Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Lenexa, KS Crime Grade
How Lenexa 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Kansas
3/10
vs. Kansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Lenexa, KS was 180.3 per 100,000 residents (108 incidents over a population of 59,913). That puts Lenexa Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 59% below the Kansas statewide rate of 441.9.
That ranks Lenexa #1,890 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 50% of them, and #11 of 37 in Kansas. Violent crime is down 4% year over year and down 11% over the last five years.
Lenexa, KS crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Kansas Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 180.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,890 of 3,771
- KS rank
- #11 of 37
- Safer than
- 50% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 4%
- 5-year change
- down 11%
- Population
- 59,913
- Reporting agency
- Lenexa Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Lenexa Police Department (FBI ORI KS0461000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Lenexa, KS
Also known as
- Sherman
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. Lenexa (red), Kansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lenexa 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 | 203.5(116) | 219.3(130) | 209.6(124) | 188.5(111) | 180.3(108) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 3.4(2) | 1.7(1) | 6.8(4) | 6.7(4) |
| Rape | 26.3(15) | 35.4(21) | 38.9(23) | 25.5(15) | 28.4(17) |
| Robbery | 17.5(10) | 13.5(8) | 25.4(15) | 15.3(9) | 11.7(7) |
| Aggravated assault | 159.6(91) | 167.0(99) | 143.7(85) | 141.0(83) | 133.5(80) |
| Property crime | 1622.5(925) | 1518.0(900) | 1453.7(860) | 1352.1(796) | 1044.8(626) |
| Burglary | 157.9(90) | 167.0(99) | 94.7(56) | 110.4(65) | 81.8(49) |
| Larceny | 1224.3(698) | 1143.6(678) | 1113.9(659) | 1015.8(598) | 849.6(509) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 240.3(137) | 207.5(123) | 245.1(145) | 222.5(131) | 113.5(68) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Lenexa, 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 Lenexa 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 Lenexa calculated?
- Lenexa'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 Lenexa 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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