Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Andover, KS Crime Grade
How Andover grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Kansas — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Kansas
1/10
vs. Kansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Andover, KS was 74.5 per 100,000 residents (12 incidents over a population of 16,108). That puts Andover 80% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 84% below the Kansas statewide rate of 474.7.
That ranks Andover #827 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 78% of them, and #2 of 37 in Kansas. Violent crime is up 32% year over year and down 49% over the last five years.
Andover, KS crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Kansas Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 74.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #827 of 3,771
- KS rank
- #2 of 37
- Safer than
- 78% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 32%
- 5-year change
- down 49%
- Population
- 16,108
- Reporting agency
- Andover Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Andover Police Department (FBI ORI KS0080500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Andover, KS
Also known as
- Cloud
- Minneha
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Andover (red), Kansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Andover vs. U.S., 2024 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 147.1(20) | 93.7(13) | 132.6(21) | 56.3(9) | 74.5(12) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 6.3(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 29.4(4) | 21.6(3) | 31.6(5) | 18.8(3) | 18.6(3) |
| Robbery | 14.7(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 103.0(14) | 72.1(10) | 94.7(15) | 37.6(6) | 55.9(9) |
| Property crime | 1743.7(237) | 1679.8(233) | 1325.6(210) | 1183.3(189) | 1322.3(213) |
| Burglary | 147.1(20) | 173.0(24) | 126.2(20) | 87.7(14) | 155.2(25) |
| Larceny | 1508.2(205) | 1384.2(192) | 1123.6(178) | 1020.5(163) | 1086.4(175) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 88.3(12) | 115.3(16) | 63.1(10) | 75.1(12) | 80.7(13) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Andover, KS Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Andover Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Andover calculated?
- Andover's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Kansas state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Kansas cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Andover Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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