Fort Scott, KS Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Fort Scott, KS Summary

Crime in Fort Scott research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Fort Scott over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Fort Scott:

  • There were 233 total crimes committed in Fort Scott the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,106.3 total crimes per 100K people in Fort Scott.
  • The overall crime rate in Fort Scott is 33.65% above the national average.
  • Fort Scott ranks #149 safest out of 169 cities in Kansas.
  • Fort Scott ranks #8,246 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Fort Scott Vs Kansas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Fort Scott is 3,106.3 per 100,000 people. That's 33.65% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 18.37% higher than the Kansas total crime rate of 2,624.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Fort Scott
/ 100k People
Kansas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 233 3,106.3 2,624.1 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.4 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 31.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 24 320.0 346.4 268.2
Violent Crime 28 373.3 425.0 369.8
Burglary 36 479.9 331.4 269.8
Larceny 159 2,119.7 1,619.6 1,401.9
Car Theft 10 133.3 248.1 282.7
Property Crime 205 2,733.0 2,199.1 1,954.4

Fort Scott Crime Compared To Kansas Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Kansas.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Fort Scott

28
Violent Crimes
373.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
0.94%
Above The National Average
  • There were 28 violent crimes in Fort Scott in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Fort Scott is 373.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 267.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Fort Scott each year. That compares to a 1 in 235.3 chance statewide.
  • That's 0.94% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -12.18% lower than the Kansas violent crime rate of 425.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Fort Scott

205
Property Crimes
2,733.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
39.84%
Above The National Average
  • There were 205 property crimes in Fort Scott in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Fort Scott is 2,733.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 36.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Fort Scott each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 39.84% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 24.28% higher than the Kansas property crime rate of 2,199.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Fort Scott

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Appleton, WI 74,411 1,315 1,767.2 1,498.4 268.8
Pittsburg, KS 20,774 988 4,755.9 4,269.8 486.2
Carl Junction, MO 8,355 100 1,196.9 1,017.4 179.5
Nevada, MO 8,182 517 6,318.7 5,402.1 916.6
Iola, KS 5,302 252 4,752.9 3,923.0 829.9
Osawatomie, KS 4,266 52 1,218.9 914.2 304.7
Frontenac, KS 3,415 43 1,259.2 1,200.6 58.6
Garnett, KS 3,150 40 1,269.8 761.9 507.9
Columbus, KS 2,857 65 2,275.1 2,100.1 175.0

Fort Scott SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
4
Affordability
8
Diversity
6
Safety
4
Amenities
8
Education
7
Commute
10
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