Paola, KS Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Paola, KS Summary

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

  • There were 80 total crimes committed in Paola in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,382.2 total crimes per 100K people in Paola.
  • The overall crime rate in Paola is -34.78% below the national average.
  • Paola ranks #73 safest out of 137 cities in Kansas.
  • Paola ranks #5,701 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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Paola Vs Kansas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Paola is 1,382.2 per 100,000 people. That's -34.78% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -42.29% lower than the Kansas total crime rate of 2,395.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Paola
/ 100k People
Kansas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 80 1,382.2 2,395.1 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.8 5.0
Robbery 1 17.3 30.9 61.0
Aggravated Assault 8 138.2 359.9 256.0
Violent Crime 10 172.8 438.7 359.0
Burglary 9 155.5 261.6 229.0
Larceny 60 1,036.6 1,458.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 1 17.3 236.3 259.0
Property Crime 70 1,209.4 1,956.4 1,760.0

Paola 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 Paola

10
Violent Crimes
172.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-51.87%
Below The National Average
  • There were 10 violent crimes in Paola in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Paola is 172.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 578.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Paola each year. That compares to a 1 in 227.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -51.87% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -60.62% lower than the Kansas violent crime rate of 438.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Paola

70
Property Crimes
1,209.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-31.28%
Below The National Average
  • There were 70 property crimes in Paola in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Paola is 1,209.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 82.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Paola each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -31.28% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -38.18% lower than the Kansas property crime rate of 1,956.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Paola

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
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
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
Raymore, MO 26,124 329 1,259.4 1,110.1 149.3
Spring Hill, KS 10,283 85 826.6 622.4 204.2
Parkville, MO 9,377 80 853.2 735.8 117.3
Eudora, KS 6,485 22 339.2 323.8 15.4
Greenwood, MO 6,156 29 471.1 389.9 81.2
Louisburg, KS 5,236 38 725.7 534.8 191.0

Paola SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8.5/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8
Diversity
6
Safety
5
Amenities
8
Education
8
Commute
8
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