Crime in Iowa: rates, trends and every county

Crime reported to police in Iowa since 1979 (FBI estimates), and the counts reported by each county's police agencies.

233.9 per 100,0002025. U.S.: 327.6.
1,171.7 per 100,0002025. U.S.: 1,534.8.
52murders2025: 1.6 per 100,000.

Iowa since 1979

Violent crime rate per 100,000, Iowa 093186279372 19801990200020102020

per 100,000 residents.

Property crime rate per 100,000, Iowa 01193238735804774 19801990200020102020

per 100,000 residents.

Every year, by type of crime
YearViolentRateMurderRobberyAgg. assaultPropertyRateBurglaryVehicle theft
20257,574233.9524975,86537,9441,171.75,5193,800
20247,863242.6746015,97241,9911,295.46,4654,356
20238,807273.6797186,63046,1571,434.26,9965,309
20229,305290.7607357,03744,8641,401.87,1755,229
20219,434295.0736927,11748,2321,508.38,5156,056
20209,601303.51119437,25853,7251,698.211,7396,235
20199,086287.6709196,73258,4461,849.812,4065,561
20188,303263.7709896,11857,0241,811.112,4335,093
20179,038287.5981,2696,36665,6522,088.414,7115,500
20169,170292.9731,1506,66965,8882,104.515,3065,002
20158,619276.1731,0506,29164,6882,072.014,9774,383
20148,484272.8601,0476,22765,1002,093.614,3634,143
20138,443273.0419376,33267,9762,198.215,9184,255
20128,167265.6499626,25570,3572,288.017,2014,040
20117,883257.3448246,14972,0432,351.217,5733,998
20108,191268.5381,0126,25868,7402,253.616,7463,800
20098,485282.1381,2016,35670,0802,329.916,4193,904
20088,651288.1771,2496,38873,2732,440.416,5984,376
20078,970300.2391,3286,63379,1332,648.317,1764,939
20068,521285.7551,3096,28684,2022,823.618,1605,044
20058,697293.3401,1536,65784,3702,845.018,1475,500
20048,499287.8441,1606,51385,7752,904.817,9285,633
20038,175277.9501,1316,19887,5542,976.017,5155,639
20028,388285.7441,1696,37892,8773,163.618,6435,823
20017,865268.2501,1546,01288,6343,023.016,8855,505
20007,796266.4461,0716,00386,8342,967.316,3425,374
19998,034280.0431,0516,16084,4632,943.617,0125,135
19988,916311.5541,4566,67891,2723,189.119,2825,974
19978,841310.0521,5936,61799,9863,505.822,0036,682
19967,771272.5531,2865,87196,2963,376.418,9545,449
199510,071354.4511,5077,894106,5043,747.521,5276,332
19948,914315.1471,3276,87494,4753,339.518,8725,096
19939,159325.5661,5176,89099,0803,521.020,5625,370
19927,816278.0441,1136,131103,4593,679.221,1974,474
19918,477303.3571,2576,580107,0693,830.723,2674,772
19908,321299.7541,0896,668105,5503,801.222,4484,718
19897,563266.3541,1085,942108,3493,815.124,0524,496
19887,279256.8471,1325,654108,2543,819.824,2114,596
19876,553231.2591,0255,132110,7813,909.026,0104,282
19866,703235.1511,1975,099111,6333,915.627,2554,514
19856,106211.7551,1874,501107,6073,731.226,3494,423
19845,781198.7591,1144,233104,7853,600.925,3574,610
19835,262181.1681,1923,637108,5873,737.926,5994,586
19825,018172.7671,0513,538115,1483,963.827,5355,045
19815,915204.2761,5543,896130,7234,512.430,9256,465
19805,826200.4631,5963,751132,2004,546.431,3907,205
19795,259181.2651,4573,417119,6204,120.626,7687,829

Rates per 100,000 residents.

FBI Crime Data Explorer, estimated crimes.

