Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Arkansas City, KS Crime Grade
How Arkansas City 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Kansas
8/10
vs. Kansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Arkansas City, KS was 410.3 per 100,000 residents (48 incidents over a population of 11,700). That puts Arkansas City 12% above the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 14% below the Kansas statewide rate of 474.7.
That ranks Arkansas City #3,052 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 19% of them, and #27 of 37 in Kansas. Violent crime is down 37% year over year and down 12% over the last five years.
Arkansas City, KS crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Kansas Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 410.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,052 of 3,771
- KS rank
- #27 of 37
- Safer than
- 19% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 37%
- 5-year change
- down 12%
- Population
- 11,700
- Reporting agency
- Arkansas City Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Arkansas City Police Department (FBI ORI KS0180100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Arkansas City, KS
Also known as
- Adelphi
- Creswell
- Fernandina
- Walnut City
History
Founded in 1870 and incorporated as a city in 1884. Current name adopted in 1872.
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. Arkansas City (red), Kansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Arkansas City 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 | 466.0(54) | 433.6(50) | 504.1(60) | 647.0(77) | 410.3(48) |
| Murder | 17.3(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 34.5(4) | 69.4(8) | 25.2(3) | 75.6(9) | 51.3(6) |
| Robbery | 8.6(1) | 17.3(2) | 16.8(2) | 16.8(2) | 25.6(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 405.6(47) | 346.9(40) | 462.1(55) | 554.5(66) | 333.3(39) |
| Property crime | 3408.4(395) | 3555.6(410) | 2814.7(335) | 2965.9(353) | 2247.9(263) |
| Burglary | 586.8(68) | 581.0(67) | 546.1(65) | 445.3(53) | 410.3(48) |
| Larceny | 2545.5(295) | 2775.1(320) | 2058.5(245) | 2344.1(279) | 1700.9(199) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 267.5(31) | 182.1(21) | 193.2(23) | 168.0(20) | 128.2(15) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Arkansas City, 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 Arkansas City 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 Arkansas City calculated?
- Arkansas City'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 Arkansas City 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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