Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2022
Derby, KS Crime Grade
How Derby 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Kansas
5/10
vs. Kansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2022, the violent crime rate in Derby, KS was 227.7 per 100,000 residents (59 incidents over a population of 25,907). That puts Derby Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 49% below the Kansas statewide rate of 448.7.
That ranks Derby #2,242 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 41% of them, and #16 of 37 in Kansas. Violent crime is up 35% year over year and up 36% over the last five years.
Derby, KS crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Kansas Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 227.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,242 of 3,771
- KS rank
- #16 of 37
- Safer than
- 41% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 35%
- 5-year change
- up 36%
- Population
- 25,907
- Reporting agency
- Derby Police Department
- Data year
- 2022 · FBI UCR
Reported by Derby Police Department (FBI ORI KS0870100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Derby, KS
Also known as
- El Paso
- Sand Ford
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. Derby (red), Kansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Derby vs. U.S., 2022 — 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 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 167.8(40) | 104.0(26) | 126.8(32) | 169.1(43) | 227.7(59) |
| Murder | 4.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 3.9(1) | 7.7(2) |
| Rape | 46.1(11) | 52.0(13) | 51.5(13) | 19.7(5) | 38.6(10) |
| Robbery | 16.8(4) | 4.0(1) | 11.9(3) | 7.9(2) | 3.9(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 100.7(24) | 48.0(12) | 63.4(16) | 137.7(35) | 177.6(46) |
| Property crime | 2172.6(518) | 1639.2(410) | 1906.5(481) | 2017.7(513) | 2188.6(567) |
| Burglary | 234.9(56) | 139.9(35) | 162.5(41) | 137.7(35) | 150.5(39) |
| Larceny | 1774.2(423) | 1347.4(337) | 1593.4(402) | 1785.6(454) | 1949.3(505) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 146.8(35) | 143.9(36) | 142.7(36) | 86.5(22) | 84.9(22) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Derby, 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 Derby 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 Derby calculated?
- Derby'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 Derby 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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