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Total violent crime in Wichita went from 3,681 incidents to 4,369 in the amended report; statewide it went from 12,849 to 13,808. Total property crime in Wichita went from 14,061 to 16,915 in the ...
Violent crime spiked in Wichita in 2020 and 2021, especially gun violence, surpassing homicide records set during the street-gang wars of the early 1990s. In 2021 alone, 207 people were shot in ...
Crime in Kansas. In 2018, there were 89,468 crimes reported in the U.S. state of Kansas. 12,782 of these were violent offenses, including 113 murders. [1]
Overall violent crime clearance rates improved from 52% to 60% between 1998 and 1999. In 2003 the Wichita Police Department again received national recognition by receiving the Webber Seavey Award for Best Policing project in 2002 for a midsized City. The Police Department was recognized for the Plainview Project, which addressed juvenile crime.
Wichita (/ ˈ w ɪ tʃ ɪ t ɔː / WITCH-ih-taw) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. The Wichita metro area had a population of 647,610 in 2020. It is located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River.
The average household size was 2.5 and the average family size was 3.2. 24.6% of the population was under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.3 years. For every 100 females, the population had 97.5 males.
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The rise in the nation’s homicide rate coincided with extended shutdowns of the criminal justice system in many cities. But Wichita bucked the trend. Wichita reopened courts in 2020 as other ...