Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Junction City, KS Crime Grade
How Junction 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Kansas
9/10
vs. Kansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Junction City, KS was 776.6 per 100,000 residents (167 incidents over a population of 21,504). That puts Junction City 113% above the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 64% above the Kansas statewide rate of 474.7.
That ranks Junction City #3,583 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 5% of them, and #34 of 37 in Kansas. Violent crime is up 5% year over year and down 16% over the last five years.
Junction City, KS crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Kansas Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 776.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,583 of 3,771
- KS rank
- #34 of 37
- Safer than
- 5% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 5%
- 5-year change
- down 16%
- Population
- 21,504
- Reporting agency
- Junction City Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Junction City Police Department (FBI ORI KS0310100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Junction City, KS
Also known as
- Millard
History
Incorporated in 1859. Named because it is near the junction of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers.
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. Junction City (red), Kansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Junction City 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 | 922.7(196) | 867.2(188) | 1017.0(223) | 743.1(163) | 776.6(167) |
| Murder | 18.8(4) | 4.6(1) | 18.2(4) | 13.7(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 155.4(33) | 92.3(20) | 109.5(24) | 68.4(15) | 51.2(11) |
| Robbery | 33.0(7) | 36.9(8) | 27.4(6) | 41.0(9) | 9.3(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 715.6(152) | 733.4(159) | 862.0(189) | 620.0(136) | 716.1(154) |
| Property crime | 2297.3(488) | 3159.6(685) | 2896.0(635) | 3091.1(678) | 2320.5(499) |
| Burglary | 395.4(84) | 913.3(198) | 442.4(97) | 510.6(112) | 460.4(99) |
| Larceny | 1741.8(370) | 2015.7(437) | 2198.2(482) | 2402.7(527) | 1688.1(363) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 145.9(31) | 189.1(41) | 228.0(50) | 145.9(32) | 158.1(34) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Junction 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 Junction 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 Junction City calculated?
- Junction 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 Junction 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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