Pittsburg, KS Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Pittsburg, KS Summary

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

  • There were 790 total crimes committed in Pittsburg in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,860.2 total crimes per 100K people in Pittsburg.
  • The overall crime rate in Pittsburg is 82.15% above the national average.
  • Pittsburg ranks #129 safest out of 137 cities in Kansas.
  • Pittsburg ranks #9,203 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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Pittsburg Vs Kansas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Pittsburg is 3,860.2 per 100,000 people. That's 82.15% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 61.17% higher than the Kansas total crime rate of 2,395.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Pittsburg
/ 100k People
Kansas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 790 3,860.2 2,395.1 2,119.2
Murder 1 4.9 3.8 5.0
Robbery 6 29.3 30.9 61.0
Aggravated Assault 60 293.2 359.9 256.0
Violent Crime 75 366.5 438.7 359.0
Burglary 72 351.8 261.6 229.0
Larceny 579 2,829.2 1,458.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 64 312.7 236.3 259.0
Property Crime 715 3,493.8 1,956.4 1,760.0

Pittsburg 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 Pittsburg

75
Violent Crimes
366.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
2.08%
Above The National Average
  • There were 75 violent crimes in Pittsburg in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Pittsburg is 366.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 272.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Pittsburg each year. That compares to a 1 in 227.9 chance statewide.
  • That's 2.08% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -16.47% lower than the Kansas violent crime rate of 438.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Pittsburg

715
Property Crimes
3,493.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
98.51%
Above The National Average
  • There were 715 property crimes in Pittsburg in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Pittsburg is 3,493.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 28.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Pittsburg each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 98.51% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 78.58% higher than the Kansas property crime rate of 1,956.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Pittsburg

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Joplin, MO 53,533 2,506 4,681.2 4,120.8 560.4
Carthage, MO 15,549 227 1,459.9 1,286.3 173.6
Neosho, MO 13,581 328 2,415.1 2,142.7 272.4
Miami, OK 12,836 434 3,381.1 2,866.9 514.2
Carl Junction, MO 8,446 77 911.7 639.4 272.3
Nevada, MO 8,277 440 5,315.9 4,772.3 543.7
Baxter Springs, KS 3,813 76 1,993.2 1,757.1 236.0
Frontenac, KS 3,368 34 1,009.5 920.4 89.1

Pittsburg SnackAbility

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