The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Augusta, KS
Augusta is a city of 12,100 in Butler County, about 20 miles east of downtown Wichita · Updated November 2026
Is Augusta, KS safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Augusta has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 65% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Augusta run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 894 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
65% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Augusta as a whole, and 35% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Augusta scores 894.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Augusta, KS at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Augusta, 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 in Augusta
Thefts from cars happen at homes more often than nationally. In Augusta, 50% of reported thefts from cars happen at homes, against 34% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Augusta
Every part of Augusta where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Augusta run from A+ to B+; 67% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Augusta, the northeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Augusta?
Reported property crime in Augusta has fallen 51% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 34 to 17 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 41%.
Property crime, change since 2019
AugustaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Augusta. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Augusta
Property, US
2016
-24%
+15%
2017
+30%
+12%
2018
-7%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-25%
-8%
2021
-39%
-10%
2022
-24%
-6%
2023
-17%
-7%
2024
-51%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Augusta
CrimeGrade™ estimates Augusta has about 31 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 16% less than the US as a whole and 40% less than Kansas.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Augusta, about 36% of everything reported, but aggravated assault costs more, because each one does far more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Augusta
Augusta has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Augusta, 56% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (56%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (50%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (45%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (74%)
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.
How Augusta compares with nearby cities
Of the 6 cities closest to Augusta, 5 have less crime. Towanda and Leon have the least.
Two things set Augusta apart: it has 0% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 3.8% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery and car theft, and car theft runs low here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.under 1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 93% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Augusta: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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 and assault. 81% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (14 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 61% of US city residents
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Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.66% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 80% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 76% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.28 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 75% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Augusta 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 crime costs Augusta
Crime costs Augusta about $738 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 39% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $9.0 million a year, or $741 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$130,000
$11
Rape
$250,000
$20
Robbery
$48,000
$4
Aggravated assault
$750,000
$62
Simple assault
$610,000
$50
Burglary
$210,000
$17
Theft
$690,000
$57
Vehicle theft
$240,000
$20
Arson
$32,000
$3
Vandalism
$610,000
$50
Total
$3.6 million
$294
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Augusta means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Augusta, KS average a SchoolGrade of B-: 45% of students test proficient, against 40% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Augusta on SchoolGrade
