Lansing, KS Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Lansing, KS Summary

Crime in Lansing research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Lansing 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 Lansing:

  • There were 160 total crimes committed in Lansing the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,428.6 total crimes per 100K people in Lansing.
  • The overall crime rate in Lansing is -38.53% below the national average.
  • Lansing ranks #86 safest out of 169 cities in Kansas.
  • Lansing ranks #5,111 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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Lansing Vs Kansas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lansing is 1,428.6 per 100,000 people. That's -38.53% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -45.56% lower than the Kansas total crime rate of 2,624.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lansing
/ 100k People
Kansas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 160 1,428.6 2,624.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.4 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 31.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 18 160.7 346.4 268.2
Violent Crime 28 250.0 425.0 369.8
Burglary 15 133.9 331.4 269.8
Larceny 102 910.7 1,619.6 1,401.9
Car Theft 15 133.9 248.1 282.7
Property Crime 132 1,178.6 2,199.1 1,954.4

Lansing 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 Lansing

28
Violent Crimes
250.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-32.40%
Below The National Average
  • There were 28 violent crimes in Lansing in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lansing is 250.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 400.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lansing each year. That compares to a 1 in 235.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -32.40% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -41.18% lower than the Kansas violent crime rate of 425.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lansing

132
Property Crimes
1,178.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-39.70%
Below The National Average
  • There were 132 property crimes in Lansing in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lansing is 1,178.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 84.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lansing each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -39.70% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -46.41% lower than the Kansas property crime rate of 2,199.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Lansing

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Shawnee, KS 67,617 1,120 1,656.4 1,406.5 249.9
Lenexa, KS 59,289 1,031 1,738.9 1,518.0 221.0
Leavenworth, KS 37,004 1,097 2,964.5 2,334.9 629.7
Gladstone, MO 26,953 822 3,049.8 2,734.4 315.4
Merriam, KS 10,928 693 6,341.5 5,655.2 686.3
Mission, KS 9,787 528 5,394.9 4,924.9 470.0
Parkville, MO 8,412 131 1,557.3 1,462.2 95.1
Bonner Springs, KS 7,731 202 2,612.9 2,121.3 491.5
Basehor, KS 7,546 58 768.6 649.4 119.3
Roeland Park, KS 6,762 290 4,288.7 3,948.5 340.1

Lansing SnackAbility

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