Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
El Dorado, KS Crime Grade
How El Dorado 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Kansas
6/10
vs. Kansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in El Dorado, KS was 323.5 per 100,000 residents (41 incidents over a population of 12,675). That puts El Dorado 1% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 27% below the Kansas statewide rate of 441.9.
That ranks El Dorado #2,737 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 27% of them, and #21 of 37 in Kansas. Violent crime is up 13% year over year and up 48% over the last five years.
El Dorado, KS crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Kansas Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 323.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,737 of 3,771
- KS rank
- #21 of 37
- Safer than
- 27% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 13%
- 5-year change
- up 48%
- Population
- 12,675
- Reporting agency
- El Dorado Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by El Dorado Police Department (FBI ORI KS0080200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About El Dorado, KS
Also known as
- Eldorado
Location
Incorporated city about 27 mi E-NE of Wichita
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. El Dorado (red), Kansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
El Dorado 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 | 218.4(28) | 288.6(37) | 248.6(32) | 285.9(37) | 323.5(41) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 7.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 7.7(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 31.2(4) | 31.2(4) | 46.6(6) | 54.1(7) | 55.2(7) |
| Robbery | 7.8(1) | 23.4(3) | 7.8(1) | 23.2(3) | 31.6(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 179.4(23) | 226.2(29) | 194.2(25) | 200.9(26) | 236.7(30) |
| Property crime | 4649.3(596) | 2176.1(279) | 1320.7(170) | 1452.7(188) | 1357.0(172) |
| Burglary | 2839.5(364) | 195.0(25) | 155.4(20) | 162.3(21) | 299.8(38) |
| Larceny | 1505.6(193) | 1676.9(215) | 1025.5(132) | 1066.4(138) | 954.6(121) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 288.6(37) | 288.6(37) | 124.3(16) | 216.4(28) | 102.6(13) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the El Dorado, 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 El Dorado 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 El Dorado calculated?
- El Dorado'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 El Dorado 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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