State crime profile · 2024

Kansas Crime Rates: Safest & Most Dangerous Cities

Crime data for 125 cities and 70 of 105 counties in Kansas (KS), ranked safest to most dangerous from 413 reporting agencies.

Data updated 2026-09-05

456.2
Violent / 100K
2,090
Property / 100K
125
Cities
70
Counties

Kansas violent crime is 456.2 per 100,000, 30% above the U.S. average

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Kansas records 456.2 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 30% above the national average (about the 42nd-safest of 51 states and D.C.). Statewide averages hide city and county variation; UCR participation is voluntary.

  • 456.2 violent crimes per 100K
  • +30% vs. the U.S. average
  • 2,130 Wichita violent-crime reports, volume #1 of 15
  • 1,047.2/100K Kansas City rate #1 (volume #2)

How safe is Kansas? FBI UCR data snapshot

Kansas (KS) reported 13,553 violent crimes and 62,085 property crimes in 2024, based on FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program submissions from 413 law enforcement agencies. That translates to a statewide violent crime rate of 456.2 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2090 per 100,000 against a reporting population of 2,970,606. The PlainCrime dataset indexes 125 Kansas cities and 70 counties, each with their own detail pages and local crime figures drawn from FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10.

The FBI's state-level summary reports violent and property crime as aggregate totals rather than broken out by individual offense type (murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson). For an offense-by-offense breakdown, see the individual city and county pages for Kansas below, which draw on FBI UCR Tables 8 and 10 and do report each offense type separately.

Across 11 years of state-level UCR history (2014–2024), the violent crime rate moved from 334.7 to 456.2 per 100,000, a rise of 36.3%. City-level detail pages within Kansas include safety grades (A+ to F), benchmarks against national averages, per-capita risk estimates, and multi-year trend tables for users comparing specific jurisdictions. All figures above are drawn from FBI UCR 2024 submissions; reporting completeness varies by agency, and the FBI periodically restates prior-year figures as late submissions arrive.

How Kansas ranks nationally

Kansas vs. every U.S. state

Violent crime per 100,000 residents, FBI UCR 2024. Lower is safer.

456 18th percentile among 51 U.S. states

KS 0 1,100+ every state & DC, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band of values; taller bars hold more U.S. states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · 2024

Safest cities · Most dangerous cities · Crime trends

Crime Trends

Year Population Violent Crime Rate Property Crime Rate
2024 2,970,606 13,553 456.2 62,085 2090
2023 2,940,546 12,176 414.1 58,198 1979.2
2022 2,937,150 12,188 415 59,027 2009.7
2021 2,934,582 12,331 420.2 61,943 2110.8
2020 2,913,805 11,540 396 60,097 2062.5
2019 2,913,314 11,061 379.7 61,940 2126.1
2018 2,911,505 11,249 386.4 68,900 2366.5
2017 2,913,123 10,436 358.2 71,262 2446.2
2016 2,907,289 9,879 339.8 69,708 2397.7
2015 2,911,641 10,857 372.9 75,788 2602.9
2014 2,904,021 9,721 334.7 76,105 2620.7

Cities in Kansas

Safest cities in Kansas

Cities with 25,000+ residents, lowest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Leawood is the safest sizeable city in Kansas, at 58.8 violent crimes per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Highest violent-crime cities in Kansas

Cities with 25,000+ residents, highest violent crime per 100,000, FBI UCR 2024. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K

What this shows Kansas City reports the highest big-city violent-crime rate in Kansas, at 1,047.2 per 100,000.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024

Wichita recorded 2,130 violent-crime reports (#1 of 15) at 538.6 per 100,000 (rate #3). Kansas City recorded 1,606 (#2) at 1,047.2 per 100,000 (#1). These are FBI UCR 2024 agency submissions, not a personal risk forecast.

