Gardner, KS Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Gardner, KS Summary

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

  • There were 265 total crimes committed in Gardner in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,016.5 total crimes per 100K people in Gardner.
  • The overall crime rate in Gardner is -52.04% below the national average.
  • Gardner ranks #56 safest out of 137 cities in Kansas.
  • Gardner ranks #4,470 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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Gardner Vs Kansas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Gardner is 1,016.5 per 100,000 people. That's -52.04% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -57.56% lower than the Kansas total crime rate of 2,395.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Gardner
/ 100k People
Kansas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 265 1,016.5 2,395.1 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 30.9 61.0
Aggravated Assault 32 122.7 359.9 256.0
Violent Crime 36 138.1 438.7 359.0
Burglary 10 38.4 261.6 229.0
Larceny 200 767.1 1,458.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 19 72.9 236.3 259.0
Property Crime 229 878.4 1,956.4 1,760.0

Gardner 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 Gardner

36
Violent Crimes
138.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-61.54%
Below The National Average
  • There were 36 violent crimes in Gardner in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Gardner is 138.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 724.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Gardner each year. That compares to a 1 in 227.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -61.54% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -68.53% lower than the Kansas violent crime rate of 438.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Gardner

229
Property Crimes
878.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-50.09%
Below The National Average
  • There were 229 property crimes in Gardner in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Gardner is 878.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 113.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Gardner each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -50.09% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -55.10% lower than the Kansas property crime rate of 1,956.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Gardner

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Overland Park, KS 196,875 3,831 1,945.9 1,761.5 184.4
Olathe, KS 149,473 1,700 1,137.3 941.3 196.0
Shawnee, KS 70,089 1,436 2,048.8 1,772.0 276.8
Lenexa, KS 58,871 901 1,530.5 1,347.0 183.5
Leawood, KS 34,010 537 1,578.9 1,520.1 58.8
Merriam, KS 10,794 650 6,021.9 5,586.4 435.4
Spring Hill, KS 10,283 85 826.6 622.4 204.2
Eudora, KS 6,485 22 339.2 323.8 15.4
Louisburg, KS 5,236 38 725.7 534.8 191.0

Gardner SnackAbility

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