Leawood, KS Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Leawood, KS Summary

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

  • There were 699 total crimes committed in Leawood the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,080.6 total crimes per 100K people in Leawood.
  • The overall crime rate in Leawood is -10.48% below the national average.
  • Leawood ranks #120 safest out of 169 cities in Kansas.
  • Leawood ranks #6,699 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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Leawood Vs Kansas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Leawood is 2,080.6 per 100,000 people. That's -10.48% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -20.71% lower than the Kansas total crime rate of 2,624.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Leawood
/ 100k People
Kansas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 699 2,080.6 2,624.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.4 6.3
Robbery 6 17.9 31.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 36 107.2 346.4 268.2
Violent Crime 43 128.0 425.0 369.8
Burglary 31 92.3 331.4 269.8
Larceny 530 1,577.6 1,619.6 1,401.9
Car Theft 95 282.8 248.1 282.7
Property Crime 656 1,952.6 2,199.1 1,954.4

Leawood 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 Leawood

43
Violent Crimes
128.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-65.39%
Below The National Average
  • There were 43 violent crimes in Leawood in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Leawood is 128.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 781.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Leawood each year. That compares to a 1 in 235.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -65.39% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -69.89% lower than the Kansas violent crime rate of 425.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Leawood

656
Property Crimes
1,952.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
-0.09%
Below The National Average
  • There were 656 property crimes in Leawood in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Leawood is 1,952.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 51.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Leawood each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -0.09% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -11.21% lower than the Kansas property crime rate of 2,199.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Leawood

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Overland Park, KS 196,626 5,145 2,616.6 2,394.4 222.2
Olathe, KS 144,646 2,071 1,431.8 1,207.8 224.0
Lee's Summit, MO 103,976 2,325 2,236.1 2,097.6 138.5
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
Grandview, MO 25,542 1,090 4,267.5 3,551.0 716.5
Raymore, MO 25,351 397 1,566.0 1,447.7 118.3
Gardner, KS 24,497 228 930.7 775.6 155.1
Belton, MO 24,395 691 2,832.5 2,434.9 397.6
Merriam, KS 10,928 693 6,341.5 5,655.2 686.3

Leawood SnackAbility

10
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9.5/10
Housing
9
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
6
Safety
8
Amenities
9
Education
10
Commute
8
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