Great Bend, KS Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	D+
Property Crime Grade	D+
Other Crime Grade	D-

Which crimes are included?

$5.38 million

Cost of Crime™ for Great Bend, KS

In 2025, violent crime will cost $806 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Great Bend with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The D+ grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in Great Bend against the average US city, where the rate is higher than the norm. Great Bend sits in the 26th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 26% of cities and behind 74%. The grade covers only Great Bend's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.

The violent crime rate in Great Bend is 4.360 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the northwest part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 150 in the south neighborhoods to 1 in 385 in the northwest.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the north parts of Great Bend, KS report the most violent crime, about 13 cases per year. The northwest part reports the fewest, around 4 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Great Bend, KS

The tangible cost of violent crime in Great Bend is projected at $5,375,310 for 2025, about $323 per resident and $806 per household. That equals 1.0% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 41.4%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 44.9%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 13.6%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in Great Bend Compared to Other Cities?

Great Bend, KS:	$323
Ulysses, KS:	$633
Prairie Village, KS:	$116
Kansas:	$251
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $323 per resident each year in Great Bend, which is $65 more than the national average and $72 more than Kansas's state average. The comparison below uses cities similar to Great Bend:

In Ulysses, KS, crime costs $633 per person, which is $310 more than in Great Bend.
In Prairie Village, KS, crime costs $116 per person, which is $207 less than in Great Bend

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for Great Bend, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Great Bend	Cost per Great Bend Resident
Murder	$2.81 million	$169
Rape/Sexual Assault	$969,065	$58
Robbery	$161,678	$10
Assault	$1.43 million	$86
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$5,375,310	$323

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Great Bend, KS

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in Great Bend totals $23,681,858 ($1,423 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $29,057,168 ($1,746 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Great Bend, KS, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the south part of the city has more retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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Great Bend Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 Great Bend residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	3.001
Robbery	0.3089
Rape	0.9605
Murder	0.0899
Total Violent Crime	4.360 (D+)

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Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of violent crime in Great Bend is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Great Bend.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Dundee, KS	D+	D+	C-
Heizer, KS	C-	D	C
Ellinwood, KS	D+	C-	C+
Seward, KS	D+	D+	B
Pawnee Rock, KS	D+	D-	C+
Albert, KS	D+	D+	C
Silica, KS	D	D	C
Raymond, KS	C	C-	B+
Bushton, KS	F	F	D
Timken, KS	D	C-	C+

Crime Maps and Rates for City with Similar Populations

Great Bend is higher versus other cities of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Cairo, GA	B	C	C
Barrington, RI	A	A+	A+
Bedford, OH	D-	D+	D+
Belen, NM	D	D	D
Bellaire, TX	D	B-	B-
Woodcrest, CA	B	B	B
Wolf Trap, VA	A	A+	A+
Wolcott, CT	C+	A	A
Windham, ME	A-	A+	A+
Berwick, PA	B+	A-	A-

Considering only the violent crime rate, Great Bend is as safe as the Kansas state average and less safe than the national average.

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