Teichgraeber-Runbeck House · Photo: SharonPapierdreams · CC BY-SA 4.0Lindsborg reports less crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Lindsborg’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A for safety: #1 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 Lindsborg
A college town
Lindsborg is home to Bethany College, with 636 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 18% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
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 Lindsborg’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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime is rising
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Kansas.
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| Year | Lindsborg property | Rest of Kansas property | Lindsborg violent | Rest of Kansas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.8 | 24.3 | 0.3 | 4.8 |
| 2024 | 2.4 | 20.2 | 0.3 | 4.2 |
| 2025 | 2.3 | 22.9 | 1.8 | 5.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Lindsborg’s police reported 9 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.8 in the rest of Kansas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Lindsborg | Rest of Kansas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.8 | 5.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 2 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.
16 crimes reported in 2025
7 violent and 9 property, as reported to the FBI by Lindsborg’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total. 2025 figures come from FBI Crime Data Explorer, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
No one died in a crash on Lindsborg’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Kansas towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (6.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Lindsborg’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lindsborg’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.
Lindsborg and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsborg | A | 0.8 | 2.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Kansas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsborg | A | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| Scott City | B | 3.0 | 3.5 |
| Mission Hills | B− | 0.9 | 13.5 |
| Clay Center | C+ | 2.4 | 12.6 |
| Baxter Springs | C+ | 2.4 | 14.7 |
| Larned | C | 4.1 | 12.6 |
The five graded Kansas towns closest to Lindsborg’s population (3,824), 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 Lindsborg. 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 Lindsborg’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,850 in 2025); our figure for Lindsborg is 3,824 (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 Lindsborg
Is Lindsborg, KS safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lindsborg reports less crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #1 of 80 in Kansas. Its police reported 0.8 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 Lindsborg?
0.8 violent and 2.2 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.
Is crime going up or down in Lindsborg?
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Who polices Lindsborg?
Lindsborg’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lindsborg Police Department”. 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.