Fort Leavenworth is a city of 7,520 in Leavenworth County, about 25 miles northwest of downtown Kansas City · Updated November 2026
Is Fort Leavenworth, KS safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Fort Leavenworth is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Fort Leavenworth sits near the middle: 48% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 52% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B+. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 827 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
48% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Fort Leavenworth as a whole, and 52% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Fort Leavenworth scores 827.
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 Fort Leavenworth, KS at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Fort Leavenworth, 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 Fort Leavenworth
Burglaries run high for an A-graded city. Fort Leavenworth has 3.0 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 1.2.
Crime rates and types in Fort Leavenworth
CrimeGrade™ estimates Fort Leavenworth has about 38 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 27% 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 makes up about 39% of crime reported in Fort Leavenworth. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does 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 Fort Leavenworth
The Leavenworth Police Department polices Fort Leavenworth; these figures cover Leavenworth as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Leavenworth as a whole, 71% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 33% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (71%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (49%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (33%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (60%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Homes (56%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (75%)
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 Fort Leavenworth compares with nearby cities
Fort Leavenworth has more crime than 3 of its 4 nearest cities. Easton and Weston, MO have the least crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Fort Leavenworth. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Fort Leavenworth has more crime than 68% of them.
Parking lots, shops and walkability in Fort Leavenworth
Two things set Fort Leavenworth apart: it has 4.2 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 4.7 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 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.4.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 95% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.4.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 93% 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. 86% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 69% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.11.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 91% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.19 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 88% 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 Fort Leavenworth: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
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 Fort Leavenworth
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Fort Leavenworth about $1,521 a year per household, 26% more 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 $5.9 million a year, or $790 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$56,000
$7
Rape
$190,000
$25
Robbery
$69,000
$9
Assault
$900,000
$120
Burglary
$200,000
$27
Theft
$570,000
$76
Vehicle theft
$94,000
$13
Arson
$8,900
$1
Vandalism
$450,000
$60
Total
$2.5 million
$338
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 Fort Leavenworth 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 Fort Leavenworth, KS average a SchoolGrade of A+: 59% of students test proficient, against 44% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Fort Leavenworth on SchoolGrade
