Garden City, KS Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Garden City, KS Summary

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

  • There were 704 total crimes committed in Garden City in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,592.4 total crimes per 100K people in Garden City.
  • The overall crime rate in Garden City is 22.33% above the national average.
  • Garden City ranks #114 safest out of 137 cities in Kansas.
  • Garden City ranks #8,160 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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Garden City Vs Kansas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Garden City is 2,592.4 per 100,000 people. That's 22.33% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 8.24% higher than the Kansas total crime rate of 2,395.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Garden City
/ 100k People
Kansas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 704 2,592.4 2,395.1 2,119.2
Murder 1 3.7 3.8 5.0
Robbery 15 55.2 30.9 61.0
Aggravated Assault 107 394.0 359.9 256.0
Violent Crime 139 511.9 438.7 359.0
Burglary 42 154.7 261.6 229.0
Larceny 483 1,778.6 1,458.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 40 147.3 236.3 259.0
Property Crime 565 2,080.6 1,956.4 1,760.0

Garden City 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 Garden City

139
Violent Crimes
511.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
42.58%
Above The National Average
  • There were 139 violent crimes in Garden City in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Garden City is 511.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 195.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Garden City each year. That compares to a 1 in 227.9 chance statewide.
  • That's 42.58% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 16.67% higher than the Kansas violent crime rate of 438.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Garden City

565
Property Crimes
2,080.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
18.21%
Above The National Average
  • There were 565 property crimes in Garden City in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Garden City is 2,080.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 48.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Garden City each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 18.21% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 6.35% higher than the Kansas property crime rate of 1,956.4 per 100,000 people.

Garden City SnackAbility

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