Safest Places to Live in Kansas of October 2024
Located in the Midwestern region of the United States, Kansas borders Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Nebraska. Kansas is the 35th most populous state, with over 2.9 million residents. Its capital is Topeka, but the largest city is Wichita, home to around 390,000 people.
After being home to Native American tribes for centuries, Kansas was settled by European settlers. After the Civil War, its population grew very fast because immigrants converted the prairie into farmland. It officially became a state in 1861.
The economy of Kansas depends mainly on agriculture, and in fact, this state is one of the biggest agricultural producers in the entire US. It produces great quantities of wheat, corn, sorghum, and soybeans.
Ranking Criteria
ElitePersonalFinance extracted the latest data from the FBI crime statistics in the United States. We took violent crime as the main criteria. To get our score, we used this formula:
Crime Score = ( Total Number of Violent Crimes / Population ) * 1,000
This way, safer cities got the lowest score, and those more vulnerable to crimes got higher scores.
The cities that did not report crimes to the FBI and those under 3,000 residents were not included in the list.
30 Safest Places in Kansas of October 2024
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
| 1 | Basehor | 6 418 | 1 | 0,16 |
| 2 | Mission Hills | 3 588 | 1 | 0,28 |
| 3 | Lindsborg | 3 269 | 1 | 0,31 |
| 4 | Leawood | 35 052 | 19 | 0,54 |
| 5 | Tonganoxie | 5 591 | 4 | 0,72 |
| 6 | Valley Center | 7 376 | 6 | 0,81 |
| 7 | Goddard | 4 764 | 4 | 0,84 |
| 8 | Derby | 25 012 | 25 | 1,00 |
| 9 | Prairie Village | 22 508 | 29 | 1,29 |
| 10 | Columbus | 3 042 | 4 | 1,31 |
| 11 | El Dorado | 12 899 | 17 | 1,32 |
| 12 | Louisburg | 4 532 | 6 | 1,32 |
| 13 | Bel Aire | 8 252 | 11 | 1,33 |
| 14 | Gardner | 22 229 | 32 | 1,44 |
| 15 | Emporia | 24 747 | 36 | 1,45 |
| 16 | Rose Hill | 3 969 | 6 | 1,51 |
| 17 | Baxter Springs | 3 907 | 6 | 1,54 |
| 18 | Holton | 3 239 | 5 | 1,54 |
| 19 | Lenexa | 56 240 | 87 | 1,55 |
| 20 | Abilene | 6 235 | 10 | 1,60 |
| 21 | Hesston | 3 736 | 6 | 1,61 |
| 22 | Maize | 4 836 | 8 | 1,65 |
| 23 | McPherson | 13 070 | 24 | 1,84 |
| 24 | Eudora | 6 414 | 13 | 2,03 |
| 25 | Olathe | 141 371 | 290 | 2,05 |
| 26 | Frontenac | 3 406 | 7 | 2,06 |
| 27 | Scott City | 3 799 | 8 | 2,11 |
| 28 | Shawnee | 66 300 | 141 | 2,13 |
| 29 | Beloit | 3 715 | 8 | 2,15 |
| 30 | Garnett | 3 244 | 7 | 2,16 |
Crime Score in All Cities in Kansas of October 2024
If your city didn’t make our list, you could see our full list of Kansas cities.
We can’t compare crime rates in small and large cities. That’s why ElitePersonalFinance made a detailed analysis and narrowed the results according to population segments:
- Under 3,000 Residents
- 3,000 – 10,000 Residents
- 10,000 – 30,000 Residents
- Over 30,000 Residents
(Other sites don’t include places with under 3,000 residents, but we included them.)
