622.4/100K	10,283
58	B	Westwood Hills	73	0/100K	3053.4/100K	393
59	B	Atchison	73	150.9/100K	1329.7/100K	10,604
60	B	Paola	72	172.8/100K	1209.4/100K	5,788
61	B	Olathe	72	196/100K	941.3/100K	149,473
62	B	Burlington	72	232.6/100K	581.6/100K	2,579
63	B	Lenexa	70	183.5/100K	1347/100K	58,871
64	B	Garnett	69	188.5/100K	1382.3/100K	3,183
65	B	Belleville	69	201.7/100K	1210.3/100K	1,983
66	B	Colby	69	233.1/100K	860.5/100K	5,578
67	B	Scott City	68	283.9/100K	438.7/100K	3,875
68	B	Overland Park	66	184.4/100K	1761.5/100K	196,875
69	B	Horton	66	204.5/100K	1567.8/100K	1,467
70	B	Haysville	66	221.9/100K	1340.4/100K	11,265
71	B	Dodge City	65	251.4/100K	1089.6/100K	27,441
72	B	Liberal	65	255.9/100K	1140.7/100K	18,760
73	B	Pleasanton	65	334.7/100K	167.4/100K	1,195
74	B	Osage City	64	214.2/100K	1678/100K	2,801
75	B	Goodland	64	227.8/100K	1503.4/100K	4,390
76	B	Hays	64	233.2/100K	1461.1/100K	21,011
77	B	Grandview Plaza	64	311.1/100K	560/100K	1,607
78	B	Abilene	63	264/100K	1273.3/100K	6,440
79	B	Roeland Park	62	180.2/100K	2281.9/100K	6,661
80	B	Marysville	62	324.1/100K	707.1/100K	3,394
81	B	Baxter Springs	61	236/100K	1757.1/100K	3,813
82	B	Hillsboro	61	261.8/100K	1495.9/100K	2,674
83	B	El Dorado	61	270.5/100K	1421.8/100K	12,941
84	B	Columbus	60	245.1/100K	1785.7/100K	2,856
85	C	Park City	59	201.1/100K	2402.2/100K	8,950
86	C	Shawnee	57	276.8/100K	1772/100K	70,089
87	C	Augusta	57	281.2/100K	1762.7/100K	9,247
88	C	Fort Scott	56	290.5/100K	1690.2/100K	7,573
89	C	Wellington	55	225.8/100K	2563.1/100K	7,530
90	C	Great Bend	55	315.5/100K	1556.3/100K	14,265
91	C	Westwood	53	175.2/100K	4147.2/100K	1,712
92	C	Edwardsville	53	342.9/100K	1435.9/100K	4,666
93	C	Larned	53	384.2/100K	1042.8/100K	3,644
94	C	Girard	48	366.2/100K	1749.4/100K	2,458
95	C	Winfield	46	283.6/100K	2913.4/100K	11,636
96	C	Fredonia	46	292.5/100K	2827.9/100K	2,051
97	C	Bonner Springs	46	406.2/100K	1585.6/100K	7,631
98	C	Oberlin	46	501.3/100K	438.6/100K	1,596
99	C	Hutchinson	44	366.6/100K	2230.2/100K	39,548
100	C	Emporia	43	369.2/100K	2302/100K	24,109
101	C	Cherryvale	43	426.5/100K	1611.4/100K	2,110
102	C	Arkansas City	41	401.7/100K	2170.9/100K	11,700
103	D	Concordia	39	522.4/100K	1064.9/100K	4,977
104	D	Anthony	39	582.2/100K	388.2/100K	2,061
105	D	Mission	36	338.7/100K	4573.1/100K	10,037
106	D	Lawrence	35	461.5/100K	2156.5/100K	96,636
107	D	Pittsburg	34	366.5/100K	3493.8/100K	20,465
108	D	Greensburg	34	573.9/100K	1004.3/100K	697
109	D	Hiawatha	33	568.5/100K	1168.7/100K	3,166
110	D	Garden City	31	511.9/100K	2080.6/100K	27,156
111	D	Chanute	30	525.2/100K	2017.2/100K	8,378
112	D	Iola	30	529.1/100K	1965.2/100K	5,292
113	D	Salina	29	492.9/100K	2475.4/100K	45,447
114	D	Leavenworth	28	495.4/100K	2588.1/100K	36,939
115	D	Merriam	27	435.4/100K	5586.4/100K	10,794
116	D	Galena	27	690.9/100K	436.4/100K	2,750
117	D	Wichita	26	538.6/100K	2303/100K	395,486
118	D	Coffeyville	25	529.8/100K	2601.8/100K	8,494
119	F	Newton	24	617.2/100K	1669.7/100K	18,147
120	F	Independence	18	522/100K	3605.7/100K	8,237
121	F	Junction City	10	776.6/100K	2306.5/100K	21,504
122	F	Parsons	3	1238.4/100K	3101.4/100K	9,286
123	F	Topeka	0	856.5/100K	3642.7/100K	125,156
124	F	Kansas City	0	1047.2/100K	3606.5/100K	153,363
125	F	Elwood	0	1512.5/100K	3914.6/100K	1,124

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Kansas's overall crime safety grade?

Kansas has an overall safety grade of D (score: 36/100). This is based on the state's aggregate violent crime rate of 456.2 per 100K and property crime rate of 2090 per 100K compared to national averages.

How many cities in Kansas have an A+ safety grade?

24 cities in Kansas earned an A+ safety grade (2024), meaning their crime rates are well below the national average. 29 additional cities earned an A grade.

Which is the safest city in Kansas?

Assaria is the highest-rated city in Kansas with a A+ grade (score: 100/100). Its violent crime rate is 0 per 100K.

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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, 2024. Safety scores based on violent and property crime rates vs. national averages published in FBI Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 8. Population figures reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.

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