Kansas

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In 2022, 415 violent crime incidents per 100,000 residents were reported to police in Kansas. This is 16 percent higher than the violent crime rate in 2012.

The crime rate in Kansas in 2022 was 9 percent higher than the United States average.

In 2022, 53 percent of violent crimes reported to police in Kansas were not solved. This is 1 percentage point lower than the unsolved rate in 2012.

  • Capital:  Topeka
  • Population:  2,907,289
  • Area:  82,278 sq mi
  • Violent Crime Rank:  17th
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Featured Kansas Missing Cases

Christine Rusch

Missing: Jun 26, 1989
Christine Rusch, 22, was last seen on June 25, 1989, in Lenexa, Kansas, where she lived with her roo ...Read More

Detreck Foster

Missing: Apr 01, 2020
Detreck Julian Foster, age 37, was last seen in Independence, Kansas, around April 1, 2020. He disap ...Read More

Kathryn Adam

Missing: Apr 29, 1993
Kathryn Adam, a 35-year-old woman from Salina, Kansas, was last seen on April 29, 1993. That morning ...Read More

Katelin Caddell

Missing: May 28, 2018
Katelin Caddell, a 15-year-old girl, was last seen on May 28, 2018, in Newton, Kansas. Authorities b ...Read More

Jennifer Lancaster

Missing: May 12, 2000
Jennifer Lancaster, a 20-year-old mother from Topeka, Kansas, was last seen on May 12, 2000. She lef ...Read More

Vincent Moore

Missing: Jul 11, 2015
Vincent Moore, a four-month-old infant, was last seen on July 11, 2015, in Wichita, Kansas. He had b ...Read More

Sidney Smith

Missing: May 12, 2000
On May 12, 2000, 1-year-old Sidney Keara Smith, her 1-month-old sister Monique, and their mother, Je ...Read More

Ronda Kuschell

Missing: Jan 25, 1985
Ronda Jean Kuschell, 31, was last seen on January 25, 1985, in Elwood, Kansas. That evening, her mot ...Read More

Catherine Clampitt

Missing: Apr 02, 1987
Catherine Frances Clampitt, age 26, disappeared from Overland Park, Kansas, on June 15, 1987. Origin ...Read More

Jaelyn Cantrell

Missing: Jul 28, 2022
Jaelyn Cantrell, a 14-year-old girl from Wichita, Kansas, was reported missing on July 28, 2022. She ...Read More
Featured Kansas Murder Cases

Mabel Aguirre

Murdered: Sep 19, 2000
Mabel Aguirre, 80, and her 82-year-old husband, Raymond Aguirre, were brutally attacked during a hom ...Read More

Luther Alberson

Murdered: Oct 03, 1982
On October 3, 1982, Luther Alberson was found dead in Sedgwick County, Kansas. His body was discover ...Read More

Charles Thompson

Murdered: Dec 21, 1987
On December 21, 1987, Charles W. Thompson, a prominent attorney and Democratic Chairman of the Wyand ...Read More

Michael Fowler

Murdered: Sep 14, 1988
Michael Fowler, an infant, was tragically found dead on September 14, 1988, in a rural area of Sedgw ...Read More

Monte Dixon

Murdered: Feb 10, 1998
On February 10, 1998, Monte Dixon was found murdered at his residence in Sedgwick County, Kansas. Di ...Read More

Aaron Matej

Murdered: Apr 29, 2011
Aaron Matej, a 36-year-old man from Pretty Prairie, Kansas, was tragically killed in a hit-and-run i ...Read More

Tyszu Smith

Murdered: Sep 24, 2005
On the night of September 24, 2005, Tyszu Smith, a 34-year-old single mother, was tragically shot an ...Read More

Shannon Olson

Murdered: Nov 01, 1987
On Halloween night, October 31, 1987, 15-year-old Shannon Olson left her home in Wichita, Kansas, to ...Read More

Hamp Lewis

Murdered: Jun 09, 2004
On June 9, 2004, Hamp Lewis, a 77-year-old retired Santa Fe Railroad worker, was found murdered in W ...Read More

Kathy Kelly

Murdered: Sep 01, 1984
Kathy Kelly's unsolved murder occurred on September 1, 1984, in Wichita, Kansas. Her body was discov ...Read More

James Henderson

Murdered: Oct 15, 1967
On October 15, 1967, 26-year-old James Henderson and his wife, Louise, were tragically found shot to ...Read More