These are the results that we got:
Under 3,000 Residents
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
| 1 | Havensville | 157 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 2 | Bronson | 308 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 3 | Mayetta | 349 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 4 | Alta Vista | 419 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 5 | Holyrood | 419 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 6 | Kanopolis | 457 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 7 | Goessel | 496 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 8 | Little River | 518 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 9 | Mulberry | 522 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 10 | La Harpe | 523 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 11 | Macksville | 530 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 12 | Le Roy | 538 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 13 | Waverly | 548 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 14 | Claflin | 608 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 15 | Ozawkie | 618 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 16 | Mound City | 685 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 17 | Alma | 773 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 18 | Spearville | 795 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 19 | Lebo | 889 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 20 | Perry | 902 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 21 | Garden Plain | 907 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 22 | Lake Quivira | 942 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 23 | Montezuma | 961 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 24 | Troy | 969 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 25 | Carbondale | 1 371 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 26 | North Newton | 1 752 | 0 | 0,00 |
| 27 | St. Marys | 2 636 | 1 | 0,38 |
| 28 | Halstead | 2 018 | 1 | 0,50 |
| 29 | Belleville | 1 877 | 1 | 0,53 |
| 30 | Marion | 1 770 | 1 | 0,56 |
| 31 | Oswego | 1 682 | 1 | 0,59 |
| 32 | Hillsboro | 2 814 | 2 | 0,71 |
| 33 | Haven | 1 189 | 1 | 0,84 |
| 34 | Cheney | 2 181 | 2 | 0,92 |
| 35 | Ellinwood | 1 950 | 2 | 1,03 |
| 36 | McLouth | 839 | 1 | 1,19 |
| 37 | Sterling | 2 194 | 3 | 1,37 |
| 38 | Minneapolis | 1 920 | 3 | 1,56 |
| 39 | Clearwater | 2 550 | 4 | 1,57 |
| 40 | Horton | 1 679 | 3 | 1,79 |
| 41 | Galena | 2 848 | 6 | 2,11 |
| 42 | Norton | 2 754 | 6 | 2,18 |
| 43 | Wellsville | 1 795 | 4 | 2,23 |
| 44 | Elkhart | 1 775 | 4 | 2,25 |
| 45 | Cherryvale | 2 127 | 5 | 2,35 |
| 46 | Hoisington | 2 486 | 6 | 2,41 |
| 47 | Colony | 410 | 1 | 2,44 |
| 48 | Sedgwick | 1 635 | 4 | 2,45 |
| 49 | Ellsworth | 2 983 | 8 | 2,68 |
| 50 | Peabody | 1 098 | 3 | 2,73 |
| 51 | Neodesha | 2 289 | 7 | 3,06 |
| 52 | Herington | 2 277 | 7 | 3,07 |
| 53 | Seneca | 2 058 | 7 | 3,40 |
| 54 | Kingman | 2 874 | 10 | 3,48 |
| 55 | Arma | 1 427 | 5 | 3,50 |
| 56 | Burlington | 2 545 | 9 | 3,54 |
| 57 | Inman | 1 327 | 5 | 3,77 |
| 58 | Anthony | 2 081 | 8 | 3,84 |
