What is the safest city in Kansas?

Based on 2024 FBI data, North Newton is the safest city in Kansas with a violent crime rate of 0.0 per 100,000 residents.

What is the most dangerous city in Kansas?

Elwood has the highest violent crime rate in Kansas at 1512.5 per 100,000 residents in 2024.

How many cities in Kansas report crime data?

137 cities in Kansas reported crime data to the FBI in 2024.

Safest Cities in Kansas (2024)

Ranked by violent crime rate per 100,000 residents from 2024 FBI data. Kansas has 137 cities reporting crime data, with a statewide violent crime rate of 438.7 per 100K.

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Cities Tracked

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Safest City Rate

184.4

Median City Rate

1512.5

Highest Rate

Top 25 Safest Cities in Kansas

#	City	Population	Violent Rate	Property Rate	Grade
1	North Newton	1,779	0.0	337.3	A+
2	Medicine Lodge	1,689	0.0	1065.7	A+
3	Inman	1,314	0.0	913.2	A+
4	Atwood	1,225	0.0	979.6	A+
5	St. John	1,155	0.0	173.2	A+
6	Victoria	1,106	0.0	180.8	A+
7	Montezuma	977	0.0	0.0	A+
8	Overbrook	977	0.0	1535.3	A+
9	Lebo	871	0.0	0.0	A+
10	Spearville	783	0.0	0.0	A+
11	Meriden	719	0.0	0.0	A
12	Frankfort	715	0.0	139.9	A
13	Bucklin	700	0.0	0.0	A
14	Nortonville	588	0.0	850.3	A
15	Waverly	555	0.0	0.0	A
16	Claflin	538	0.0	0.0	A
17	Moran	464	0.0	0.0	A
18	Winchester	444	0.0	225.2	A
19	Assaria	422	0.0	0.0	A
20	Westwood Hills	393	0.0	3053.4	A
21	Delphos	301	0.0	0.0	A
22	Eudora	6,485	15.4	323.8	A
23	Lindsborg	3,814	26.2	183.5	A
24	Hesston	3,465	28.9	490.6	A
25	Clearwater	2,636	37.9	417.3	A

Most Dangerous Cities in Kansas

#	City	Population	Violent Rate	Murder Rate	Grade
1	Elwood	1,124	1512.5	0.0	F
2	Parsons	9,286	1238.4	10.8	F
3	Kansas City	153,363	1047.2	12.4	F
4	Topeka	125,156	856.5	16.0	F
5	Junction City	21,504	776.6	0.0	F
6	Galena	2,750	690.9	0.0	F
7	Osawatomie	4,231	685.4	0.0	F
8	Newton	18,147	617.2	0.0	F
9	Anthony	2,061	582.2	0.0	F
10	Greensburg	697	573.9	0.0	F
11	Hiawatha	3,166	568.5	0.0	F
12	Wichita	395,486	538.6	8.3	F
13	Coffeyville	8,494	529.8	11.8	F
14	Iola	5,292	529.1	0.0	F
15	Chanute	8,378	525.2	0.0	F

All 137 Cities in Kansas

Complete list ranked from safest to most dangerous.