Volume #1 is not rate #1 among Kansas cities

Violent-crime rate per 100,000 for the count leader and the rate leader among cities with 25,000+ residents, FBI UCR 2024. Each tooltip identifies the relevant rate or volume rank; chart row is not a state rank.

/100K

What this shows Wichita recorded 2,130 violent-crime reports (#1 of 15) at 538.6 per 100,000 (rate #3). Kansas City recorded 1,606 (#2) at 1,047.2 per 100,000 (#1). These are FBI UCR 2024 agency submissions, not a personal risk forecast.

Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024
Kansas's largest cities, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 14 cities; the anchor is ringed. Kansas's largest cities, violent vs. property crime 53 1,131 Violent crime per 100K → 847 3,934 Property crime per 100K → Wichita Overland Park Kansas City Olathe SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME PROPERTY-HEAVY VIOLENT-HEAVY Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are Kansas's statewide averages · the four largest cities are labeled
Read the chart as a list
  • Wichita: 539 violent, 2303 property per 100,000 (grade D)
  • Overland Park: 184 violent, 1762 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Kansas City: 1047 violent, 3607 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Olathe: 196 violent, 941 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Topeka: 857 violent, 3643 property per 100,000 (grade F)
  • Lawrence: 462 violent, 2157 property per 100,000 (grade D)
  • Shawnee: 277 violent, 1772 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Lenexa: 184 violent, 1347 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Salina: 493 violent, 2475 property per 100,000 (grade D)
  • Hutchinson: 367 violent, 2230 property per 100,000 (grade C)
  • Leavenworth: 495 violent, 2588 property per 100,000 (grade D)
  • Leawood: 59 violent, 1520 property per 100,000 (grade A)
  • Dodge City: 251 violent, 1090 property per 100,000 (grade B)
  • Garden City: 512 violent, 2081 property per 100,000 (grade D)
F

Kansas safety livability score: 15/100

Percentile-benchmarked against all 51 tracked states, 2024 FBI UCR data.

  • Violent crime rate

    456.2/100K · F (18th percentile)

  • Property crime rate

    2090/100K · F (12th percentile)

