Kansas's 20 Safest Cities of 2019

SafeWise is happy to release our fifth annual Safest Cities report. Here are the 20 Safest Cities in Kansas for 2019. See if your city made the list.

The 20 safest cities in Kansas are all well below both state and national violent crime rates, with each reporting under two violent crime incidents per 1,000 people. Interestingly, the state as a whole is slightly higher than the national violent crime rate (4.75 vs. 4.49 nationwide). But among the safest cities, 60% had eight or fewer total violent crimes in 2017.

Kansas is also higher than the national rate when it comes to property crime. The state has an average of 32.57 incidents per 1,000 people, and the national rate is 27.11. And although there were two cities (Shawnee and Olathe) on the list with more than 1,000 property crime incidents, 45% reported 95 or fewer.

Find out more about all the safest Kansas cities, and look for your city on the full list below.

Interesting Findings

70% of the safest cities in Kansas claim the honor for the second consecutive year.
Only two cities reported any counts of murder.
60% of the cities reported eight or fewer total violent crimes.
Kansas rates property crime as its top safety concern on our State of Safety report, and 12% of respondents reported a personal experience with property crime in the past year.
Violent crime comes in second with 58% rating it as a high concern.
11% of Kansas respondents had experienced a violent crime in the past year, just over the national average of 10%.
Kansas is also worried about tornadoes, with 69% rating it a top environmental safety concern, compared to 40% nationally.

The 20 Safest Cities in Kansas

Population 3,817

Median Income $60,047

Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000) 0.26

Property Crime Rate (per 1,000) 6.03

Population 4,029

Median Income $75,000

Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000) 0.50

Property Crime Rate (per 1,000) 10.42

Population 3,986

Median Income $103,050

Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000) 0.50

Property Crime Rate (per 1,000) 11.29

Population 5,835

Median Income $77,755

Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000) 0.69

Property Crime Rate (per 1,000) 7.88

Population 35,029

Median Income $151,446

Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000) 0.88

Property Crime Rate (per 1,000) 1.57

Population 6,407

Median Income $47,731

Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000) 1.09

Property Crime Rate (per 1,000) 10.77

Population 6,343

Median Income $64,715

Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000) 1.10

Property Crime Rate (per 1,000) 10.88

Population 4,391

Median Income $56,859

Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000) 1.14

Property Crime Rate (per 1,000) 15.71

Population 23,821

Median Income $70,678

Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000) 1.18

Property Crime Rate (per 1,000) 3.99

Population 3,761

Median Income $41,570

Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000) 1.33

Property Crime Rate (per 1,000) 27.39

Population 13,183

Median Income $85,655

Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000) 1.37

Property Crime Rate (per 1,000) 7.89

Population 5,420

Median Income $47,946

Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000) 1.48

Property Crime Rate (per 1,000) 20.30

Population 7,431

Median Income $65,083

Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000) 1.48

Property Crime Rate (per 1,000) 20.99

Population 4,284

Median Income $50,789

Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000) 1.63

Property Crime Rate (per 1,000) 50.19

Population 7,819

Median Income $77,242

Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000) 1.66

Property Crime Rate (per 1,000) 37.73

Population 53,717

Median Income $81,173

Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000) 1.68

Property Crime Rate (per 1,000) 8.17

Population 4,761

Median Income $62,639

Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000) 1.68

Property Crime Rate (per 1,000) 105.02

Population 4,621

Median Income $65,697

Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000) 1.73

Property Crime Rate (per 1,000) 202.99

Population 65,683

Median Income $81,964

Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000) 1.78

Property Crime Rate (per 1,000) 16.61

Population 137,070

Median Income $82,649

Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000) 1.86

Property Crime Rate (per 1,000) 14.28

How We Determined the Safest Cities

Learn how we identified the safest cities on our methodology page.

Beyond Safest Cities: What Are the Biggest Safety Concerns in Your State?

Crime statistics are one thing, but do they line up with what people are really worried about when it comes to safety? To find out, SafeWise conducted a nationwide survey. See what the biggest safety concern is in your state—and learn more about what your neighbors are nervous about—in our State of Safety report.

If you would like to contact a SafeWise Safest Cities Analyst, please email info@safewise.com.

How to Make a Safe Home Anywhere

Wherever you live, feeling safe in your home can bring greater peace of mind and happiness. We recommend adding extra security to your home with monitored security services provided by the nation’s leading home security providers.

To learn more about the home security options available to you, check out SafeWise’s picks for Best Home Security Systems of 2019.

Didn’t Find Your City in the Top 20?

See how the remaining cities ranked in the list below.

Rank	City	Population	City Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000)	City Property Crime Rate (per 1,000)
21	Winfield	12,274	1.87	34.14
22	Emporia	24,804	1.89	28.26
23	Gardner	21,449	1.91	14.22
24	Clay Center	4,025	1.99	17.39
25	Augusta	9,329	2.04	38.05
26	McPherson	13,169	2.05	30.37
27	Scott City	3,901	2.05	7.43
28	Overland Park	191,566	2.08	16.87
29	El Dorado	13,125	2.13	23.85
30	Ulysses	6,014	2.16	6.82
31	Tonganoxie	5,379	2.23	10.60
32	Baxter Springs	3,921	2.30	22.19
33	Lansing	11,941	2.34	11.31
34	Eudora	6,417	2.49	8.10
35	Concordia	5,144	2.92	30.52
36	Goodland5	4,433	2.93	0.00
37	Hays	21,110	3.08	24.49
38	Paola	5,560	3.24	26.80
39	Liberal	20,317	3.25	14.52
40	Wellington	7,845	3.31	56.60
41	Larned	3,875	3.35	33.03
42	Atchison	10,628	3.48	34.63
43	Merriam	11,278	3.72	59.94
44	Park City	7,678	3.78	23.57
45	Haysville	11,314	3.80	32.79
46	Salina	47,251	4.25	37.21
47	Pittsburg	20,384	4.42	47.49
48	Fort Scott	7,725	4.53	38.96
49	Dodge City	27,447	4.55	30.60
50	Russell	4,497	4.67	14.68
51	Coffeyville	9,423	5.09	48.82
52	Edwardsville	4,395	5.23	30.49
53	Arkansas City	12,009	5.25	48.46
54	Great Bend	15,459	5.30	43.79
55	Hutchinson	41,160	5.83	47.16
56	Iola	5,413	6.10	51.91
57	Topeka	126,624	6.14	51.29
58	Garden City	26,728	6.29	27.39
59	Newton	19,095	6.34	35.77
60	Independence	8,692	6.90	66.38
61	Leavenworth	36,284	7.11	35.08
62	Junction City	24,240	7.51	19.27
63	Parsons	9,815	7.85	45.03
64	Wichita	391,084	10.22	55.36

Find the Safest Cities in Each State

Click on the state image below to check out our “Safest City” winners for each state.

Sources:

FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, “2017 Crime in the United States”
SafeWise’s, “2019 State of Safety”
US Census Bureau, “2013-2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates“

Written by Rebecca Edwards

Rebecca has honed her safety and security skills as both a single mom and a college director. Being responsible for the well-being of others helped her learn how to minimize risk and create safe environments. Learn more

Lisa Brown

Hmmm…something isn’t right with this one. Hesston had a mass shooting triple
homicide plus the perp killed by LEO in 2016, and 14 injured by gunfire as well…the year this data allegedly was from. That’s not quite ‘zero violent crime’. And if they used even older data then it’s misleading because after that old data came out and the gap of this article, 2 years, there’s not only been that incident but other violent crimes in Hesston since.

Kansas’s 20 Safest Cities of 2019