Ranking of Iowa Cities By Number of Total Crimes in 2017

Updated on October 15, 2023.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2017, the Iowa city with the highest number of Total Crimes was Des Moines (11,087), followed by Davenport (6,022), Cedar Rapids (5,336), Sioux City (3,937), and Council Bluffs (3,883).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Total crimes in 2017, and the table below shows the ranking of Iowa cities with high number of Total crimes.

You can see similar rankings of cities for other crime types in Iowa, and the ranking of all cities in the US.

Hover over or click on the bars in the chart below, to see the number of Total crimes for each city. The data can also be found in a table below. You can use the table to sort, filter, and explore the data further.

You can also see this information for other states.

You can also find the rate of violent and property crimes for Iowa cities.

Data Source: FBI UCR.
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Ranking of Iowa Cities By Number of Total Crimes in 2017
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Ranking of Iowa Cities By Number of Total Crimes in 2017
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Rank City Number of Crimes
1 Des Moines 11087
2 Davenport 6022
3 Cedar Rapids 5336
4 Sioux City 3937
5 Council Bluffs 3883
6 Waterloo 2287
7 Iowa City 1928
8 Dubuque 1787
9 Clinton 1561
10 Ames 1516
11 Ottumwa 1459
12 Fort Dodge 1241
13 Burlington 1235
14 Ankeny 966
15 Cedar Falls 910
16 Mason City 882
17 Coralville 800
18 Keokuk 748
19 Bettendorf 708
20 Marion 701
21 Muscatine 686
22 Urbandale 658
23 Altoona 571
24 Newton 570
25 Indianola 452
26 Fort Madison 419
27 Pleasant Hill 363
28 Fairfield 356
28 Storm Lake 356
29 Centerville 312
30 Grinnell 307
31 Clive 290
31 Oskaloosa 290
32 Johnston 274
33 Waukee 271
34 Perry 264
35 Spencer 247
36 North Liberty 246
37 Windsor Heights 234
38 Red Oak 233
39 Boone 225
39 Mount Pleasant 225
40 West Burlington 224
41 Maquoketa 192
42 Washington 190
43 Creston 181
44 Clear Lake 179
44 Jefferson 179
45 Clarinda 175
46 Charles City 174
47 Carroll 172
48 Le Mars 169
49 Evansdale 159
50 Atlantic 155
51 Pella 154
52 Oelwein 150
53 Manchester 132
54 Independence 130
55 Glenwood 128
56 Spirit Lake 125
57 Webster City 113
58 Anamosa 110
59 Sheldon 107
60 Adel 104
61 Monticello 103
62 Estherville 101
63 De Witt 100
63 Osceola 100
64 Norwalk 99
65 Decorah 90
66 Winterset 81
67 Denison 80
68 Vinton 73
69 Onawa 72
70 Eldridge 56
71 Albia 55
72 Osage 51
73 Humboldt 49
74 Cherokee 44
74 Tama 44
75 Emmetsburg 43
76 Algona 42
76 Dyersville 42
77 Orange City 40
78 Tipton 39
79 Mount Vernon 38
80 Lisbon 37
80 Sergeant Bluff 37
81 Ogden 36
81 Sigourney 36
82 Colfax 35
83 Story City 34
84 Toledo 32
85 Le Claire 30
85 New Hampton 30
86 Forest City 28
86 Polk City 28
86 Sac City 28
87 Hawarden 26
88 Audubon 25
88 Williamsburg 25
89 Sioux Center 24
90 Cresco 21
91 Grundy Center 20
92 Blue Grass 19
93 Hampton 18
94 Rock Valley 15
95 Harlan 14
96 Prairie City 13
97 Buffalo 12
97 Walcott 12
98 West Branch 10