Safest Cities in Kansas

Top 35 cities (≥10,000 pop) by lowest FBI UCR violent crime rate per 100,000 · 2024. Lead: Leawood at 58.8/100K.

FBI UCR Safest-Cities Snapshot: Kansas

Kansas lists 35 cities with 10,000+ population for 2024, spanning Leawood at 58.8/100K violent down to Kansas City at 1047.2/100K on this cut. That is a 988.4/100K spread inside the safest cohort alone, not a single statewide rate. Cohort average: 338.9 violent offenses per 100,000 residents.

Leawood reported 20 violent and 517 property offenses on a 34,010 reporting population in 2024. Property rate 1520.1/100K sits beside the 58.8/100K violent rate. Top five on the table: Leawood, Prairie Village, Andover, McPherson, Gardner.

Leawood offense desk

Leawood's 2024 violent book concentrates in aggravated assault (85% of 20 Part I violent offenses; mix index 7,350).

Leawood's violent rate fell 41.8% vs 2023 (101.1 → 58.8 per 100K) while staying #1 on this Kansas list.

Leawood violent offense mix (2024)

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on Part I violent shares for the #1 city only, distinct from the per-100K ranking table.

# Grade City Population Violent Crime Rate Property Crime Rate
1 A Leawood 34,010 58.8/100K 1520.1/100K
2 A Prairie Village 22,878 61.2/100K 1079.6/100K
3 A Andover 16,108 74.5/100K 1322.3/100K
4 A McPherson 13,855 122.7/100K 1407.4/100K
5 A Gardner 26,071 138.1/100K 878.4/100K
6 A Ottawa 12,702 149.6/100K 1110.1/100K
7 B Atchison 10,604 150.9/100K 1329.7/100K
8 A Lansing 11,216 151.6/100K 597.4/100K
9 B Lenexa 58,871 183.5/100K 1347/100K
10 B Overland Park 196,875 184.4/100K 1761.5/100K
11 B Olathe 149,473 196/100K 941.3/100K
12 B Spring Hill 10,283 204.2/100K 622.4/100K
13 B Haysville 11,265 221.9/100K 1340.4/100K
14 B Hays 21,011 233.2/100K 1461.1/100K
15 B Dodge City 27,441 251.4/100K 1089.6/100K
16 B Liberal 18,760 255.9/100K 1140.7/100K
17 B El Dorado 12,941 270.5/100K 1421.8/100K
18 C Shawnee 70,089 276.8/100K 1772/100K
19 C Winfield 11,636 283.6/100K 2913.4/100K
20 C Great Bend 14,265 315.5/100K 1556.3/100K
21 D Mission 10,037 338.7/100K 4573.1/100K
22 D Pittsburg 20,465 366.5/100K 3493.8/100K
23 C Hutchinson 39,548 366.6/100K 2230.2/100K
24 C Emporia 24,109 369.2/100K 2302/100K
25 C Arkansas City 11,700 401.7/100K 2170.9/100K
26 D Merriam 10,794 435.4/100K 5586.4/100K
27 D Lawrence 96,636 461.5/100K 2156.5/100K
28 D Salina 45,447 492.9/100K 2475.4/100K
29 D Leavenworth 36,939 495.4/100K 2588.1/100K
30 D Garden City 27,156 511.9/100K 2080.6/100K
31 D Wichita 395,486 538.6/100K 2303/100K
32 F Newton 18,147 617.2/100K 1669.7/100K
33 F Junction City 21,504 776.6/100K 2306.5/100K
34 F Topeka 125,156 856.5/100K 3642.7/100K
35 F Kansas City 153,363 1047.2/100K 3606.5/100K

Kansas overview · Most dangerous cities · National safest cities · Methodology - FBI UCR Part I rates; cities ≥10,000 pop; 2024.