Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Ottawa, KS Crime Grade
How Ottawa 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
4/10
vs. Kansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Ottawa, KS was 188.1 per 100,000 residents (24 incidents over a population of 12,758). That puts Ottawa 42% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 57% below the Kansas statewide rate of 441.9.
That ranks Ottawa #1,967 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 48% of them, and #13 of 37 in Kansas. Violent crime is up 14% year over year and down 42% over the last five years.
Ottawa, KS crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Kansas Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 188.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,967 of 3,771
- KS rank
- #13 of 37
- Safer than
- 48% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 14%
- 5-year change
- down 42%
- Population
- 12,758
- Reporting agency
- Ottawa Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Ottawa Police Department (FBI ORI KS0300100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Ottawa, KS
Also known as
- Ottawa Creek
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. Ottawa (red), Kansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Ottawa 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 | 325.1(40) | 405.2(51) | 269.8(34) | 165.3(21) | 188.1(24) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 7.9(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 81.3(10) | 119.2(15) | 63.5(8) | 47.2(6) | 15.7(2) |
| Robbery | 8.1(1) | 31.8(4) | 0.0(0) | 7.9(1) | 15.7(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 235.7(29) | 246.3(31) | 206.3(26) | 110.2(14) | 156.8(20) |
| Property crime | 1324.9(163) | 2002.2(252) | 2055.1(259) | 1165.2(148) | 1136.5(145) |
| Burglary | 170.7(21) | 254.3(32) | 87.3(11) | 149.6(19) | 148.9(19) |
| Larceny | 983.5(121) | 1676.5(211) | 1880.5(237) | 968.4(123) | 909.2(116) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 146.3(18) | 47.7(6) | 87.3(11) | 31.5(4) | 54.9(7) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Ottawa, 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 Ottawa 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 Ottawa calculated?
- Ottawa'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 Ottawa 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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