Show all 137 cities

#	City	Pop.	Violent Rate	Grade
1	North Newton	1,779	0.0	A+
2	Medicine Lodge	1,689	0.0	A+
3	Inman	1,314	0.0	A+
4	Atwood	1,225	0.0	A+
5	St. John	1,155	0.0	A+
6	Victoria	1,106	0.0	A+
7	Montezuma	977	0.0	A+
8	Overbrook	977	0.0	A+
9	Lebo	871	0.0	A+
10	Spearville	783	0.0	A+
11	Meriden	719	0.0	A
12	Frankfort	715	0.0	A
13	Bucklin	700	0.0	A
14	Nortonville	588	0.0	A
15	Waverly	555	0.0	A
16	Claflin	538	0.0	A
17	Moran	464	0.0	A
18	Winchester	444	0.0	A
19	Assaria	422	0.0	A
20	Westwood Hills	393	0.0	A
21	Delphos	301	0.0	A
22	Eudora	6,485	15.4	A
23	Lindsborg	3,814	26.2	A
24	Hesston	3,465	28.9	A
25	Clearwater	2,636	37.9	A
26	Hoisington	2,593	38.6	B+
27	Mission Hills	3,504	57.1	B+
28	Leawood	34,010	58.8	B+
29	Prairie Village	22,878	61.2	B+
30	Oswego	1,628	61.4	B+
31	Ellsworth	3,155	63.4	B+
32	Mulvane	7,161	69.8	B+
33	Andover	16,108	74.5	B
34	Carbondale	1,308	76.5	B
35	Bel Aire	9,989	80.1	B
36	Sterling	2,285	87.5	B
37	Frontenac	3,368	89.1	B
38	Ulysses	5,565	89.8	B
39	Halstead	2,161	92.5	B
40	Cheney	2,153	92.9	B
41	Valley Center	7,342	95.3	B
42	Goddard	5,915	101.4	B
43	Wellsville	1,924	104.0	B
44	Hugoton	3,570	112.0	C+
45	Rose Hill	4,381	114.1	C+
46	Holton	3,376	118.5	C+
47	McPherson	13,855	122.7	C+
48	Clay Center	4,061	123.1	C+
49	Kingman	2,906	137.6	C+
50	Gardner	26,071	138.1	C+
51	Belle Plaine	1,447	138.2	C+
52	Maize	7,168	139.5	C+
53	Council Grove	2,130	140.8	C+
54	Lyons	3,466	144.3	C+
55	Fairway	4,154	144.4	C+
56	Ottawa	12,702	149.6	C
57	Basehor	8,000	150.0	C
58	Atchison	10,604	150.9	C
59	Lansing	11,216	151.6	C
60	Ellinwood	1,964	152.7	C
61	Minneapolis	1,935	155.0	C
62	Baldwin City	4,966	161.1	C
63	Paola	5,788	172.8	C
64	Westwood	1,712	175.2	C
65	Beloit	3,346	179.3	C
66	Roeland Park	6,661	180.2	C
67	Lenexa	58,871	183.5	C
68	Overland Park	196,875	184.4	C
69	Pratt	6,506	184.4	C
70	Garnett	3,183	188.5	C
71	Tonganoxie	6,282	191.0	C
72	Louisburg	5,236	191.0	C
73	Olathe	149,473	196.0	C
74	Park City	8,950	201.1	D+
75	Belleville	1,983	201.7	D+
76	Spring Hill	10,283	204.2	D+
77	Horton	1,467	204.5	D+
78	Osage City	2,801	214.2	D+
79	Haysville	11,265	221.9	D+
80	Wellington	7,530	225.8	D+
81	Goodland	4,390	227.8	D+
82	Burlington	2,579	232.6	D+
83	Colby	5,578	233.1	D+
84	Hays	21,011	233.2	D+
85	Baxter Springs	3,813	236.0	D+
86	Columbus	2,856	245.1	D+
87	Dodge City	27,441	251.4	D+
88	Liberal	18,760	255.9	D+
89	Hillsboro	2,674	261.8	D+
90	Abilene	6,440	264.0	D+
91	El Dorado	12,941	270.5	D
92	Shawnee	70,089	276.8	D
93	Augusta	9,247	281.2	D
94	Winfield	11,636	283.6	D
95	Scott City	3,875	283.9	D
96	Fort Scott	7,573	290.5	D
97	Fredonia	2,051	292.5	D
98	Russell	4,334	300.0	D
99	Neodesha	2,272	308.1	D
100	Grandview Plaza	1,607	311.1	D
101	Great Bend	14,265	315.5	D
102	Marysville	3,394	324.1	D
103	Pleasanton	1,195	334.7	D
104	Mission	10,037	338.7	D
105	Edwardsville	4,666	342.9	D
106	Wamego	4,899	347.0	D
107	Girard	2,458	366.2	D
108	Pittsburg	20,465	366.5	D
109	Hutchinson	39,548	366.6	D
110	Emporia	24,109	369.2	D
111	Larned	3,644	384.2	F
112	Arkansas City	11,700	401.7	F
113	Bonner Springs	7,631	406.2	F
114	Cherryvale	2,110	426.5	F
115	Merriam	10,794	435.4	F
116	Lawrence	96,636	461.5	F
117	Salina	45,447	492.9	F
118	Leavenworth	36,939	495.4	F
119	Oberlin	1,596	501.3	F
120	Garden City	27,156	511.9	F
121	Independence	8,237	522.0	F
122	Concordia	4,977	522.4	F
123	Chanute	8,378	525.2	F
124	Iola	5,292	529.1	F
125	Coffeyville	8,494	529.8	F
126	Wichita	395,486	538.6	F
127	Hiawatha	3,166	568.5	F
128	Greensburg	697	573.9	F
129	Anthony	2,061	582.2	F
130	Newton	18,147	617.2	F
131	Osawatomie	4,231	685.4	F
132	Galena	2,750	690.9	F
133	Junction City	21,504	776.6	F
134	Topeka	125,156	856.5	F
135	Kansas City	153,363	1047.2	F
136	Parsons	9,286	1238.4	F
137	Elwood	1,124	1512.5	F

About This Data

Crime rates are from the FBI's 2024 Uniform Crime Report, the most recent data available. Rates are per 100,000 residents. Safety grades are based on national percentile ranking — an "A" means the city is safer than 80%+ of all US cities in our database.

Not all cities report to the FBI. Small agencies may have incomplete data. Always consider multiple years of data before drawing conclusions about a city's safety.

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