Iowa, LA Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Iowa, LA Summary

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

  • There were 102 total crimes committed in Iowa the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 3,432.0 total crimes per 100K people in Iowa.
  • The overall crime rate in Iowa is 47.67% above the national average.
  • Iowa ranks #66 safest out of 110 cities in Louisiana.
  • Iowa ranks #8,568 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.

Additional research about crime in Louisiana

Iowa Vs Louisiana And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Iowa is 3,432.0 per 100,000 people. That's 47.67% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -2.60% lower than the Louisiana total crime rate of 3,523.8 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Iowa
/ 100k People
Louisiana
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 102 3,432.0 3,523.8 2,324.2
Murder 2 67.3 15.8 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 80.7 66.1
Aggravated Assault 33 1,110.4 497.0 268.2
Violent Crime 36 1,211.3 639.4 369.8
Burglary 11 370.1 510.1 269.8
Larceny 47 1,581.4 2,107.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 8 269.2 266.9 282.7
Property Crime 66 2,220.7 2,884.4 1,954.4

Iowa Crime Compared To Louisiana Averages

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

Violent Crime Rates In Iowa

36
Violent Crimes
1,211.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
227.56%
Above The National Average
  • There were 36 violent crimes in Iowa in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Iowa is 1,211.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 82.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Iowa each year. That compares to a 1 in 156.4 chance statewide.
  • That's 227.56% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 89.43% higher than the Louisiana violent crime rate of 639.4 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Iowa

66
Property Crimes
2,220.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
13.63%
Above The National Average
  • There were 66 property crimes in Iowa in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Iowa is 2,220.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 45.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Iowa each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 13.63% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -23.01% lower than the Louisiana property crime rate of 2,884.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Iowa

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Cedar Rapids, IA 135,362 4,557 3,366.5 3,046.6 319.9
Marion, IA 41,793 614 1,469.1 1,225.1 244.1
Coralville, IA 23,555 686 2,912.3 2,627.9 284.4
North Liberty, IA 21,131 100 473.2 359.7 113.6
Washington, IA 7,209 166 2,302.7 1,886.5 416.1
Hiawatha, IA 7,109 170 2,391.3 2,067.8 323.5
Eldridge, IA 6,770 56 827.2 782.9 44.3
Vinton, IA 4,996 30 600.5 560.4 40.0
West Branch, IA 2,539 16 630.2 433.2 196.9

Iowa SnackAbility

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