Photo: Kelseyneth · CC BY-SA 4.0Reported crime per resident in Lenexa fell 26% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Lenexa grades B− for safety (#27 of 80 graded towns in Kansas): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Lenexa
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 Kansas towns on Lenexa’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Olathe (B−), Shawnee (C+), Overland Park (C+). De Soto has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Kansas towns, closer to the middle
Kansas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Lenexa’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 66% of the 80 Kansas towns we grade, against 46% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Lenexa has 63,071 jobs based in town for 60,506 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Lenexa’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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (12.9) 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 is falling
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.
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| Year | Lenexa property | Rest of Kansas property | Lenexa violent | Rest of Kansas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.2 | 24.6 | 2.2 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 14.6 | 24.5 | 2.1 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 13.5 | 20.4 | 1.8 | 4.2 |
| 2025 | 10.5 | 23.2 | 1.8 | 5.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Lenexa’s police reported 338 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of Kansas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Lenexa | Rest of Kansas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.8 | 5.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 11 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
738 crimes reported in 2025
108 violent and 630 property, as reported to the FBI by Lenexa’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
17 people died in crashes on Lenexa’s roads in 2019–2023
Lenexa had 17 fatal crashes in five years, in which 17 people died; 1 was a pedestrian. Most of these deaths (9 of 17) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 5.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Kansas towns of 25,000–100,000 people (3.5, 11 towns).
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.
Lenexa and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenexa | B− | 1.9 | 12.9 |
| Shawnee | C+ | 2.4 | 15.2 |
| Olathe | B− | 2.2 | 9.7 |
| Overland Park | C+ | 1.8 | 18.2 |
| De Soto | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. De Soto has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Kansas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenexa | B− | 1.9 | 12.9 |
| Leawood | B− | 0.8 | 14.6 |
| Lawrence | C | 3.5 | 16.1 |
| Hutchinson | C− | 4.6 | 21.9 |
| Salina | D | 4.9 | 25.4 |
| Leavenworth | D | 5.5 | 21.9 |
The five graded Kansas towns closest to Lenexa’s population (60,506), by grade.
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 Lenexa. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Lenexa’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (59,913 in 2025); our figure for Lenexa is 60,506 (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 Lenexa
Is Lenexa, KS safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lenexa reports more crime per resident than 54% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #27 of 80 in Kansas. Its police reported 1.9 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 Lenexa?
1.9 violent and 12.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Kansas reports 4.9 and 22.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Lenexa?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Lenexa in 2025?
Lenexa’s police reported 4 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 6.7 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Lenexa safer than Shawnee?
Shawnee reports more crime per resident than Lenexa: Shawnee grades C+ for safety and Lenexa B−. Shawnee’s police reported 2.4 violent and 15.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lenexa?
Lenexa’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lenexa”. 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.