Herman J. and Ella B. Voigts House · Photo: Glenn Kinyon · CC BY-SA 3.0In Leawood, the kinds of crime the grade counts fell 46% per resident from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Leawood grades B− for safety (#24 of 80 graded towns in Kansas): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. Year on year, 0.8 violent crime and 14.6 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 4.9 and 22.5 in the rest of Kansas. On violence it beats 75% of U.S. towns; on property crime, only 37%.
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 Leawood
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 Kansas towns on Leawood’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Prairie Village (B+), Overland Park (C+). Neighbors ↓
Among Kansas towns, higher
Kansas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Leawood’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 70% of the 80 Kansas towns we grade, against 52% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell 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 Leawood’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Leawood’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (14.6) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Leawood property | Rest of Kansas property | Leawood violent | Rest of Kansas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19.5 | 24.4 | 1.3 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 18.6 | 24.3 | 1.0 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 15.2 | 20.3 | 0.6 | 4.2 |
| 2025 | 9.9 | 23.0 | 0.7 | 5.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Kansas.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Leawood | Rest of Kansas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.3 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 5.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Leawood’s police reported 77 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of Kansas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Leawood 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.
360 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.
23 violent and 337 property, as reported to the FBI by Leawood’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Leawood’s roads in 2019–2023
Leawood had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (3 of 3) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
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 Leawood’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Leawood’s own rate (1.8) 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.
Leawood and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leawood | B− | 0.8 | 14.6 |
| Overland Park | C+ | 1.8 | 18.2 |
| Prairie Village | B+ | 0.8 | 9.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Kansas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leawood | B− | 0.8 | 14.6 |
| Gardner | B | 1.8 | 9.6 |
| Dodge City | C+ | 2.7 | 11.0 |
| Hutchinson | C− | 4.6 | 21.9 |
| Garden City | C− | 5.2 | 21.1 |
| Leavenworth | D | 5.5 | 21.9 |
The five graded Kansas towns closest to Leawood’s population (34,093), 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 Leawood. 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 Leawood’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (34,047 in 2025); our figure for Leawood is 34,093 (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 Leawood
Is Leawood, KS safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Leawood reports less crime per resident than 52% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #24 of 80 in Kansas. Its police reported 0.8 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of Kansas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Leawood?
0.8 violent and 14.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Kansas reports 4.9 and 22.5; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Leawood in 2025?
Leawood’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Leawood safer than Overland Park?
Overland Park reports more crime per resident than Leawood: Overland Park grades C+ for safety and Leawood B−. Overland Park’s police reported 1.8 violent and 18.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Leawood?
Leawood’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Leawood”. 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.