Crime in Columbus, Kansas
Major crime in Columbus is 19% below the U.S. rate per resident: 22% lower for persons crimes and 18% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.9% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.
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Simple assault stands out most, at 1.5 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Columbus for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Neighborhoods in Columbus
Columbus is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 55; the middle half of residents live where it is between 43 and 147.
- 0–5042.2%
- 50–10023.5%
- 100–20034.3%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on weekday daytimes
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 7.9% in a year; across Kansas it fell 12.4%
Change in expected crimes, with Kansas as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.
Columbus against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents
557 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Columbus; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Columbus has a higher major-crime index than 3 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Baxter Springs (12 mi), is 20% below Columbus's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Columbus
What are the most common crimes in Columbus?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 16 a year), theft from vehicle (about 5 a year) and aggravated assault (about 5 a year). Compared with the U.S., simple assault stands out most: 1.5 times the U.S. rate per resident.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Columbus's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Columbus has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 2,361. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Columbus, Kansas." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ks/columbus
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Baxter Springs12 mi65
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