Garden City, KS Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Garden City, KS Summary

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

  • There were 870 total crimes committed in Garden City the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,140.7 total crimes per 100K people in Garden City.
  • The overall crime rate in Garden City is 35.13% above the national average.
  • Garden City ranks #150 safest out of 169 cities in Kansas.
  • Garden City ranks #8,282 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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Garden City Vs Kansas And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Garden City is 3,140.7 per 100,000 people. That's 35.13% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 19.68% higher than the Kansas total crime rate of 2,624.1 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Garden City
/ 100k People
Kansas
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 870 3,140.7 2,624.1 2,324.2
Murder 2 7.2 3.4 6.3
Robbery 12 43.3 31.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 124 447.6 346.4 268.2
Violent Crime 159 574.0 425.0 369.8
Burglary 96 346.6 331.4 269.8
Larceny 530 1,913.3 1,619.6 1,401.9
Car Theft 85 306.8 248.1 282.7
Property Crime 711 2,566.7 2,199.1 1,954.4

Garden City 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 Garden City

159
Violent Crimes
574.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
55.22%
Above The National Average
  • There were 159 violent crimes in Garden City in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Garden City is 574.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 174.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Garden City each year. That compares to a 1 in 235.3 chance statewide.
  • That's 55.22% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 35.04% higher than the Kansas violent crime rate of 425.0 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Garden City

711
Property Crimes
2,566.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
31.33%
Above The National Average
  • There were 711 property crimes in Garden City in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Garden City is 2,566.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 39.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Garden City each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 31.33% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 16.72% higher than the Kansas property crime rate of 2,199.1 per 100,000 people.

Garden City SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
7
Affordability
8
Diversity
9
Safety
4
Amenities
9
Education
4
Commute
10
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