#1Lindsborg
McPherson County · 3,824 people5.31 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 0.8, property 2.2
Lindsborg, #1 on this list · Teichgraeber-Runbeck House · Photo: SharonPapierdreams · CC BY-SA 4.0Kansas rankings · Safety
Safest towns in Kansas
Lindsborg reports the least crime per resident of Kansas’ 80 towns with crime figures for 2023–2025; 6 of the 80 grade A− or better on safety nationally.
Crimes reported by each town’s own police, 2023–2025, per 1,000 residents, violent crimes counted four times. The same measure as the Safety grade. For 5 of them one year isn’t in the FBI’s published tables and comes from the FBI Crime Data Explorer or the state’s own reports (named in the row). How grades work
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#2Ulysses
Grant County · 5,524 people5.57 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 1.3, property 0.5
#3Eudora
Douglas County · 6,506 people6.92 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year·violent 0.9, property 3.4
All 80 towns
Weighted crimes per 1,000 residents a year, lowest first, to two decimals (the sort uses the exact rate, so there are no rounding ties). Grade = the national Safety grade.
80 towns ranked. Not here? See towns without their own figures.
#TownWeighted rateViolentPropertyGrade
1LindsborgMcPherson County · 3,824 people · 2024 from the FBI Crime Data Explorer; 2025 from the FBI Crime Data Explorer0.82.2A
Per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Last on the list: Wichita, 77.15. The rate counts crimes reported to police, not how safe any one street feels.
Not ranked
71 towns without figures of their own
These towns of 2,500+ are not on the list because there are no police figures for them alone for all of 2023–2025, from the FBI or the state. In 2025 the FBI’s tables list State Police figures for 0 of Kansas’ counties and county sheriff figures for 65; those cover many towns at once and can’t be split by town, so they aren’t ranked here. Their other grades stand; the overall grade uses the rest.
- Andover Butler County · 17,370 people: figures for 2023 and 2024 only (all three years are needed).
- Attica Township Sedgwick County · 9,068 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Aubry Township Johnson County · 4,719 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Auburn Township Shawnee County · 3,319 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Baker Township Crawford County · 3,483 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Belle Plaine Township Sumner County · 3,025 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Big Creek Township Ellis County · 2,622 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Blue Township Pottawatomie County · 5,449 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Bruno Township Butler County · 19,221 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Colby Thomas County · 5,489 people: figures for 2024 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- De Soto Johnson County · 7,083 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Derby Sedgwick County · 26,606 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Emma Township Harvey County · 4,017 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Eudora Township Douglas County · 7,870 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Fairmount Township Leavenworth County · 12,817 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Fairway Johnson County · 4,181 people: figures for 2023 and 2024 only (all three years are needed).
- Fort Riley Geary County · 8,606 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Franklin Township Franklin County · 3,179 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Garden City Township Finney County · 5,667 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Garden Township Cherokee County · 2,713 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Gardner Township Johnson County · 2,550 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Goddard Sedgwick County · 6,638 people: figures for 2023 and 2024 only (all three years are needed).
- Grant Township Sedgwick County · 5,743 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Gypsum Township Sedgwick County · 10,370 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Hays Ellis County · 21,258 people: figures for 2024 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- Haysville Sedgwick County · 11,353 people: figures for 2024 and 2025 only (all three years are needed).
- Hugoton Stevens County · 3,545 people: figures for 2023 and 2024 only (all three years are needed).
- Independence Montgomery County · 8,193 people: figures for 2023 and 2024 only (all three years are needed).
- Kechi Township Sedgwick County · 10,931 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Kingman Kingman County · 2,884 people: figures for 2023 only (all three years are needed).
- Lincoln Township Linn County · 2,730 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Madison Township Riley County · 9,403 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Manhattan Riley County · 54,673 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Minneha Township Sedgwick County · 3,472 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Mission Township Shawnee County · 10,195 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Monmouth Township Shawnee County · 3,224 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Morton Township Sedgwick County · 2,819 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Ninnescah Township Sedgwick County · 3,563 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Norton Norton County · 2,651 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Oaklawn-Sunview Sedgwick County · 2,789 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Osawatomie Miami County · 4,215 people: figures for 2023 only (all three years are needed).
- Palmyra Township Douglas County · 7,847 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Park Township Sedgwick County · 8,984 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Pleasant Township Butler County · 5,459 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Prospect Township Butler County · 2,548 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Reno Township Reno County · 4,360 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Richland Township Butler County · 2,620 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Riverside Township Sedgwick County · 13,603 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Rock Creek Township Jefferson County · 2,773 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Rockford Township Sedgwick County · 24,796 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Russell Russell County · 4,286 people: figures for 2023 only (all three years are needed).
- Salem Township Sedgwick County · 9,673 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Sherlock Township Finney County · 2,907 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Sherman Township Leavenworth County · 2,920 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Smoky Hill Township Geary County · 9,191 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Soldier Township Shawnee County · 15,282 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- South Hutchinson Reno County · 2,516 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- St. George Township Pottawatomie County · 5,056 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- St. Marys Pottawatomie County · 2,790 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- St. Marys Township Pottawatomie County · 4,018 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Stranger Township Leavenworth County · 5,467 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Tecumseh Township Shawnee County · 7,829 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Towanda Township Butler County · 2,574 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Union Township Sedgwick County · 2,704 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Valley Center Sedgwick County · 7,685 people: figures for 2023 and 2024 only (all three years are needed).
- Valley Center Township Sedgwick County · 5,036 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Wamego Pottawatomie County · 4,912 people: figures for 2023 and 2024 only (all three years are needed).
- Wamego Township Pottawatomie County · 5,838 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Washington Township Doniphan County · 2,966 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Washington Township Crawford County · 3,543 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
- Williamsport Township Shawnee County · 4,334 people: no figures of its own in the FBI’s tables for 2023–2025.
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which is the safest town in Kansas?
Lindsborg (McPherson County) reports the least crime per resident: 5.31 weighted crimes per 1,000 a year over 2023–2025 (0.78 violent and 2.18 property crimes per 1,000), from its police department’s reports (2024 from the FBI Crime Data Explorer; 2025 from the FBI Crime Data Explorer). Ulysses (5.57) and Eudora (6.92) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By crimes reported by each town’s police per 1,000 residents over three years (FBI figures, or the state’s own where the FBI table lacks a year), with violent crimes counted four times as heavily as property crimes. It is the same measure as the Safety grade on each town’s page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list needs 2,500+ residents and the town’s own police figures for all three years. 71 Kansas towns of 2,500+ lack them; they are listed above with the reason. Smaller towns have a Safety grade on their page but no rank.
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