What is the crime rate in Wichita, KS?

In 2025, the Wichita Police Department reported 4,861 violent crimes and 18,675 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 1,210 violent and 4,649 property crimes per 100,000 of the 401,730 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: 1,210
Property per 100,000: 4,649
Violent crimes: 4,861
Property crimes: 18,675

Crime reported by the Wichita 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	4,569	1,156	19,104	4,833	395,290
2024	4,899	1,239	20,901	5,285	395,486
2025	4,861	1,210	18,675	4,649	401,730

Violent crimes reported went from 4,569 in 2023 to 4,861 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 19,104 in 2023 to 18,675 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.

Wichita against Kansas and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Wichita	1,210	4,649
Sedgwick County	1,033	4,006
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 Wichita, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Wichita	—	1,210	4,649
Bel Aire	8.0 mi	114	805
Park City	8.2 mi	237	2,453
Maize	8.5 mi	324	1,093
Haysville	8.6 mi	175	1,268
Valley Center	9.9 mi	41	245
Andover	12 mi	74	1,322
Goddard	12 mi	64	2,688
Colwich	12 mi	0	137

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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