Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Salina, KS Crime Grade
How Salina 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Kansas
8/10
vs. Kansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Salina, KS was 431.1 per 100,000 residents (198 incidents over a population of 45,928). That puts Salina Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 2% below the Kansas statewide rate of 441.9.
That ranks Salina #3,129 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 17% of them, and #28 of 37 in Kansas. Violent crime is down 14% year over year and down 20% over the last five years.
Salina, KS crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Kansas Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 431.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,129 of 3,771
- KS rank
- #28 of 37
- Safer than
- 17% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 14%
- 5-year change
- down 20%
- Population
- 45,928
- Reporting agency
- Salina Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Salina Police Department (FBI ORI KS0850100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Salina, KS
Also known as
- Saliena
- Saline
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. Salina (red), Kansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Salina 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 | 542.2(250) | 452.8(209) | 540.0(248) | 501.7(228) | 431.1(198) |
| Murder | 4.3(2) | 6.5(3) | 6.5(3) | 0.0(0) | 6.5(3) |
| Rape | 119.3(55) | 73.7(34) | 82.7(38) | 92.4(42) | 93.6(43) |
| Robbery | 41.2(19) | 60.7(28) | 91.4(42) | 81.4(37) | 78.4(36) |
| Aggravated assault | 377.3(174) | 312.0(144) | 359.2(165) | 327.9(149) | 252.6(116) |
| Property crime | 3710.5(1,711) | 3331.8(1,538) | 2985.0(1,371) | 2526.0(1,148) | 2255.7(1,036) |
| Burglary | 529.1(244) | 461.4(213) | 352.7(162) | 327.9(149) | 326.6(150) |
| Larceny | 2797.5(1,290) | 2547.6(1,176) | 2373.2(1,090) | 2008.9(913) | 1724.4(792) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 344.8(159) | 266.5(123) | 222.1(102) | 158.4(72) | 167.7(77) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Salina, 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 Salina 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 Salina calculated?
- Salina'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 Salina 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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