Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Wichita reports more crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns
It has more violent crime than 98% of U.S. towns, and more property crime than 96%. On crimes Wichita’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades D− for safety: #78 of 80 graded towns in Kansas, and #296 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000. In a usual year, 9.6 violent crimes and 38.8 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Kansas, 3.7 and 18.6.
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 Wichita
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 8 Kansas towns on Wichita’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Maize (C+). Minneha Township, Riverside Township, Attica Township, Park Township, Kechi Township, Gypsum Township and Payne Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
Wichita’s police reported 36 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 9.1 per 100,000 residents a year, 2.2 times the rest of Kansas (4.1) and 1.6 times all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: 2.9 times the rest of Kansas
83.1 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (380 reported in 2025), 2.9 times the rest of Kansas (28.4) and about the same as all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Wichita reports less crime per resident than 9% (#296). Places like it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Wichita’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Crime in Wichita 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 12 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Wichita | Rest of Kansas | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.9 | 5.1 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 9.9 | 4.3 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 8.3 | 3.6 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 9.0 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Wichita | Rest of Kansas | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 76.6 | 28.1 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 105 | 25.8 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 49.8 | 29.5 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 94.6 | 29.9 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Wichita’s police reported 36 homicides, 380 robberies and 4,834 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Kansas and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Wichita property | Rest of Kansas property | Wichita violent | Rest of Kansas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 35.2 | 21.5 | 9.3 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | 47.3 | 18.8 | 11.3 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 23.0 | 19.5 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 45.9 | 17.3 | 12.0 | 3.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
23,256 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.
4,834 violent and 18,422 property, as reported to the FBI by Wichita’s police.
209 people died in crashes on Wichita’s roads in 2019–2023
Wichita had 198 fatal crashes in five years, in which 209 people died; 41 were pedestrians and 6 were cyclists. 26 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 10.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Kansas towns of 100,000+ people (7.8, 5 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.
Wichita and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita | D− | 9.6 | 38.8 |
| Minneha Township | — | — | — |
| Riverside Township | — | — | — |
| Attica Township | — | — | — |
| Park Township | — | — | — |
| Kechi Township | — | — | — |
| Gypsum Township | — | — | — |
| Maize | C+ | 2.2 | 15.4 |
| Payne Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Minneha Township, Riverside Township, Attica Township, Park Township, Kechi Township, Gypsum Township and Payne Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Kansas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita | D− | 9.6 | 38.8 |
| Overland Park | C+ | 1.8 | 18.2 |
The five graded Kansas towns closest to Wichita’s population (400,987), 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 Wichita. 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 Wichita’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (401,730 in 2025); our figure for Wichita is 400,987 (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 Wichita
Is Wichita, KS safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Wichita reports more crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #78 of 80 in Kansas. Its police reported 9.6 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the rest of Kansas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Wichita?
9.6 violent and 38.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Kansas reports 3.7 and 18.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Wichita in 2025?
Wichita’s police reported 36 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 9.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Wichita safer than Maize?
Maize reports less crime per resident than Wichita: Maize grades C+ for safety and Wichita D−. Maize’s police reported 2.2 violent and 15.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Wichita?
Wichita’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Wichita”. 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.