Harlan, IA Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Harlan, IA Summary

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

  • There were 17 total crimes committed in Harlan the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 344.4 total crimes per 100K people in Harlan.
  • The overall crime rate in Harlan is -85.18% below the national average.
  • Harlan ranks #8 safest out of 138 cities in Iowa.
  • Harlan ranks #1,237 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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Harlan Vs Iowa And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Harlan is 344.4 per 100,000 people. That's -85.18% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -82.79% lower than the Iowa total crime rate of 2,001.7 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Harlan
/ 100k People
Iowa
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 17 344.4 2,001.7 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.5 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 29.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 1 20.3 229.4 268.2
Violent Crime 2 40.5 303.5 369.8
Burglary 1 20.3 371.1 269.8
Larceny 10 202.6 1,130.1 1,401.9
Car Theft 4 81.0 197.1 282.7
Property Crime 15 303.9 1,698.2 1,954.4

Harlan 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 Harlan

2
Violent Crimes
40.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-89.04%
Below The National Average
  • There were 2 violent crimes in Harlan in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Harlan is 40.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,468.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Harlan each year. That compares to a 1 in 329.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -89.04% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -86.65% lower than the Iowa violent crime rate of 303.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Harlan

15
Property Crimes
303.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-84.45%
Below The National Average
  • There were 15 property crimes in Harlan in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Harlan is 303.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 329.1 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Harlan each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -84.45% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -82.11% lower than the Iowa property crime rate of 1,698.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Harlan

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
Carroll, IA 10,195 156 1,530.2 1,422.3 107.9
Denison, IA 8,048 94 1,168.0 832.5 335.5
Blair, NE 7,855 75 954.8 878.4 76.4
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
Tekamah, NE 1,696 4 235.8 235.8 0.0
Bennington, NE 1,524 16 1,049.9 984.3 65.6

Harlan SnackAbility

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