  • Murder rate

    N/A, dropped from score, weight redistributed

City Population Violent / 100K Grade
Wichita 395,486
538.6
D
Overland Park 196,875
184.4
B
Kansas City 153,363
1,047.2
F
Olathe 149,473
196
B
Topeka 125,156
856.5
F
Lawrence 96,636
461.5
D
Shawnee 70,089
276.8
C
Lenexa 58,871
183.5
B
Salina 45,447
492.9
D
Hutchinson 39,548
366.6
C
Leavenworth 36,939
495.4
D
Leawood 34,010
58.8
A
Dodge City 27,441
251.4
B
Garden City 27,156
511.9
D
Gardner 26,071
138.1
A
Emporia 24,109
369.2
C
Prairie Village 22,878
61.2
A
Junction City 21,504
776.6
F
Hays 21,011
233.2
B
Pittsburg 20,465
366.5
D
Liberal 18,760
255.9
B
Newton 18,147
617.2
F
Andover 16,108
74.5
A
Great Bend 14,265
315.5
C
McPherson 13,855
122.7
A
El Dorado 12,941
270.5
B
Ottawa 12,702
149.6
A
Arkansas City 11,700
401.7
C
Winfield 11,636
283.6
C
Haysville 11,265
221.9
B
Lansing 11,216
151.6
A
Merriam 10,794
435.4
D
Atchison 10,604
150.9
B
Spring Hill 10,283
204.2
B
Mission 10,037
338.7
D
Bel Aire 9,989
80.1
A
Parsons 9,286
1,238.4
F
Augusta 9,247
281.2
C
Park City 8,950
201.1
C
Coffeyville 8,494
529.8
D
Chanute 8,378
525.2
D
Independence 8,237
522
F
Basehor 8,000
150
A
Bonner Springs 7,631
406.2
C
Fort Scott 7,573
290.5
C
Wellington 7,530
225.8
C
Maize 7,168
139.5
A
Mulvane 7,161
69.8
A
Roeland Park 6,661
180.2
B
Eudora 6,485
15.4
A+
Abilene 6,440
264
B
Tonganoxie 6,282
191
A
Goddard 5,915
101.4
A
Paola 5,788
172.8
B
Colby 5,578
233.1
B
Ulysses 5,565
89.8
A+
Iola 5,292
529.1
D
Louisburg 5,236
191
A
Concordia 4,977
522.4
D
Baldwin City 4,966
161.1
B
Edwardsville 4,666
342.9
C
Goodland 4,390
227.8
B
Rose Hill 4,381
114.1
A
Fairway 4,154
144.4
A
Clay Center 4,061
123.1
A
Scott City 3,875
283.9
B
Baxter Springs 3,813
236
B
Larned 3,644
384.2
C
Hugoton 3,570
112
A
Mission Hills 3,504
57.1
A
Lyons 3,466
144.3
A
Hesston 3,465
28.9
A+
Marysville 3,394
324.1
B
Holton 3,376
118.5
B
Frontenac 3,368
89.1
A
Beloit 3,346
179.3
B
Garnett 3,183
188.5
B
Hiawatha 3,166
568.5
D
Ellsworth 3,155
63.4
A
Columbus 2,856
245.1
B
Osage City 2,801
214.2
B
Galena 2,750
690.9
D
Hillsboro 2,674
261.8
B
Clearwater 2,636
37.9
A+
Hoisington 2,593
38.6
A+
Burlington 2,579
232.6
B
Girard 2,458
366.2
C
Sterling 2,285
87.5
A
Cheney 2,153
92.9
A
Cherryvale 2,110
426.5
C
Anthony 2,061
582.2
D
Fredonia 2,051
292.5
C
Belleville 1,983
201.7
B
Minneapolis 1,935
155
A
Wellsville 1,924
104
A
North Newton 1,779
0
A+
Westwood 1,712
175.2
C
Medicine Lodge 1,689
0
A+
Grandview Plaza 1,607
311.1
B
Oberlin 1,596
501.3
C
Showing the 100 largest of 125 reporting cities. Browse all 125 cities → Or see the safest and most dangerous rankings.

Counties in Kansas

70 of 105 Census county-equivalents (66.7%) appear in FBI Table 10 for this vintage. Missing counties are absent from the FBI source for this year, not dropped by PlainCrime. See national county coverage and methodology.

Largest counties in Kansas, violent crime per 100K

Top 8 counties by population, violent crime per 100,000 residents. Hover a bar for the exact rate.

/100K
Source FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program As of 2024
Allen
Anderson
Atchison
Barber
Barton
Bourbon
Brown
Butler
Chase
Cherokee
Cheyenne
Clark
Clay
Coffey
Cowley
Crawford
Dickinson
Douglas
Edwards
Ellis
Ellsworth
Finney
Ford
Franklin
Geary
Gove
Gray
Greeley
Greenwood
Hamilton
Harper
Harvey
Haskell
Jackson
Jefferson
Johnson
Kearny
Kiowa
Labette
Leavenworth
Linn
Marion
Marshall
Miami
Montgomery
Morris
Nemaha
Neosho
Norton
Osage
Pawnee
Pottawatomie
Reno
Rice
Riley
Rooks
Rush
Russell
Saline
Scott
Sedgwick
Shawnee
Sheridan
Sumner
Thomas
Wabaunsee
Washington
Wilson
Woodson
Wyandotte

Nationwide peers for Kansas

Similar violent rate (~456.2/100K)

Similar property rate (~2,090/100K)

Nearby States

Indiana
IN
Iowa
IA
Kentucky
KY
Louisiana
LA
Maine
ME

Safest cities · Most dangerous · Trends · National rankings · Crime grades · Compare · Methodology

Primary source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States annual release. State-level trends cross-check against the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) API.

Population figures for rate calculations reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with Census.gov QuickFacts.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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