Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lansing, KS Crime Grade
How Lansing 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Kansas
2/10
vs. Kansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lansing, KS was 97.0 per 100,000 residents (11 incidents over a population of 11,336). That puts Lansing 70% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 78% below the Kansas statewide rate of 441.9.
That ranks Lansing #1,102 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 71% of them, and #4 of 37 in Kansas. Violent crime is down 43% year over year and down 51% over the last five years.
Lansing, KS crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Kansas Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 97.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,102 of 3,771
- KS rank
- #4 of 37
- Safer than
- 71% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 43%
- 5-year change
- down 51%
- Population
- 11,336
- Reporting agency
- Lansing Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Lansing Police Department (FBI ORI KS0520300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Lansing, KS
Also known as
- Petersburg
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. Lansing (red), Kansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lansing 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 | 199.7(24) | 250.0(28) | 215.1(24) | 169.4(19) | 97.0(11) |
| Murder | 8.3(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 8.8(1) |
| Rape | 41.6(5) | 89.3(10) | 17.9(2) | 80.2(9) | 26.5(3) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 149.7(18) | 160.7(18) | 197.1(22) | 89.2(10) | 61.8(7) |
| Property crime | 773.6(93) | 1187.5(133) | 752.7(84) | 597.4(67) | 449.9(51) |
| Burglary | 58.2(7) | 133.9(15) | 80.6(9) | 44.6(5) | 105.9(12) |
| Larceny | 599.0(72) | 919.6(103) | 546.6(61) | 508.2(57) | 282.3(32) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 116.5(14) | 125.0(14) | 116.5(13) | 44.6(5) | 61.8(7) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Lansing, 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 Lansing 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 Lansing calculated?
- Lansing'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 Lansing 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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