What is the crime rate in Baxter Springs, KS?

In 2025, the Baxter Springs Police Department reported 13 violent crimes and 22 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 339 violent and 574 property crimes per 100,000 of the 3,835 residents it serves.

Across Kansas the rates were 476 and 1,924.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 339
Property per 100,000: 574
Violent crimes: 13
Property crimes: 22

Crime reported by the Baxter Springs Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	7	184	81	2,125	3,812
2024	9	236	66	1,731	3,813
2025	13	339	22	574	3,835

Violent crimes reported went from 7 in 2023 to 13 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 81 in 2023 to 22 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Baxter Springs against Kansas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Baxter Springs	339	574
Cherokee County	419	1,033
Kansas	476	1,924
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Baxter Springs, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Baxter Springs	—	339	574
Galena	6.7 mi	650	433
Commerce	9.1 mi	176	1,406
Miami	12 mi	482	2,339
Columbus	12 mi	488	1,534
Joplin	13 mi	559	3,612
Seneca	14 mi	342	985

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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