Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Dodge City, KS Crime Grade
How Dodge 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Kansas
3/10
vs. Kansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Dodge City, KS was 170.0 per 100,000 residents (47 incidents over a population of 27,645). That puts Dodge City Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 62% below the Kansas statewide rate of 441.9.
That ranks Dodge City #1,821 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 52% of them, and #9 of 37 in Kansas. Violent crime is down 35% year over year and down 64% over the last five years.
Dodge City, KS crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Kansas Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 170.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,821 of 3,771
- KS rank
- #9 of 37
- Safer than
- 52% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 35%
- 5-year change
- down 64%
- Population
- 27,645
- Reporting agency
- Dodge City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Dodge City Police Department (FBI ORI KS0290100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Dodge City, KS
Also known as
- Buffalo City
- Fort Dodge
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. Dodge City (red), Kansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Dodge City vs. U.S., 2025 — 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 477.2(127) | 401.6(111) | 381.4(104) | 262.4(72) | 170.0(47) |
| Murder | 3.8(1) | 3.6(1) | 11.0(3) | 0.0(0) | 3.6(1) |
| Rape | 60.1(16) | 54.3(15) | 55.0(15) | 43.7(12) | 18.1(5) |
| Robbery | 41.3(11) | 28.9(8) | 18.3(5) | 10.9(3) | 39.8(11) |
| Aggravated assault | 372.0(99) | 314.7(87) | 297.0(81) | 207.7(57) | 108.5(30) |
| Property crime | 1698.5(452) | 1664.2(460) | 1349.5(368) | 1115.1(306) | 911.6(252) |
| Burglary | 195.4(52) | 199.0(55) | 154.0(42) | 116.6(32) | 191.7(53) |
| Larceny | 1345.3(358) | 1273.5(352) | 1092.8(298) | 922.0(253) | 643.9(178) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 146.6(39) | 148.3(41) | 84.3(23) | 58.3(16) | 57.9(16) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Dodge 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 Dodge 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 Dodge City calculated?
- Dodge 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 Dodge 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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