Crime in Turkville, KS

Turkville is a community of 108 in Ellis County · Updated November 2026

Is Turkville, KS safe?

Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Turkville has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 99% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here.

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Overall CrimeGrade™Safety score 995 of 1,000
Safer than nearly all US neighborhoods What this means

99% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Turkville as a whole, and 1% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Turkville scores 995.

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.

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Violent crimeSafety score 994 of 1,000Less violent crime than nearly all US neighborhoods
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Property crimeSafety score 996 of 1,000Less property crime than nearly all US neighborhoods

How it works


Crime map of Turkville

Map of Turkville shaded by overall CrimeGrade™, from green for the least crime to red for the most
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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 Turkville, KS at ISP Reports.

Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Turkville, 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


Crime rates and types in Turkville

CrimeGrade™ estimates Turkville has about 97 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and 88% more 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.

Assault is the most common crime in Turkville, about 41% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.

CrimeCrimeGrade™Reported a yearPer 1,000 residentsUS per 1,000
Violent crime
MurderA+under 10.240.05
RapeA+under 12.20.38
RobberyA+under 10.620.62
AssaultA+440.012.3
Property crime
BurglaryA+215.12.4
TheftA+112.613.1
Vehicle theftA+under 13.32.7
ArsonA+under 12.10.12
VandalismA+221.15.5

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.


How Turkville compares with nearby cities

Turkville has less crime than 9 of its 10 nearest cities; only Codell has less.

Nearby cities

PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
TurkvilleA+995A+A+108
Codell 9 milesA+995A+A+60
Catharine 10 milesA+991A+A+458
Plainville 10 milesA+953A+A+2,020
Zurich 13 milesA+995A+A+189
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PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Yocemento 14 milesA+991A+A+182
Hays 14 milesA911AA23,400
Natoma 16 milesA+984A+A+458
Victoria 17 milesA+973A+A+1,190
Munjor 17 milesA+988A+A+496
West Hamilton 17 milesA+991A+A+92

Nearest first, with each place's distance from Turkville. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).

Compared with cities of similar size and density, Turkville is safer than 93% of them.

Cities of similar size and density

PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
TurkvilleA+995A+A+108
Pickardville, NDA+996A+A+108
Fremont Center, NYA+989A+A+108
Mitchellsville, ILA+988A+A+108
Wacker, ILA+985A+A+108
Show all 10
PlaceOverallViolentPropertyResidents
Bridgeport, OKA+977A+A+108
Spring Lake, UTA+977A+A+108
Maryhill, WAA+975A+A+108
Mora, LAA+960A+A+108
Stevenson, INA909AA+108
Gabaldon, NMA895AA+108

What crime costs Turkville

Crime costs Turkville about $4,147 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about triple 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 $710,000 a year, or $6,622 per resident.

How the cost breaks down
CrimeCost a yearPer resident
Murder$49,000$456
Rape$14,000$129
Robbery$2,100$19
Assault$60,000$557
Burglary$15,000$135
Theft$7,000$65
Vehicle theft$5,400$50
Arson$5,300$49
Vandalism$16,000$150
Total$170,000$1,611

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 Turkville 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. Turkville is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.

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
  • Population and housing figures from the US Census Bureau
  • 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.

More about CrimeGrade™ data


Schools in Turkville

Schools in Turkville, KS average a SchoolGrade of C: 38% of students test proficient, against 42% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Turkville on SchoolGrade