Carter Lake, IA Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Carter Lake, IA Summary

Crime in Carter Lake research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Carter Lake over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Carter Lake:

  • There were 171 total crimes committed in Carter Lake the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 4,538.2 total crimes per 100K people in Carter Lake.
  • The overall crime rate in Carter Lake is 95.26% above the national average.
  • Carter Lake ranks #136 safest out of 138 cities in Iowa.
  • Carter Lake ranks #9,237 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Carter Lake Vs Iowa And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Carter Lake is 4,538.2 per 100,000 people. That's 95.26% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 126.71% higher than the Iowa total crime rate of 2,001.7 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Carter Lake
/ 100k People
Iowa
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 171 4,538.2 2,001.7 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.5 6.3
Robbery 1 26.5 29.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 44 1,167.7 229.4 268.2
Violent Crime 47 1,247.3 303.5 369.8
Burglary 18 477.7 371.1 269.8
Larceny 95 2,521.2 1,130.1 1,401.9
Car Theft 11 291.9 197.1 282.7
Property Crime 124 3,290.9 1,698.2 1,954.4

Carter Lake Crime Compared To Iowa Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Iowa.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Carter Lake

47
Violent Crimes
1,247.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
237.30%
Above The National Average
  • There were 47 violent crimes in Carter Lake in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Carter Lake is 1,247.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 80.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Carter Lake each year. That compares to a 1 in 329.5 chance statewide.
  • That's 237.30% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 311.00% higher than the Iowa violent crime rate of 303.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Carter Lake

124
Property Crimes
3,290.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
68.38%
Above The National Average
  • There were 124 property crimes in Carter Lake in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Carter Lake is 3,290.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 30.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Carter Lake each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 68.38% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 93.78% higher than the Iowa property crime rate of 1,698.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Carter Lake

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Omaha, NE 483,462 19,481 4,029.5 3,468.3 561.2
Bellevue, NE 63,178 998 1,579.7 1,397.6 182.0
Council Bluffs, IA 62,206 2,129 3,422.5 3,001.3 421.2
Papillion, NE 23,874 295 1,235.7 1,143.5 92.2
La Vista, NE 16,515 265 1,604.6 1,489.6 115.0
Plattsmouth, NE 6,710 91 1,356.2 1,222.1 134.1
Ralston, NE 6,448 119 1,845.5 1,737.0 108.6
Glenwood, IA 5,195 64 1,232.0 885.5 346.5
Bennington, NE 1,524 16 1,049.9 984.3 65.6

Carter Lake SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8
Diversity
7
Safety
3
Amenities
8
Education
6
Commute
8.5
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