Shawnee, KS Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Shawnee, KS Summary

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

  • There were 1,436 total crimes committed in Shawnee in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,048.8 total crimes per 100K people in Shawnee.
  • The overall crime rate in Shawnee is -3.32% below the national average.
  • Shawnee ranks #107 safest out of 137 cities in Kansas.
  • Shawnee ranks #7,318 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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Shawnee Vs Kansas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Shawnee is 2,048.8 per 100,000 people. That's -3.32% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -14.46% lower than the Kansas total crime rate of 2,395.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Shawnee
/ 100k People
Kansas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,436 2,048.8 2,395.1 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.8 5.0
Robbery 4 5.7 30.9 61.0
Aggravated Assault 179 255.4 359.9 256.0
Violent Crime 194 276.8 438.7 359.0
Burglary 154 219.7 261.6 229.0
Larceny 948 1,352.6 1,458.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 140 199.7 236.3 259.0
Property Crime 1,242 1,772.0 1,956.4 1,760.0

Shawnee 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 Shawnee

194
Violent Crimes
276.8
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-22.90%
Below The National Average
  • There were 194 violent crimes in Shawnee in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Shawnee is 276.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 361.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Shawnee each year. That compares to a 1 in 227.9 chance statewide.
  • That's -22.90% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -36.91% lower than the Kansas violent crime rate of 438.7 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Shawnee

1,242
Property Crimes
1,772.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
0.68%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,242 property crimes in Shawnee in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Shawnee is 1,772.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 56.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Shawnee each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 0.68% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -9.42% lower than the Kansas property crime rate of 1,956.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Shawnee

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
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
Gladstone, MO 27,404 568 2,072.7 1,696.8 375.9
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
Bonner Springs, KS 7,631 152 1,991.9 1,585.6 406.2

Shawnee SnackAbility

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