By county

CountyYearViolent rateProperty rateAgencies
Adair County202594.9203.32
Adams County2025112.356.11
Allamakee County2025187.4312.34
Appanoose County2025208.3658.32
Audubon County202055.3700.52
Benton County2025127.8292.14
Black Hawk County2025291.61,737.04
Boone County202575.5321.55
Bremer County202575.1569.34
Buchanan County2025161.7509.03
Buena Vista County2025197.9859.42
Butler County202027.8257.62
Calhoun County2019166.8489.82
Carroll County202544.5637.92
Cass County2025108.21,322.02
Cedar County2024115.6379.27
Cerro Gordo County2025268.11,971.63
Cherokee County202547.4157.93
Chickasaw County202560.4155.22
Clarke County2025106.11,209.52
Clay County202573.1645.32
Clayton County202549.0158.03
Clinton County2025262.71,442.64
Crawford County2025117.5270.23
Dallas County2025129.2938.29
Davis County202598.2196.42
Decatur County202059.859.83
Delaware County2024140.5380.73
Des Moines County2025196.81,600.73
Dickinson County2020167.6653.23
Dubuque County2025281.61,053.34
Emmet County2025154.3220.52
Fayette County2020210.2706.94
Floyd County2025196.1358.42
Franklin County2025110.2140.32
Fremont County2025419.1543.21
Greene County2025128.0616.62
Grundy County202556.6137.62
Guthrie County2025102.2455.52
Hamilton County202588.2746.12
Hancock County202551.7270.13
Hardin County2025342.4606.24
Harrison County202179.1575.32
Henry County202475.2516.73
Howard County2025226.3312.52
Humboldt County202010.51,050.62
Ida County2025178.5282.71
Iowa County2025135.1522.03
Jackson County2025176.4648.54
Jasper County2025145.0690.56
Jefferson County2025127.2445.22
Johnson County2025201.31,162.45
Jones County202575.7482.83
Keokuk County202559.7306.82
Kossuth County202577.2119.42
Lee County2024236.71,174.03
Linn County2025200.71,446.38
Louisa County2025142.5190.01
Lucas County202546.0513.42
Lyon County202559.3184.62
Madison County2025122.0342.83
Mahaska County2025142.5530.64
Marion County2025255.6353.03
Marshall County2020439.21,427.33
Mills County2025108.7591.12
Mitchell County2021110.0431.73
Monona County202479.8301.62
Monroe County202596.1219.82
Montgomery County2019344.41,276.32
Muscatine County2025186.2610.94
O'Brien County2025241.7393.72
Osceola County202457.580.62
Page County2025147.4516.03
Palo Alto County202534.4550.52
Plymouth County2025400.52,236.63
Pocahontas County202557.5258.81
Polk County2025385.71,908.39
Pottawattamie County2024339.91,952.23
Poweshiek County2025245.7971.72
Ringgold County2023128.0298.81
Sac County2021229.6469.72
Scott County2025436.92,080.010
Shelby County202583.989.92
Sioux County202533.1248.15
Story County2020158.41,398.25
Tama County2020322.7549.74
Taylor County2025104.5127.73
Union County2025295.3632.82
Van Buren County2025125.3195.01
Wapello County2025219.21,781.32
Warren County202595.71,213.93
Washington County2025190.8532.42
Wayne County2025136.0271.91
Webster County2025709.91,988.44
Winnebago County202011.746.72
Winneshiek County2025102.3261.02
Woodbury County2020205.8578.12
Worth County202569.1165.71
Wright County2020104.2416.84

Each county's latest complete year: crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. A year is shown only when every agency reported the full year and its total is in line with the years around it, so some counties show an older year or are missing. State police and campus crimes aren't included.

What these numbers are

  • FBI figures count crimes to police, from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program. National and state totals are FBI , which fill in for agencies that didn't report.
  • 2021 is different: The FBI retired its Summary Reporting System on January 1, 2021 and accepted only NIBRS data for 2021, so agencies covering 77.0% of the population (monthly average) reported that year, against 96.2% in 2019. The FBI's 2021 estimates fill the gap statistically and carry more uncertainty. The switch was to .
  • Many crimes are never reported to police. The asks people directly, so it counts those too; in 2024, about 47.9% of violent victimizations were reported to police.
  • Definitions change: the FBI broadened its definition of rape in 2013, so rape counts before and after aren't comparable. is the largest share of violent crime; is the largest share of property crime.
  • We show the agencies' figures as published and don't credit or blame any official, party or policy for them: crime rises and falls for many reasons that these counts can't separate.

Quick answers

What is the crime rate in Iowa?
In 2025, 233.9 violent and 1,171.7 property crimes per 100,000 residents in Iowa (FBI estimates), against 327.6 and 1,534.8 for the U.S.
How many murders were there in Iowa?
52 in 2025 (FBI estimate), 1.6 per 100,000.

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