Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Emporia, KS Crime Grade
How Emporia 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
8/10
vs. Kansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Emporia, KS was 373.3 per 100,000 residents (90 incidents over a population of 24,109). That puts Emporia 2% above the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 21% below the Kansas statewide rate of 474.7.
That ranks Emporia #2,939 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 22% of them, and #26 of 37 in Kansas. Violent crime is down 7% year over year and up 150% over the last five years.
Emporia, KS crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Kansas Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 373.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,939 of 3,771
- KS rank
- #26 of 37
- Safer than
- 22% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 7%
- 5-year change
- up 150%
- Population
- 24,109
- Reporting agency
- Emporia Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Emporia Police Department (FBI ORI KS0560100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Emporia, KS
Also known as
- Columbia
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. Emporia (red), Kansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Emporia 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 149.5(37) | 162.8(40) | 317.6(76) | 402.2(96) | 373.3(90) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 52.5(13) | 48.9(12) | 66.9(16) | 83.8(20) | 66.4(16) |
| Robbery | 4.0(1) | 8.1(2) | 16.7(4) | 41.9(10) | 16.6(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 92.9(23) | 105.8(26) | 234.1(56) | 276.5(66) | 290.3(70) |
| Property crime | 2137.6(529) | 2059.9(506) | 2328.0(557) | 2593.5(619) | 2360.1(569) |
| Burglary | 254.6(63) | 268.7(66) | 392.9(94) | 393.8(94) | 439.7(106) |
| Larceny | 1806.3(447) | 1669.1(410) | 1780.5(426) | 2069.8(494) | 1825.0(440) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 72.7(18) | 118.1(29) | 146.3(35) | 117.3(28) | 83.0(20) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Emporia, 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 Emporia 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 Emporia calculated?
- Emporia'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 Emporia 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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