Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0More violent crime is recorded per resident in Hutchinson than in 86% of U.S. towns
Graded on crimes Hutchinson’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores C− for safety: #59 of 80 graded towns in Kansas. Its police logs show 4.6 violent crimes and 21.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of Kansas the numbers are 4.8 and 22.4. The rate the grade counts held about level from 2023 to 2025.
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 Hutchinson
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Hutchinson’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Crime in Hutchinson 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 6 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Hutchinson | Rest of Kansas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Hutchinson’s police reported 547 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.8 in the rest of Kansas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Hutchinson property | Rest of Kansas property | Hutchinson violent | Rest of Kansas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22.4 | 24.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 22.9 | 24.2 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| 2024 | 22.3 | 20.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
| 2025 | 20.5 | 22.9 | 6.0 | 5.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Kansas.
1,046 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.
238 violent and 808 property, as reported to the FBI by Hutchinson’s police.
Seven people died in crashes on Hutchinson’s roads in 2019–2023
Hutchinson had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is about what is typical for Kansas towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (3.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Hutchinson’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Hutchinson’s own rate (3.5) 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.
Hutchinson and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchinson | C− | 4.6 | 21.9 |
| Clay Township | — | — | — |
| Reno Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Clay Township and Reno Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Kansas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchinson | C− | 4.6 | 21.9 |
| Leawood | B− | 0.8 | 14.6 |
| Dodge City | C+ | 2.7 | 11.0 |
| Garden City | C− | 5.2 | 21.1 |
| Leavenworth | D | 5.5 | 21.9 |
| Salina | D | 4.9 | 25.4 |
The five graded Kansas towns closest to Hutchinson’s population (39,595), 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 Hutchinson. 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 Hutchinson’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (39,451 in 2025); our figure for Hutchinson is 39,595 (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 Hutchinson
Is Hutchinson, KS safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Hutchinson reports more crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #59 of 80 in Kansas. Its police reported 4.6 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 Hutchinson?
4.6 violent and 21.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Kansas reports 4.8 and 22.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Hutchinson in 2025?
Hutchinson’s police reported 3 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 7.6 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Hutchinson?
Hutchinson’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Hutchinson”. 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.