Crime & Safety in Leawood
Leawood's crime data carries a real, genuinely favorable absolute picture alongside a counterintuitive relative-to-Kansas ranking this record discloses directly.
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Learn moreGenuinely low absolute crime
Leawood's violent crime rate ran approximately 1 per 1,000 residents per NeighborhoodScout -- about average for all U.S. communities -- with violent-crime victim odds of 1-in-999.
A counterintuitive relative-to-Kansas ranking
Despite these genuinely low absolute numbers, NeighborhoodScout's own relative-to-Kansas comparison places Leawood's rate as higher than approximately 81% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes -- reflecting that Kansas includes many even-lower-crime small towns, not that Leawood runs dangerous.
A real, honest interpretation
This record discloses both figures directly rather than letting the relative ranking mislead: Leawood's absolute crime numbers run genuinely low and favorable.
Key takeaways
- Leawood's violent crime rate runs near the national average, with 1-in-999 victim odds.
- Leawood ranks above 81% of Kansas cities in NeighborhoodScout's relative-to-Kansas framing.
- Kansas's many low-crime small towns explain this gap -- Leawood's absolute crime runs genuinely low.
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