Lenexa, KS Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Lenexa, KS Summary

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

  • There were 901 total crimes committed in Lenexa in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,530.5 total crimes per 100K people in Lenexa.
  • The overall crime rate in Lenexa is -27.78% below the national average.
  • Lenexa ranks #81 safest out of 137 cities in Kansas.
  • Lenexa ranks #6,110 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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Lenexa Vs Kansas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Lenexa is 1,530.5 per 100,000 people. That's -27.78% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -36.10% lower than the Kansas total crime rate of 2,395.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Lenexa
/ 100k People
Kansas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 901 1,530.5 2,395.1 2,119.2
Murder 4 6.8 3.8 5.0
Robbery 9 15.3 30.9 61.0
Aggravated Assault 81 137.6 359.9 256.0
Violent Crime 108 183.5 438.7 359.0
Burglary 64 108.7 261.6 229.0
Larceny 598 1,015.8 1,458.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 131 222.5 236.3 259.0
Property Crime 793 1,347.0 1,956.4 1,760.0

Lenexa 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 Lenexa

108
Violent Crimes
183.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-48.90%
Below The National Average
  • There were 108 violent crimes in Lenexa in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Lenexa is 183.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 545.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lenexa each year. That compares to a 1 in 227.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -48.90% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -58.19% lower than the Kansas violent crime rate of 438.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Lenexa

793
Property Crimes
1,347.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-23.47%
Below The National Average
  • There were 793 property crimes in Lenexa in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Lenexa is 1,347.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 74.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Lenexa each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -23.47% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -31.15% lower than the Kansas property crime rate of 1,956.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Lenexa

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
Leawood, KS 34,010 537 1,578.9 1,520.1 58.8
Gardner, KS 26,071 265 1,016.5 878.4 138.1
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
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

Lenexa SnackAbility

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