South Central Improvemen, Wichita, KS Property Crime Rates and Maps
South Central Improvemen is a neighborhood of 8,520 residents in Wichita, about 2 miles south of downtown · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in South Central Improvemen?
South Central Improvemen grades F for property crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 95% of Americans live. Theft makes up 50% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades F, and vehicle theft grades C-. Wichita as a whole grades C- for property crime.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 0 of 1,000More property crime than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
5% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than South Central Improvemen as a whole, and 95% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. South Central Improvemen scores 0.
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 South Central Improvemen, Wichita, KS at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in South Central Improvemen in Wichita, 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 South Central Improvemen
Burglary stands out among neighborhoods graded F for property crime. For the typical resident of a US neighborhood graded F for property crime, the figure is 3.4 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; South Central Improvemen has 11.7.
Thefts and acts of vandalism both run high. In South Central Improvemen, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 76.2 thefts and 54.8 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 and 5.5 nationally.
Property crime rates and types in South Central Improvemen
CrimeGrade™ estimates South Central Improvemen has about 153 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than triple the rate for the US as a whole and about double the rate for Wichita as a whole.
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 South Central Improvemen, about 50% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
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.
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 Wichita
The Wichita Police Department polices South Central Improvemen; these figures cover Wichita as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Wichita as a whole, 60% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 57% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (60%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (57%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (58%)
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 South Central Improvemen and nearby neighborhoods
South Central Improvemen has the most property crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from South Central Improvemen. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, South Central Improvemen has more property crime than 99% of them.
Empty homes, density and walkability in South Central Improvemen
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set South Central Improvemen apart: it has 20.0% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 9% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.20.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 98% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.9% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 92% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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.C (35 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 51% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 76% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 South Central Improvemen
Property crime costs South Central Improvemen about $8.9 million a year, or $1,049 per resident and about $2,384 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 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.
