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

Eric Marko

Missing: Aug 01, 2024
Family went to check on Eric at his residence after not hearing from him after August 1st, 2024. The ...Read More

Sara Gardner

Missing: Mar 06, 2023
Sara Gardner, a 39-year-old woman from Kansas City, Kansas, was last seen on March 6, 2023. Her sudd ...Read More

Nidia Balderrama

Missing: Mar 05, 2018
Nidia Balderrama, a 16-year-old Hispanic female, was last seen on March 5, 2018, in Kansas City, Kan ...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

Donald Sager

Missing: Feb 29, 1984
Donald Courtland Sager, 53, was last seen at his home in La Harpe, Kansas, on February 29, 1984. He ...Read More

Theresa Brown

Missing: Jun 26, 1989
Theresa Brown, a 22-year-old woman from Lenexa, Kansas, was last seen on June 26, 1989. Her sudden d ...Read More

Mary Lou Black

Missing: Sep 11, 2009
Mary Lou Black, age 72, was last seen with her husband, Billie "Bob" Black, on September 11, 2009, w ...Read More

Rachel Pratt

Missing: Jan 16, 1995
Rachel Geraldine Pratt, a 15-year-old from Garden City, Kansas, was last seen at her home on January ...Read More

Ross Crane

Missing: Feb 19, 1982
Ross Crane, a 36-year-old man from El Dorado, Kansas, was last seen on February 19, 1982, and has re ...Read More

Jeremy Coots

Missing: Feb 08, 1977
Jeremy Coots, a 4-year-old boy from Atchison, Kansas, was last seen on February 18, 1977. Jeremy, wh ...Read More
Featured Kansas Murder Cases

Validia Wage

Murdered: Dec 31, 1982
On December 31, 1982, Validia Wage, a 56-year-old woman, was found murdered in her Wichita, Kansas, ...Read More

Raymond Aguirre

Murdered: Sep 19, 2000
On September 19, 2000, Raymond Aguirre, an 82-year-old man, and his wife Mabel Aguirre were violentl ...Read More

Star Boomer

Murdered: Feb 23, 1999
On February 23, 1999, Star Boomer, a 39-year-old Kansas City woman, disappeared after a violent alte ...Read More

Alonzo Brooks

Murdered: May 01, 2004
Alonzo Brooks, a 23-year-old man, was found dead under suspicious circumstances on May 1, 2004, afte ...Read More

Carolyn Rivers

Murdered: Jun 08, 1981
Carolyn Rivers, a 22-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on June 8, 1981, in Wichita, Kansas. He ...Read More

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

Harold James Crawford

Murdered: Oct 29, 1994
Harold "James" Crawford, a 21-year-old man from Wichita, Kansas, was found murdered on October 29, 1 ...Read More

Linda Casey

Murdered: Jun 29, 1985
On June 29, 1985, Linda Shawn Casey, a 31-year-old woman from Wichita, Kansas, was found murdered in ...Read More

Jeffrey Rogers

Murdered: Apr 09, 2008
Jeffrey Rogers, a resident of Kansas City, Kansas, was brutally murdered on April 9, 2008. Around mi ...Read More

Melvin Childress

Murdered: Oct 18, 2001
On October 18, 2001, Melvin Deandre Childress was found murdered in a field near 69th Street North a ...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