Leawood, KS Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Leawood, KS Summary

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

  • There were 537 total crimes committed in Leawood in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,578.9 total crimes per 100K people in Leawood.
  • The overall crime rate in Leawood is -25.49% below the national average.
  • Leawood ranks #87 safest out of 137 cities in Kansas.
  • Leawood ranks #6,253 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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Leawood Vs Kansas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Leawood is 1,578.9 per 100,000 people. That's -25.49% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -34.08% lower than the Kansas total crime rate of 2,395.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Leawood
/ 100k People
Kansas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 537 1,578.9 2,395.1 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.8 5.0
Robbery 2 5.9 30.9 61.0
Aggravated Assault 17 50.0 359.9 256.0
Violent Crime 20 58.8 438.7 359.0
Burglary 48 141.1 261.6 229.0
Larceny 412 1,211.4 1,458.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 57 167.6 236.3 259.0
Property Crime 517 1,520.1 1,956.4 1,760.0

Leawood 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 Leawood

20
Violent Crimes
58.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-83.62%
Below The National Average
  • There were 20 violent crimes in Leawood in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Leawood is 58.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,700.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Leawood each year. That compares to a 1 in 227.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -83.62% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -86.60% lower than the Kansas violent crime rate of 438.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Leawood

517
Property Crimes
1,520.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-13.63%
Below The National Average
  • There were 517 property crimes in Leawood in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Leawood is 1,520.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 65.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Leawood each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -13.63% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -22.30% lower than the Kansas property crime rate of 1,956.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Leawood

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
Lee's Summit, MO 105,053 2,567 2,443.5 2,294.1 149.4
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
Raymore, MO 26,124 329 1,259.4 1,110.1 149.3
Gardner, KS 26,071 265 1,016.5 878.4 138.1
Belton, MO 26,058 575 2,206.6 1,872.7 333.9
Grandview, MO 25,200 1,123 4,456.3 3,781.7 674.6
Merriam, KS 10,794 650 6,021.9 5,586.4 435.4

Leawood SnackAbility

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