Atchison, KS Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Atchison, KS Summary

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

  • There were 157 total crimes committed in Atchison in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,480.6 total crimes per 100K people in Atchison.
  • The overall crime rate in Atchison is -30.14% below the national average.
  • Atchison ranks #78 safest out of 137 cities in Kansas.
  • Atchison ranks #5,983 safest out of 9,896 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 per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Atchison Vs Kansas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Atchison is 1,480.6 per 100,000 people. That's -30.14% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -38.18% lower than the Kansas total crime rate of 2,395.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Atchison
/ 100k People
Kansas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 157 1,480.6 2,395.1 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.8 5.0
Robbery 1 9.4 30.9 61.0
Aggravated Assault 10 94.3 359.9 256.0
Violent Crime 16 150.9 438.7 359.0
Burglary 13 122.6 261.6 229.0
Larceny 117 1,103.4 1,458.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 11 103.7 236.3 259.0
Property Crime 141 1,329.7 1,956.4 1,760.0

Atchison Crime Compared To Kansas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Kansas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Atchison

16
Violent Crimes
150.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-57.97%
Below The National Average
  • There were 16 violent crimes in Atchison in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Atchison is 150.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 662.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Atchison each year. That compares to a 1 in 227.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -57.97% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -65.61% lower than the Kansas violent crime rate of 438.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Atchison

141
Property Crimes
1,329.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-24.45%
Below The National Average
  • There were 141 property crimes in Atchison in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Atchison is 1,329.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 75.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Atchison each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -24.45% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -32.03% lower than the Kansas property crime rate of 1,956.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Atchison

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Olathe, KS 149,473 1,700 1,137.3 941.3 196.0
Lenexa, KS 58,871 901 1,530.5 1,347.0 183.5
Liberty, MO 30,986 550 1,775.0 1,571.7 203.3
Kearney, MO 11,267 93 825.4 612.4 213.0
Smithville, MO 10,888 97 890.9 707.2 183.7
Parkville, MO 9,377 80 853.2 735.8 117.3
King, NC 7,680 98 1,276.0 1,197.9 78.1
Savannah, MO 5,078 30 590.8 472.6 118.2
Fairway, KS 4,154 22 529.6 385.2 144.4
Mission Hills, KS 3,504 63 1,797.9 1,740.9 57.1

Atchison SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
4
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
7
Safety
5
Amenities
8
Education
8
Commute
9
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