Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Great Bend, KS Crime Grade
How Great Bend 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 Great Bend, KS was 323.7 per 100,000 residents (46 incidents over a population of 14,211). That puts Great Bend 0% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 27% below the Kansas statewide rate of 441.9.
That ranks Great Bend #2,740 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 27% of them, and #22 of 37 in Kansas. Violent crime is up 3% year over year and down 20% over the last five years.
Great Bend, KS crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Kansas Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 323.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,740 of 3,771
- KS rank
- #22 of 37
- Safer than
- 27% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 3%
- 5-year change
- down 20%
- Population
- 14,211
- Reporting agency
- Great Bend Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Great Bend Police Department (FBI ORI KS0050200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Great Bend, KS
Also known as
- Greatbend
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. Great Bend (red), Kansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Great Bend 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 | 405.5(60) | 422.0(61) | 430.9(62) | 315.5(45) | 323.7(46) |
| Murder | 6.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 7.0(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 87.9(13) | 96.8(14) | 62.6(9) | 84.1(12) | 56.3(8) |
| Robbery | 13.5(2) | 13.8(2) | 0.0(0) | 7.0(1) | 7.0(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 297.4(44) | 311.3(45) | 368.4(53) | 217.3(31) | 260.4(37) |
| Property crime | 2615.7(387) | 2352.0(340) | 1661.2(239) | 1591.3(227) | 1252.6(178) |
| Burglary | 594.8(88) | 505.0(73) | 285.0(41) | 385.6(55) | 190.0(27) |
| Larceny | 1811.4(268) | 1674.0(242) | 1278.9(184) | 1086.6(155) | 971.1(138) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 202.8(30) | 159.1(23) | 76.5(11) | 84.1(12) | 84.4(12) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Great Bend, 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 Great Bend 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 Great Bend calculated?
- Great Bend'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 Great Bend 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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