Crime per resident in Bel Aire runs lower than in 67% of U.S. towns
Each year brought 1.1 violent crimes and 7.9 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (4.8 and 22.5 in the rest of Kansas). On top of that, violent crime here is lower than in 65% of U.S. towns; property crime, lower than in 64%. Counting crimes Bel Aire’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades B+ for safety: #10 of 80 graded towns in Kansas.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of KS” is every other Kansas city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Bel Aire
Bel Aire reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 Kansas towns on Bel Aire’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Wichita (D−). Payne Township, Kechi Township and Kechi have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Kansas towns, higher
Kansas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Bel Aire’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 88% of the 80 Kansas towns we grade, against 67% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Bel Aire’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Bel Aire | Rest of Kansas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.1 | 5.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Bel Aire’s police reported 33 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.1 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.8 in the rest of Kansas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Bel Aire per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Bel Aire property | Rest of Kansas property | Bel Aire violent | Rest of Kansas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16.0 | 24.4 | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 8.6 | 24.3 | 1.4 | 4.8 |
| 2024 | 7.1 | 20.2 | 0.8 | 4.2 |
| 2025 | 8.0 | 22.9 | 1.1 | 5.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Kansas.
96 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
12 violent and 84 property, as reported to the FBI by Bel Aire’s police.
No one died in a crash on Bel Aire’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Kansas towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (5.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Bel Aire’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Bel Aire’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Bel Aire and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bel Aire | B+ | 1.1 | 7.9 |
| Payne Township | — | — | — |
| Wichita | D− | 9.6 | 38.8 |
| Kechi Township | — | — | — |
| Kechi | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Payne Township, Kechi Township and Kechi have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Kansas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bel Aire | B+ | 1.1 | 7.9 |
| Lansing | B+ | 1.5 | 5.8 |
| Spring Hill | B+ | 1.6 | 6.3 |
| Atchison | C+ | 1.7 | 15.3 |
| Park City | C− | 3.3 | 27.8 |
| Mission | D | 3.5 | 47.7 |
The five graded Kansas towns closest to Bel Aire’s population (10,287), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Bel Aire. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Bel Aire’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (10,564 in 2025); our figure for Bel Aire is 10,287 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Bel Aire
Is Bel Aire, KS safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Bel Aire reports less crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #10 of 80 in Kansas. Its police reported 1.1 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.8 in the rest of Kansas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Bel Aire?
1.1 violent and 7.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Kansas reports 4.8 and 22.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Bel Aire safer than Wichita?
Wichita reports more crime per resident than Bel Aire: Wichita grades D− for safety and Bel Aire B+. Wichita’s police reported 9.6 violent and 38.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Bel Aire?
Bel Aire’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bel Aire”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.