What is the crime rate in Wellsville, KS?

In 2024, the Wellsville Police Department reported 2 violent crimes and 13 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 104 violent and 676 property crimes per 100,000 of the 1,924 residents it serves.

Across Kansas the rates were 475 and 2,174.

Nationally they were 363 and 1,767.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 104
Property per 100,000: 676
Violent crimes: 2
Property crimes: 13

Crime reported by the Wellsville Police Department, 2023 to 2024

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	4	208	12	625	1,921
2024	2	104	13	676	1,924

Violent crimes reported went from 4 in 2023 to 2 in 2024.

Property crimes reported went from 12 in 2023 to 13 in 2024.

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

Wellsville against Kansas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2024
	Violent crime	Property crime
Wellsville	104	676
Kansas	475	2,174
United States	363	1,767

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 Wellsville, 2024

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Wellsville	—	104	676
Baldwin City	7.2 mi	219	617
Gardner	10 mi	185	1,269
Ottawa	13 mi	188	1,137
Spring Hill	14 mi	141	564
Eudora	15 mi	106	348

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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