Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 24, 2026.
Leavenworth County, Kansas, has about 85,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Leavenworth County depends on where the incident happened: the Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Kansas Open Records Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from Leavenworth County
A crime, incident or collision report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court, the jail or the prosecutor.
In Leavenworth County that is the Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The Bonner Springs Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Leavenworth County, so its arrests are not broken out for Leavenworth County here.
Reports from the Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office
The Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 20 violent and 72 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 288 arrests for 2024.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at lvsheriff.org/inmate-roster/filters/current/booking_time=desc/1 (page title: Inmate Roster | Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office | Sort Booking Time | Descending | Page 1), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Leavenworth County
The four cities the FBI lists in Leavenworth County with a reporting agency of their own, with the police records page SearchSystems verified where the city has a guide:
- Leavenworth: 170 violent and 633 property crimes reported for 2025; 682 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lansing: 13 violent and 51 property crimes reported for 2025; 91 arrests reported for 2025.
- Basehor: 16 violent and 42 property crimes reported for 2025; 44 arrests reported for 2025. The Basehor police records page is at cityofbasehor.org/385/Police-Records (verified September 26, 2026).
- Tonganoxie: 5 violent and 17 property crimes reported for 2025; 136 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Reports: Leavenworth County in 2025
The five agencies in Leavenworth County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 224 violent and 815 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the four agencies in Leavenworth County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 953 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Kansas Open Records Act Requires
The Kansas Open Records Act sets the rules: an answer within 3 business days, at a charge of staff time and copying, from the agency that holds the report.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at leavenworthcounty.gov/how_do_i_/request_open_records/index.php (page title: Welcome to Leavenworth County, KS).
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Leavenworth County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Kansas Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days.
How long does an agency in Leavenworth County have to answer?
Under the Kansas Open Records Act, within 3 business days. It may charge staff time and copying.
How do I get a report from the Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. Under the Kansas Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days.
Is this the official Leavenworth County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.