Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Hays, KS Crime Grade
How Hays 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Kansas
5/10
vs. Kansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Hays, KS was 238.0 per 100,000 residents (50 incidents over a population of 21,011). That puts Hays 35% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 50% below the Kansas statewide rate of 474.7.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Hays (red), Kansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Hays 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 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 332.2(69) | 465.0(97) | 473.5(98) | 420.9(89) | 238.0(50) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 4.8(1) | 9.7(2) | 4.7(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 38.5(8) | 71.9(15) | 77.3(16) | 85.1(18) | 61.9(13) |
| Robbery | 14.4(3) | 38.3(8) | 33.8(7) | 18.9(4) | 9.5(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 279.3(58) | 349.9(73) | 352.7(73) | 312.2(66) | 166.6(35) |
| Property crime | 2181.1(453) | 1965.4(410) | 1865.1(386) | 1234.5(261) | 1499.2(315) |
| Burglary | 539.3(112) | 225.3(47) | 381.7(79) | 184.5(39) | 171.3(36) |
| Larceny | 1540.8(320) | 1639.4(342) | 1410.9(292) | 974.3(206) | 1256.5(264) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 96.3(20) | 81.5(17) | 58.0(12) | 61.5(13) | 71.4(15) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Hays's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Kansas cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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