What is the crime rate in Westwood, KS?

In 2025, the Westwood Police Department reported 3 violent crimes and 50 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 175 violent and 2,921 property crimes per 100,000 of the 1,712 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: 175
Property per 100,000: 2,921
Violent crimes: 3
Property crimes: 50

Crime reported by the Westwood 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	5	289	71	4,104	1,730
2024	3	175	71	4,147	1,712
2025	3	175	50	2,921	1,712

Violent crimes reported went from 5 in 2023 to 3 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 71 in 2023 to 50 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.

Westwood against Kansas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Westwood	175	2,921
Johnson County	192	1,284
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 Westwood, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Westwood	—	175	2,921
Roeland Park	1.2 mi	271	2,076
Fairway	1.2 mi	144	385
Mission Hills	1.8 mi	171	742
Mission	2.4 mi	309	4,666
Prairie Village	3.8 mi	96	650
Merriam	4.5 mi	360	4,495
Kansas City	6.9 mi	1,376	3,991
North Kansas City	7.4 mi	790	6,001

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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