State ranking · IA

Safest cities in Iowa by reported property-crime rate

Compare validated Iowa city candidates by selected property-offense rate, total offenses, signal, trend, and largest offense category. This is a cautious ranking layer, not a guarantee that one place is safe or unsafe.

Lowest listed rate 0.80 Sioux Center, IA per 1,000 residents

Validated cities71Current IA city pages

Median rate10.39per 1,000 residents

Highest listed rate45.14Windsor Heights, IA

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Iowa city rankings

Default order is lowest reported selected property-offense rate first. Click column headings to sort by count, rate, signal, trend, or largest category.


1	Sioux Center	IA	8,801	7	0.80	82	Mixed	Larceny/theft
2	Asbury	IA	6,040	6	0.99	93	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
3	Algona	IA	5,367	7	1.30	92	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
4	Norwalk	IA	14,332	28	1.95	82	Increasing	Larceny/theft
5	Decorah	IA	7,390	17	2.30	89	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
6	Estherville	IA	5,772	18	3.12	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
7	Cherokee	IA	5,134	17	3.31	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
8	Eldridge	IA	6,927	23	3.32	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
9	North Liberty	IA	21,704	87	4.01	87	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
10	Fairfield	IA	9,289	45	4.84	88	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
11	Marion	IA	42,353	217	5.12	92	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
12	Anamosa	IA	5,866	34	5.80	78	Increasing	Larceny/theft
13	Oelwein	IA	5,783	34	5.88	90	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
14	Adel	IA	6,939	41	5.91	90	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
15	Perry	IA	8,241	51	6.19	87	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
16	Urbandale	IA	47,926	307	6.41	89	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
17	Sheldon	IA	5,568	36	6.47	90	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
18	Glenwood	IA	5,233	35	6.69	87	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
19	Independence	IA	6,255	42	6.71	90	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
20	Pleasant Hill	IA	11,082	75	6.77	89	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
21	Waukee	IA	31,927	230	7.20	88	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
22	Winterset	IA	5,443	41	7.53	83	Trend pending	Larceny/theft
23	Johnston	IA	24,938	189	7.58	83	Mixed	Larceny/theft
24	Denison	IA	8,245	68	8.25	86	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
25	Bettendorf	IA	40,132	345	8.60	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
26	Waverly	IA	10,583	94	8.88	90	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
27	Le Mars	IA	10,605	98	9.24	90	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
28	Oskaloosa	IA	11,502	107	9.30	90	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
29	Red Oak	IA	5,418	52	9.60	77	Mixed	Larceny/theft
30	Pella	IA	10,878	105	9.65	78	Increasing	Larceny/theft
31	Carroll	IA	10,157	98	9.65	87	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
32	Hiawatha	IA	7,315	72	9.84	80	Mixed	Larceny/theft
33	DeWitt	IA	5,615	56	9.97	85	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
34	Spencer	IA	11,445	115	10.05	90	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
35	Clarinda	IA	5,331	54	10.13	85	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
36	Ankeny	IA	76,455	794	10.39	89	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
37	Creston	IA	7,398	78	10.54	88	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
38	Mount Pleasant	IA	8,522	90	10.56	73	Increasing	Larceny/theft
39	Centerville	IA	5,341	60	11.23	87	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
40	Manchester	IA	5,275	60	11.37	84	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
41	Clive	IA	19,671	231	11.74	86	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
42	Muscatine	IA	23,333	294	12.60	86	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
43	Grinnell	IA	9,479	122	12.87	86	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
44	Newton	IA	15,713	216	13.75	88	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
45	Indianola	IA	16,814	236	14.04	88	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
46	Spirit Lake	IA	5,540	78	14.08	86	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
47	Ames	IA	68,381	991	14.49	87	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
48	Dubuque	IA	58,823	860	14.62	90	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
49	Keokuk	IA	9,516	146	15.34	82	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
50	Clear Lake	IA	7,563	124	16.40	85	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
51	Storm Lake	IA	11,548	196	16.97	74	Increasing	Larceny/theft
52	West Des Moines	IA	74,081	1,268	17.12	85	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
53	Fort Madison	IA	10,016	175	17.47	83	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
54	Marshalltown	IA	27,692	507	18.31	83	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
55	Knoxville	IA	7,463	137	18.36	81	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
56	Burlington	IA	23,452	437	18.63	85	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
57	Washington	IA	7,251	136	18.76	83	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
58	Altoona	IA	22,505	455	20.22	73	Increasing	Larceny/theft
59	Maquoketa	IA	6,054	125	20.65	74	Mixed	Larceny/theft
60	Coralville	IA	23,770	499	20.99	76	Mixed	Larceny/theft
61	Atlantic	IA	6,703	143	21.33	70	Increasing	Larceny/theft
62	Osceola	IA	5,621	121	21.53	70	Increasing	Larceny/theft
63	Waterloo	IA	67,005	1,613	24.07	85	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
64	Council Bluffs	IA	62,484	1,542	24.68	81	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
65	Ottumwa	IA	25,469	674	26.46	81	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
66	Cedar Rapids	IA	137,022	3,700	27.00	81	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
67	Clinton	IA	24,109	673	27.91	73	Mixed	Larceny/theft
68	Des Moines	IA	212,277	6,658	31.36	76	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
69	Fort Dodge	IA	24,836	826	33.26	66	Increasing	Larceny/theft
70	Davenport	IA	100,467	3,605	35.88	77	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
71	Windsor Heights	IA	5,095	230	45.14	58	Increasing	Larceny/theft

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