FBI arson data · 2024
Kansas Arson
366 arson offenses were reported by 475 Kansas law-enforcement agencies in 2024 — 1.0% of the national total. The most was reported by Wichita Police Department (78).
Kansas agencies with the most reported arson
| Agency | Type | County | Arsons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita Police Department | City | Sedgwick County | 78 |
| Topeka Police Department | City | Shawnee County | 22 |
| Salina Police Department | City | Saline County | 14 |
| Hutchinson Police Department | City | Reno County | 12 |
| Riley County Police Department | County | Riley County | 12 |
| Lawrence Police Department | City | Douglas County | 11 |
| Topeka Fire Department Arson Investigation | Other | Shawnee County | 11 |
| Overland Park Police Department | City | Johnson County | 10 |
| Kansas City Fire Department | Unknown | — | 10 |
| Haysville Police Department | City | Sedgwick County | 8 |
| Leavenworth Police Department | City | Leavenworth County | 7 |
| Olathe Police Department | City | Johnson County | 6 |
| Great Bend Police Department | City | Barton County | 5 |
| Winfield Police Department | City | Cowley County | 5 |
| Pittsburg Police Department | City | Crawford County | 5 |
| Dodge City Police Department | City | Ford County | 5 |
| Reno County Sheriff's Office | County | Reno County | 5 |
| Newton Police Department | City | Harvey County | 4 |
| Neosho County Sheriff's Office | County | Neosho County | 4 |
| Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office | County | Sedgwick County | 4 |
| Liberal Police Department | City | Seward County | 4 |
| Department of Labor | Unknown | — | 4 |
| Sumner County Sheriff's Office | County | Sumner County | 4 |
| Butler County Sheriff's Office | County | Butler County | 3 |
| Cherokee County Sheriff's Office | County | Cherokee County | 3 |
Kansas arson by county
By the reporting agency's headquarters county — multi-jurisdiction agencies land in one county. Counties with no reported arson are not listed.
About this data
- Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests. Each figure is a fire that a law-enforcement agency determined or suspected was intentionally set. Arson arrests are a different, much smaller number — most arsons are never cleared — and are tracked separately in our Arrests dataset.
- The figures are de-duplicated across the FBI's two overlapping reporting streams — the legacy SRS summary system and NIBRS incident data. Most agencies appear in both, so naively summing the two streams, as some published totals do, roughly doubles the count. Each agency here is counted once, from its best available stream.
- Reported agencies only. The total covers agencies in the FBI's 2024 master files — about 96% of the FBI's own de-duplicated figure of 36,558, which comes from its live database and includes some later-arriving reports. Nothing here is estimated, so totals slightly undercount and are not strictly comparable across areas with different reporting coverage.
- Location is the reporting agency's headquarters county, not where the fire happened. Multi-jurisdiction agencies concentrate in one county — every NYPD-reported arson lands in New York County, for example — and county figures cover geolocated agencies only, so they sum to slightly less than the national total.
- Zero and missing mean different things. A zero means agencies in that county reported to the FBI and logged no arson; a county with no figure at all had no reporting agency headquartered there.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI. How our data works.
Kansas arson — FAQ
How many arsons were reported in Kansas in 2024?+
366 arson offenses were reported to the FBI by 475 Kansas law-enforcement agencies in 2024; 91 of those agencies logged at least one arson. Actual arsons are somewhat higher, since not every agency reports.
Which agency reported the most arson in Kansas?+
Wichita Police Department, with 78 reported arson offenses in 2024 (headquartered in Sedgwick County).
What share of U.S. arson happens in Kansas?+
Kansas's 366 reported arsons were 1.0% of the 34,990 reported nationwide in 2024. Reporting coverage varies by state, so shares are approximate.
Where does this data come from?+
The FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program's 2024 SRS and NIBRS files, de-duplicated by agency. Counts are arson offenses (fires), not arrests, from reporting agencies only. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with the FBI.