Photo: Brylie at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Shawnee reports more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Shawnee’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C+ for safety: #44 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 Shawnee
1 of the 5 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 8 Kansas towns on Shawnee’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Lenexa (B−), Edwardsville (C−), Bonner Springs (C−), Kansas City (D), Merriam (D−). Lake Quivira, Lexington Township and De Soto have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Shawnee’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 (2.4) 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 (15.2) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Shawnee’s police reported 504 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.4 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 | Shawnee | Rest of Kansas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.2 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.3 | 5.6 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 14 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.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Kansas.
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| Year | Shawnee property | Rest of Kansas property | Shawnee violent | Rest of Kansas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14.1 | 24.7 | 2.5 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 14.1 | 24.6 | 2.2 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 17.7 | 20.3 | 2.8 | 4.2 |
| 2025 | 13.7 | 23.1 | 2.3 | 5.6 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
1,120 crimes reported in 2025
159 violent and 961 property, as reported to the FBI by Shawnee’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
12 people died in crashes on Shawnee’s roads in 2019–2023
Shawnee had 12 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died. 4 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 3.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
Shawnee and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee | C+ | 2.4 | 15.2 |
| Lenexa | B− | 1.9 | 12.9 |
| Lake Quivira | — | — | — |
| Bonner Springs | C− | 3.9 | 18.6 |
| Merriam | D− | 4.5 | 52.7 |
| Edwardsville | C− | 4.3 | 15.2 |
| Kansas City | D | 7.2 | 24.0 |
| Lexington Township | — | — | — |
| De Soto | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lake Quivira, Lexington Township and De Soto have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Kansas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee | C+ | 2.4 | 15.2 |
| Lawrence | C | 3.5 | 16.1 |
| Hutchinson | C− | 4.6 | 21.9 |
| Salina | D | 4.9 | 25.4 |
| Leavenworth | D | 5.5 | 21.9 |
| Topeka | D− | 9.0 | 37.3 |
The five graded Kansas towns closest to Shawnee’s population (69,848), 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 Shawnee. 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 Shawnee’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (70,311 in 2025); our figure for Shawnee is 69,848 (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 Shawnee
Is Shawnee, KS safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Shawnee reports more crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #44 of 80 in Kansas. Its police reported 2.4 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 Shawnee?
2.4 violent and 15.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Kansas reports 4.9 and 22.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Shawnee?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Shawnee in 2025?
Shawnee’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 Shawnee safer than Lenexa?
Lenexa reports less crime per resident than Shawnee: Lenexa grades B− for safety and Shawnee C+. Lenexa’s police reported 1.9 violent and 12.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Shawnee?
Shawnee’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Shawnee”. 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.