Reported crime per resident in Prairie Village fell 41% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Prairie Village grades B+ for safety (#14 of 80 graded towns in Kansas): less crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Annual rates stand at 0.8 violent crime and 9.6 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 4.8 and 22.5 in the rest of Kansas. None of the 4 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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 Prairie Village
Prairie Village reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 Kansas towns on Prairie Village’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Mission Hills (B−), Leawood (B−), Overland Park (C+), Mission (D). Fairway reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Kansas towns, higher
Kansas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Prairie Village’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 82% of the 80 Kansas towns we grade, against 65% 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 Prairie Village’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Prairie Village property | Rest of Kansas property | Prairie Village violent | Rest of Kansas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.3 | 24.5 | 1.4 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 11.5 | 24.4 | 1.0 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 10.8 | 20.3 | 0.6 | 4.2 |
| 2025 | 6.4 | 23.0 | 0.9 | 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 | Prairie Village | Rest of Kansas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.4 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 5.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Prairie Village’s police reported 57 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.
Crime in Prairie Village 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.
168 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.
21 violent and 147 property, as reported to the FBI by Prairie Village’s police.
No one died in a crash on Prairie Village’s roads in 2019–2023
That is fewer than 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 Prairie Village’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Prairie Village’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.
Prairie Village and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Village | B+ | 0.8 | 9.6 |
| Mission Hills | B− | 0.9 | 13.5 |
| Overland Park | C+ | 1.8 | 18.2 |
| Leawood | B− | 0.8 | 14.6 |
| Fairway | — | — | — |
| Mission | D | 3.5 | 47.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Fairway reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
Kansas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Village | B+ | 0.8 | 9.6 |
| Gardner | B | 1.8 | 9.6 |
| Emporia | C− | 3.4 | 22.4 |
| Garden City | C− | 5.2 | 21.1 |
| Pittsburg | D | 3.6 | 34.5 |
| Junction City | D | 7.1 | 24.0 |
The five graded Kansas towns closest to Prairie Village’s population (23,008), 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 Prairie Village. 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 Prairie Village’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (22,909 in 2025); our figure for Prairie Village is 23,008 (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 Prairie Village
Is Prairie Village, KS safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Prairie Village reports less crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #14 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 Prairie Village?
0.8 violent and 9.6 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 Prairie Village safer than Mission Hills?
Mission Hills reports more crime per resident than Prairie Village: Mission Hills grades B− for safety and Prairie Village B+. Mission Hills’s police reported 0.9 violent and 13.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Prairie Village?
Prairie Village’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Prairie Village”. 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.