CrimeMetric

Crime in De Soto, Kansas

Major crime in De Soto is 40% below the U.S. rate per resident: about the same for persons crimes and 49% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.6% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
60
40% below the U.S. rate
48% below the Kansas rate
down 7.6% in a year
Persons crimes
103
about the U.S. rate
24% below the Kansas rate
down 3.3% in a year
Property crimes
51
49% below the U.S. rate
55% below the Kansas rate
down 9.5% in a year
Social disorder
439
4.4 times the U.S. rate
2.6 times the Kansas rate
down 7.9% in a year

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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Crime by type

Drugs and alcohol stands out most, at 13.8 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in De Soto for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across De Soto

The middle half of De Soto residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 48 and 48; the typical (median) resident's is 48. The citywide figure (60) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of De Soto, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5085.6%
  • 50–1000.0%
  • 100–20014.4%
  • 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.

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm66
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am56
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm53
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am63
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.6% in a year; across Kansas it fell 12.4%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.6%KS -12.4%-6.0%KS -12.3%
Persons crimes-3.3%KS -10.3%+6.7%KS -1.0%
Property crimes-9.5%KS -12.9%-11.6%KS -15.3%
Social disorder-7.9%KS -9.9%-7.7%KS -8.2%

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.

Similar-size places

De Soto against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

1,139 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than De Soto; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

De Soto, KS6,15860

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

De Soto has a higher major-crime index than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Bonner Springs (8 mi), is 2.6 times De Soto's rate.

Lenexa10 mi67
Shawnee11 mi67
De Soto60
Olathe11 mi60
Gardner11 mi57
Eudora8 mi26
Tonganoxie11 mi24

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in De Soto

What are the most common crimes in De Soto?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 24 a year), aggravated assault (about 18 a year) and burglary (about 7 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 13.8 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. De Soto's figures add up its 5 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • De Soto 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: 6,158. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in De Soto, Kansas." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ks/de-soto

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100