Cedar Falls, IA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Cedar Falls, IA Summary

Crime in Cedar Falls research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Cedar Falls 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 Cedar Falls:

  • There were 830 total crimes committed in Cedar Falls the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,058.5 total crimes per 100K people in Cedar Falls.
  • The overall crime rate in Cedar Falls is -11.43% below the national average.
  • Cedar Falls ranks #102 safest out of 138 cities in Iowa.
  • Cedar Falls ranks #6,657 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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Cedar Falls Vs Iowa And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Cedar Falls is 2,058.5 per 100,000 people. That's -11.43% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 2.84% higher than the Iowa total crime rate of 2,001.7 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Cedar Falls
/ 100k People
Iowa
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 830 2,058.5 2,001.7 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.5 6.3
Robbery 6 14.9 29.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 57 141.4 229.4 268.2
Violent Crime 80 198.4 303.5 369.8
Burglary 116 287.7 371.1 269.8
Larceny 587 1,455.8 1,130.1 1,401.9
Car Theft 47 116.6 197.1 282.7
Property Crime 750 1,860.1 1,698.2 1,954.4

Cedar Falls 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 Cedar Falls

80
Violent Crimes
198.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-46.35%
Below The National Average
  • There were 80 violent crimes in Cedar Falls in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Cedar Falls is 198.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 504.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Cedar Falls each year. That compares to a 1 in 329.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -46.35% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -34.62% lower than the Iowa violent crime rate of 303.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Cedar Falls

750
Property Crimes
1,860.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-4.83%
Below The National Average
  • There were 750 property crimes in Cedar Falls in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Cedar Falls is 1,860.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 53.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Cedar Falls each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -4.83% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 9.53% higher than the Iowa property crime rate of 1,698.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Cedar Falls

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Waterloo, IA 66,504 2,043 3,072.0 2,493.1 578.9
Marshalltown, IA 27,207 657 2,414.8 1,756.9 657.9
La Porte, IN 22,371 417 1,864.0 1,662.9 201.2
Waverly, IA 10,445 181 1,732.9 1,072.3 660.6
Independence, IA 6,236 80 1,282.9 1,138.6 144.3
Oelwein, IA 5,788 65 1,123.0 725.6 397.4
Iowa Falls, IA 5,023 120 2,389.0 1,592.7 796.3
Vinton, IA 4,996 30 600.5 560.4 40.0
Evansdale, IA 4,486 73 1,627.3 1,515.8 111.5

Cedar Falls SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8
Diversity
6
Safety
N/A
Amenities
8.5
Education
9
Commute
9.5
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