Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Liberal, KS Crime Grade
How Liberal 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 2025, the violent crime rate in Liberal, KS was 278.2 per 100,000 residents (53 incidents over a population of 19,048). That puts Liberal 14% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 37% below the Kansas statewide rate of 441.9.
That ranks Liberal #2,529 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 33% of them, and #18 of 37 in Kansas. Violent crime is down 13% year over year and down 51% over the last five years.
Liberal, KS crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Kansas Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 278.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,529 of 3,771
- KS rank
- #18 of 37
- Safer than
- 33% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 13%
- 5-year change
- down 51%
- Population
- 19,048
- Reporting agency
- Liberal Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Liberal Police Department (FBI ORI KS0880100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Liberal, KS
Also known as
- Neutral City
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. Liberal (red), Kansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Liberal 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 | 562.8(105) | 363.0(71) | 320.2(61) | 319.8(60) | 278.2(53) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 10.5(2) | 0.0(0) | 5.2(1) |
| Rape | 192.9(36) | 35.8(7) | 78.7(15) | 21.3(4) | 84.0(16) |
| Robbery | 26.8(5) | 35.8(7) | 21.0(4) | 26.7(5) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 343.0(64) | 291.5(57) | 210.0(40) | 271.9(51) | 189.0(36) |
| Property crime | 1382.8(258) | 1160.7(227) | 1128.7(215) | 1428.6(268) | 903.0(172) |
| Burglary | 230.5(43) | 148.3(29) | 204.7(39) | 239.9(45) | 147.0(28) |
| Larceny | 1018.3(190) | 899.9(176) | 840.0(160) | 1076.8(202) | 677.2(129) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 96.5(18) | 112.5(22) | 68.2(13) | 90.6(17) | 63.0(12) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Liberal, 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 Liberal 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 Liberal calculated?
- Liberal'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 Liberal 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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