Lansing, KS Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Lansing, KS Summary

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

  • There were 84 total crimes committed in Lansing in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 748.9 total crimes per 100K people in Lansing.
  • The overall crime rate in Lansing is -64.66% below the national average.
  • Lansing ranks #38 safest out of 137 cities in Kansas.
  • Lansing ranks #3,390 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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Lansing Vs Kansas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lansing is 748.9 per 100,000 people. That's -64.66% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -68.73% lower than the Kansas total crime rate of 2,395.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lansing
/ 100k People
Kansas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 84 748.9 2,395.1 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.8 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 30.9 61.0
Aggravated Assault 10 89.2 359.9 256.0
Violent Crime 17 151.6 438.7 359.0
Burglary 5 44.6 261.6 229.0
Larceny 57 508.2 1,458.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 5 44.6 236.3 259.0
Property Crime 67 597.4 1,956.4 1,760.0

Lansing 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 Lansing

17
Violent Crimes
151.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-57.78%
Below The National Average
  • There were 17 violent crimes in Lansing in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lansing is 151.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 659.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lansing each year. That compares to a 1 in 227.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -57.78% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -65.45% lower than the Kansas violent crime rate of 438.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lansing

67
Property Crimes
597.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-66.06%
Below The National Average
  • There were 67 property crimes in Lansing in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lansing is 597.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 167.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lansing each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -66.06% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -69.47% lower than the Kansas property crime rate of 1,956.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Lansing

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
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
Leavenworth, KS 36,939 1,139 3,083.5 2,588.1 495.4
Gladstone, MO 27,404 568 2,072.7 1,696.8 375.9
Merriam, KS 10,794 650 6,021.9 5,586.4 435.4
Mission, KS 10,037 493 4,911.8 4,573.1 338.7
Parkville, MO 9,377 80 853.2 735.8 117.3
Basehor, KS 8,000 59 737.5 587.5 150.0
Bonner Springs, KS 7,631 152 1,991.9 1,585.6 406.2
Roeland Park, KS 6,661 164 2,462.1 2,281.9 180.2

Lansing SnackAbility

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