Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Shawnee, KS Crime Grade
How Shawnee 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 Shawnee, KS was 226.1 per 100,000 residents (159 incidents over a population of 70,311). That puts Shawnee Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 49% below the Kansas statewide rate of 441.9.
That ranks Shawnee #2,232 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 41% of them, and #14 of 37 in Kansas. Violent crime is down 20% year over year and down 19% over the last five years.
Shawnee, KS crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Kansas Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 226.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,232 of 3,771
- KS rank
- #14 of 37
- Safer than
- 41% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 20%
- 5-year change
- down 19%
- Population
- 70,311
- Reporting agency
- Shawnee Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Shawnee Police Department (FBI ORI KS0460900) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Shawnee (red), Kansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Shawnee 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 | 280.3(187) | 255.9(173) | 218.3(153) | 283.9(199) | 226.1(159) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 4.4(3) | 1.4(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 19.5(13) | 35.5(24) | 22.8(16) | 18.5(13) | 21.3(15) |
| Robbery | 33.0(22) | 14.8(10) | 10.0(7) | 5.7(4) | 11.4(8) |
| Aggravated assault | 227.9(152) | 201.1(136) | 184.0(129) | 259.7(182) | 193.4(136) |
| Property crime | 1779.3(1,187) | 1421.2(961) | 1423.7(998) | 1779.2(1,247) | 1366.8(961) |
| Burglary | 340.3(227) | 115.4(78) | 148.4(104) | 219.7(154) | 330.0(232) |
| Larceny | 1160.2(774) | 1069.3(723) | 1027.1(720) | 1358.3(952) | 879.0(618) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 269.8(180) | 230.7(156) | 238.2(167) | 199.7(140) | 153.6(108) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Shawnee, 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 Shawnee 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 Shawnee calculated?
- Shawnee'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 Shawnee 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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