Edwardsville, KS Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Edwardsville, KS Summary

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

  • There were 93 total crimes committed in Edwardsville the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,033.2 total crimes per 100K people in Edwardsville.
  • The overall crime rate in Edwardsville is -12.52% below the national average.
  • Edwardsville ranks #118 safest out of 169 cities in Kansas.
  • Edwardsville ranks #6,602 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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Edwardsville Vs Kansas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Edwardsville is 2,033.2 per 100,000 people. That's -12.52% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -22.52% lower than the Kansas total crime rate of 2,624.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Edwardsville
/ 100k People
Kansas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 93 2,033.2 2,624.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.4 6.3
Robbery 1 21.9 31.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 11 240.5 346.4 268.2
Violent Crime 13 284.2 425.0 369.8
Burglary 3 65.6 331.4 269.8
Larceny 65 1,421.1 1,619.6 1,401.9
Car Theft 12 262.4 248.1 282.7
Property Crime 80 1,749.0 2,199.1 1,954.4

Edwardsville 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 Edwardsville

13
Violent Crimes
284.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-23.14%
Below The National Average
  • There were 13 violent crimes in Edwardsville in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Edwardsville is 284.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 351.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Edwardsville each year. That compares to a 1 in 235.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -23.14% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -33.13% lower than the Kansas violent crime rate of 425.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Edwardsville

80
Property Crimes
1,749.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-10.51%
Below The National Average
  • There were 80 property crimes in Edwardsville in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Edwardsville is 1,749.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 57.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Edwardsville each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -10.51% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -20.47% lower than the Kansas property crime rate of 2,199.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Edwardsville

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Olathe, KS 144,646 2,071 1,431.8 1,207.8 224.0
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
Leawood, KS 33,596 699 2,080.6 1,952.6 128.0
Gladstone, MO 26,953 822 3,049.8 2,734.4 315.4
Gardner, KS 24,497 228 930.7 775.6 155.1
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

Edwardsville SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
6
Affordability
9.5
Diversity
8.5
Safety
4
Amenities
6
Education
8
Commute
8
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