Iowa City, IA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Iowa City, IA Summary

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

  • There were 1,524 total crimes committed in Iowa City the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,038.8 total crimes per 100K people in Iowa City.
  • The overall crime rate in Iowa City is -12.28% below the national average.
  • Iowa City ranks #101 safest out of 138 cities in Iowa.
  • Iowa City ranks #6,618 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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Iowa City Vs Iowa And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Iowa City is 2,038.8 per 100,000 people. That's -12.28% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 1.85% higher than the Iowa total crime rate of 2,001.7 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Iowa City
/ 100k People
Iowa
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,524 2,038.8 2,001.7 2,324.2
Murder 1 1.3 3.5 6.3
Robbery 29 38.8 29.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 149 199.3 229.4 268.2
Violent Crime 197 263.5 303.5 369.8
Burglary 173 231.4 371.1 269.8
Larceny 1,018 1,361.9 1,130.1 1,401.9
Car Theft 136 181.9 197.1 282.7
Property Crime 1,327 1,775.3 1,698.2 1,954.4

Iowa City 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 Iowa City

197
Violent Crimes
263.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-28.73%
Below The National Average
  • There were 197 violent crimes in Iowa City in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Iowa City is 263.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 379.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Iowa City each year. That compares to a 1 in 329.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -28.73% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -13.16% lower than the Iowa violent crime rate of 303.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Iowa City

1,327
Property Crimes
1,775.3
Property Crimes / 100k People
-9.17%
Below The National Average
  • There were 1,327 property crimes in Iowa City in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Iowa City is 1,775.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 56.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Iowa City each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -9.17% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 4.54% higher than the Iowa property crime rate of 1,698.2 per 100,000 people.

Iowa City SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8
Affordability
4
Diversity
8
Safety
6
Amenities
9
Education
9
Commute
9
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