East Topeka is a neighborhood of 4,130 residents in Topeka, about 3 miles southeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is East Topeka in Topeka safe?
Crime in East Topeka is high by national standards, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of C-. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 86% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than East Topeka. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, C+ against D+. Topeka as a whole grades B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within East Topeka run from A to F, so check the map below.
C-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 380 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
14% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than East Topeka as a whole, and 86% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. East Topeka scores 380.
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 East Topeka, Topeka, KS at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in East Topeka in Topeka, 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 East Topeka
Burglaries and aggravated assaults both run high. In East Topeka, each runs at more than double the US rate: 6.0 burglaries and 6.1 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 and 2.6 nationally.
Car thefts happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Topeka as a whole, 58% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
Crime rates and types in East Topeka
CrimeGrade™ estimates East Topeka has about 73 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about double the rate for the US as a whole and close to Topeka as a whole.
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 East Topeka, about 34% of everything reported.
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 Topeka
The Topeka Police Department polices East Topeka; these figures cover Topeka as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Topeka as a whole, 71% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 51% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (71%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (58%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (61%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Homes (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (65%)
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 East Topeka compares with nearby neighborhoods
East Topeka has the most crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Parking lots, density and walkability in East Topeka
Two things set East Topeka apart: it has 4.1 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 11% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with a lot of parking-lot space tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.4.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 97% 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 robbery and car theft.11% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 90% 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 and assault. 98% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (14 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 86% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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 East Topeka: F (0 of 100).3 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 77% 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 crime costs East Topeka
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs East Topeka about $3,060 a year per household, more than double 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 $16 million a year, or $3,843 per resident.
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 East Topeka 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 East Topeka, Topeka, KS average a SchoolGrade of D-: 28% of students test proficient, against 24% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in East Topeka on SchoolGrade
