Clear Lake, IA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Clear Lake, IA Summary

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

  • There were 194 total crimes committed in Clear Lake the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,586.3 total crimes per 100K people in Clear Lake.
  • The overall crime rate in Clear Lake is 11.28% above the national average.
  • Clear Lake ranks #118 safest out of 138 cities in Iowa.
  • Clear Lake ranks #7,606 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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Clear Lake Vs Iowa And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Clear Lake is 2,586.3 per 100,000 people. That's 11.28% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 29.20% higher than the Iowa total crime rate of 2,001.7 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Clear Lake
/ 100k People
Iowa
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 194 2,586.3 2,001.7 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.5 6.3
Robbery 3 40.0 29.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 44 586.6 229.4 268.2
Violent Crime 53 706.6 303.5 369.8
Burglary 28 373.3 371.1 269.8
Larceny 104 1,386.5 1,130.1 1,401.9
Car Theft 9 120.0 197.1 282.7
Property Crime 141 1,879.7 1,698.2 1,954.4

Clear 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 Clear Lake

53
Violent Crimes
706.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
91.07%
Above The National Average
  • There were 53 violent crimes in Clear Lake in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Clear Lake is 706.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 141.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Clear Lake each year. That compares to a 1 in 329.5 chance statewide.
  • That's 91.07% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 132.82% higher than the Iowa violent crime rate of 303.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Clear Lake

141
Property Crimes
1,879.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-3.82%
Below The National Average
  • There were 141 property crimes in Clear Lake in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Clear Lake is 1,879.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 53.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Clear Lake each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -3.82% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 10.69% higher than the Iowa property crime rate of 1,698.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Clear Lake

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Austin, MN 26,275 604 2,298.8 2,047.6 251.2
Albert Lea, MN 18,338 352 1,919.5 1,772.3 147.2
Portland, IN 6,069 69 1,136.9 955.7 181.2
Algona, IA 5,257 29 551.6 209.2 342.4
Iowa Falls, IA 5,023 120 2,389.0 1,592.7 796.3

Clear Lake SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
5
Safety
5
Amenities
7
Education
8.5
Commute
9
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