Arkansas City, KS Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Arkansas City, KS Summary

Crime in Arkansas City research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Arkansas City over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Arkansas City:

  • There were 389 total crimes committed in Arkansas City the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,268.4 total crimes per 100K people in Arkansas City.
  • The overall crime rate in Arkansas City is 40.62% above the national average.
  • Arkansas City ranks #151 safest out of 169 cities in Kansas.
  • Arkansas City ranks #8,412 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Arkansas City Vs Kansas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Arkansas City is 3,268.4 per 100,000 people. That's 40.62% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 24.55% higher than the Kansas total crime rate of 2,624.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Arkansas City
/ 100k People
Kansas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 389 3,268.4 2,624.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.4 6.3
Robbery 2 16.8 31.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 55 462.1 346.4 268.2
Violent Crime 59 495.7 425.0 369.8
Burglary 64 537.7 331.4 269.8
Larceny 243 2,041.7 1,619.6 1,401.9
Car Theft 23 193.2 248.1 282.7
Property Crime 330 2,772.6 2,199.1 1,954.4

Arkansas City Crime Compared To Kansas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Kansas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Arkansas City

59
Violent Crimes
495.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
34.05%
Above The National Average
  • There were 59 violent crimes in Arkansas City in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Arkansas City is 495.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 201.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Arkansas City each year. That compares to a 1 in 235.3 chance statewide.
  • That's 34.05% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 16.63% higher than the Kansas violent crime rate of 425.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Arkansas City

330
Property Crimes
2,772.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
41.87%
Above The National Average
  • There were 330 property crimes in Arkansas City in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Arkansas City is 2,772.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 36.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Arkansas City each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 41.87% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 26.08% higher than the Kansas property crime rate of 2,199.1 per 100,000 people.

Arkansas City SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
4
Affordability
9
Diversity
8.5
Safety
4
Amenities
8
Education
7
Commute
9
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