| 59 | Meade | 1 546 | 6 | 3,88 |
| 60 | Highland | 999 | 4 | 4,00 |
| 61 | Lyndon | 1 016 | 5 | 4,92 |
| 62 | Atwood | 1 204 | 6 | 4,98 |
| 63 | Osage City | 2 807 | 19 | 6,77 |
| 64 | Attica | 556 | 4 | 7,19 |
| 65 | Grandview Plaza | 1 563 | 18 | 11,52 |
3,000 – 10,000 Residents
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
| 1 | Basehor | 6 418 | 1 | 0,16 |
| 2 | Mission Hills | 3 588 | 1 | 0,28 |
| 3 | Lindsborg | 3 269 | 1 | 0,31 |
| 4 | Tonganoxie | 5 591 | 4 | 0,72 |
| 5 | Valley Center | 7 376 | 6 | 0,81 |
| 6 | Goddard | 4 764 | 4 | 0,84 |
| 7 | Columbus | 3 042 | 4 | 1,31 |
| 8 | Louisburg | 4 532 | 6 | 1,32 |
| 9 | Bel Aire | 8 252 | 11 | 1,33 |
| 10 | Rose Hill | 3 969 | 6 | 1,51 |
| 11 | Baxter Springs | 3 907 | 6 | 1,54 |
| 12 | Holton | 3 239 | 5 | 1,54 |
| 13 | Abilene | 6 235 | 10 | 1,60 |
| 14 | Hesston | 3 736 | 6 | 1,61 |
| 15 | Maize | 4 836 | 8 | 1,65 |
| 16 | Eudora | 6 414 | 13 | 2,03 |
| 17 | Frontenac | 3 406 | 7 | 2,06 |
| 18 | Scott City | 3 799 | 8 | 2,11 |
| 19 | Beloit | 3 715 | 8 | 2,15 |
| 20 | Garnett | 3 244 | 7 | 2,16 |
| 21 | Paola | 5 676 | 13 | 2,29 |
| 22 | Park City | 7 779 | 18 | 2,31 |
| 23 | Mulvane | 6 451 | 15 | 2,33 |
| 24 | Bonner Springs | 7 850 | 20 | 2,55 |
| 25 | Hiawatha | 3 119 | 8 | 2,56 |
| 26 | Ulysses | 5 709 | 15 | 2,63 |
| 27 | Colby | 5 305 | 14 | 2,64 |
| 28 | Pratt | 6 606 | 18 | 2,72 |
| 29 | Wamego | 4 808 | 14 | 2,91 |
| 30 | Osawatomie | 4 245 | 13 | 3,06 |
| 31 | Augusta | 9 334 | 29 | 3,11 |
| 32 | Goodland | 4 374 | 15 | 3,43 |
| 33 | Wellington | 7 698 | 29 | 3,77 |
| 34 | Larned | 3 739 | 15 | 4,01 |
| 35 | Russell | 4 455 | 18 | 4,04 |
| 36 | Iola | 5 265 | 23 | 4,37 |
| 37 | Edwardsville | 4 505 | 22 | 4,88 |
| 38 | Fort Scott | 7 729 | 39 | 5,05 |
| 39 | Clay Center | 3 946 | 23 | 5,83 |
| 40 | Coffeyville | 9 260 | 60 | 6,48 |
| 41 | Concordia | 4 904 | 40 | 8,16 |
| 42 | Independence | 8 497 | 84 | 9,89 |
10,000 – 30,000 Residents
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
| 1 | Derby | 25 012 | 25 | 1,00 |
| 2 | Prairie Village | 22 508 | 29 | 1,29 |
| 3 | El Dorado | 12 899 | 17 | 1,32 |
| 4 | Gardner | 22 229 | 32 | 1,44 |
| 5 | Emporia | 24 747 | 36 | 1,45 |
| 6 | McPherson | 13 070 | 24 | 1,84 |
| 7 | Ottawa | 12 221 | 28 | 2,29 |
| 8 | Lansing | 12 051 | 32 | 2,66 |
| 9 | Hays | 20 894 | 56 | 2,68 |
| 10 | Winfield | 12 023 | 33 | 2,74 |
| 11 | Merriam | 11 197 | 43 | 3,84 |
| 12 | Atchison | 10 509 | 41 | 3,90 |
| 13 | Pittsburg | 20 168 | 91 | 4,51 |
| 14 | Dodge City | 27 314 | 129 | 4,72 |
| 15 | Newton | 18 697 | 91 | 4,87 |
| 16 | Garden City | 26 509 | 130 | 4,90 |
| 17 | Arkansas City | 11 718 | 65 | 5,55 |
| 18 | Junction City | 21 921 | 219 | 9,99 |
Over 30,000 Residents
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
| 1 | Leawood | 35 052 | 19 | 0,54 |
| 2 | Lenexa | 56 240 | 87 | 1,55 |
| 3 | Olathe | 141 371 | 290 | 2,05 |
| 4 | Shawnee | 66 300 | 141 | 2,13 |
| 5 | Hutchinson | 40 431 | 153 | 3,78 |
| 6 | Salina | 46 567 | 213 | 4,57 |
| 7 | Topeka | 125 655 | 895 | 7,12 |
| 8 | Wichita | 390 080 | 4 451 | 11,41 |
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