Shawnee is the seventh-largest city in Kansas, with 68,100 residents in Johnson County, about 12 miles southwest of downtown Kansas City · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Shawnee?
Shawnee earns an A- for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 56% of Americans live. Theft makes up 62% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 790 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
44% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Shawnee as a whole, and 56% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Shawnee scores 790.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Shawnee, KS at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Shawnee, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Shawnee
Vehicle theft stands out among cities graded A for property crime. For the typical resident of a US city graded A for property crime, the figure is 0.91 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; Shawnee has 2.1.
Burglaries are uncommon. Shawnee has burglaries at less than half the US rate: 0.93 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Shawnee
Most of Shawnee grades well for property crime: 96% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 2% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Shawnee run from A to D+.
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A or B 96%C 2%D or F 2%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Property crime rates and types in Shawnee
CrimeGrade™ estimates Shawnee has about 22 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 7% less than the US as a whole and 34% less than Kansas.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Shawnee, about 62% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
The Shawnee Police Department's 2024 report of burglary had a month far out of line with the rest, a sign of a data-entry error or a catch-up month, so CrimeGrade™ set it aside and used the other months.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Shawnee
Shawnee has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Shawnee, 62% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 58% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (62%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (58%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (49%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (59%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Shawnee and nearby cities
Shawnee has less property crime than 6 of its 9 nearest cities.
Empty homes, parking lots and walkability in Shawnee
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Shawnee apart: it has 3.5% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 6% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary runs low here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 81% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 75% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 83% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (15 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 59% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.6% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 72% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.8.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 69% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.35 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 62% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Shawnee on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Shawnee
Property crime costs Shawnee about $10 million a year, or $150 per resident and about $400 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$570,000
$8
Theft
$4.8 million
$71
Vehicle theft
$2.2 million
$32
Arson
$35,000
$1
Vandalism
$2.6 million
$38
Total
$10 million
$150
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
