Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Wichita, KS Crime Grade
How Wichita 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Kansas
10/10
vs. Kansas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Wichita, KS was 1168.7 per 100,000 residents (4,695 incidents over a population of 401,730). That puts Wichita Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 164% above the Kansas statewide rate of 441.9.
That ranks Wichita #3,719 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 1% of them, and #37 of 37 in Kansas. Violent crime is down 6% year over year and roughly flat over the last five years.
Wichita, KS crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Kansas Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 1168.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,719 of 3,771
- KS rank
- #37 of 37
- Safer than
- 1% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 6%
- 5-year change
- roughly flat
- Population
- 401,730
- Reporting agency
- Wichita Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Wichita Police Department (FBI ORI KS0870300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Wichita, KS
Also known as
- Camp Beecher
- Doo-Dah
- Camp Davidson
- Doodah
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. Wichita (red), Kansas (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Wichita 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 | 1160.9(4,558) | 1107.6(4,367) | 1155.9(4,569) | 1238.7(4,899) | 1168.7(4,695) |
| Murder | 12.0(47) | 7.9(31) | 9.9(39) | 8.3(33) | 9.0(36) |
| Rape | 90.2(354) | 86.7(342) | 90.3(357) | 86.7(343) | 93.8(377) |
| Robbery | 100.9(396) | 89.8(354) | 105.2(416) | 109.0(431) | 91.9(369) |
| Aggravated assault | 957.9(3,761) | 923.2(3,640) | 950.4(3,757) | 1034.7(4,092) | 974.0(3,913) |
| Property crime | 4494.4(17,647) | 4276.1(16,860) | 4832.9(19,104) | 5284.9(20,901) | 4486.6(18,024) |
| Burglary | 496.9(1,951) | 512.6(2,021) | 555.5(2,196) | 664.5(2,628) | 548.6(2,204) |
| Larceny | 3390.9(13,314) | 3265.4(12,875) | 3726.4(14,730) | 3974.1(15,717) | 3351.5(13,464) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 578.9(2,273) | 470.0(1,853) | 524.9(2,075) | 611.9(2,420) | 553.9(2,225) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Wichita, 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 Wichita 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 Wichita calculated?
- Wichita'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 Wichita 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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