Hillsboro, KS Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Hillsboro, KS Summary

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

  • There were 50 total crimes committed in Hillsboro the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,835.5 total crimes per 100K people in Hillsboro.
  • The overall crime rate in Hillsboro is -21.02% below the national average.
  • Hillsboro ranks #108 safest out of 169 cities in Kansas.
  • Hillsboro ranks #6,161 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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Hillsboro Vs Kansas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Hillsboro is 1,835.5 per 100,000 people. That's -21.02% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -30.05% lower than the Kansas total crime rate of 2,624.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Hillsboro
/ 100k People
Kansas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 50 1,835.5 2,624.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.4 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 31.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 4 146.8 346.4 268.2
Violent Crime 5 183.6 425.0 369.8
Burglary 6 220.3 331.4 269.8
Larceny 38 1,395.0 1,619.6 1,401.9
Car Theft 1 36.7 248.1 282.7
Property Crime 45 1,652.0 2,199.1 1,954.4

Hillsboro 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 Hillsboro

5
Violent Crimes
183.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-50.36%
Below The National Average
  • There were 5 violent crimes in Hillsboro in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Hillsboro is 183.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 544.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Hillsboro each year. That compares to a 1 in 235.3 chance statewide.
  • That's -50.36% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -56.82% lower than the Kansas violent crime rate of 425.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Hillsboro

45
Property Crimes
1,652.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-15.47%
Below The National Average
  • There were 45 property crimes in Hillsboro in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Hillsboro is 1,652.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 60.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Hillsboro each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -15.47% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -24.88% lower than the Kansas property crime rate of 2,199.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Hillsboro

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Salina, KS 46,161 1,702 3,687.1 3,247.3 439.8
Hutchinson, KS 39,424 1,068 2,709.0 2,237.2 471.8
Newton, KS 18,337 609 3,321.2 2,677.6 643.5
Andover, KS 15,842 225 1,420.3 1,287.7 132.6
McPherson, KS 13,853 284 2,050.1 1,790.2 259.9
El Dorado, KS 12,821 311 2,425.7 2,137.1 288.6
Bel Aire, KS 8,599 142 1,651.4 1,604.8 46.5
Valley Center, KS 7,463 82 1,098.8 924.6 174.2
Abilene, KS 6,489 94 1,448.6 1,232.9 215.7
Maize, KS 6,275 185 2,948.2 2,581.7 366.5

Hillsboro SnackAbility

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