Ranking of Iowa Cities By Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2019

Updated on November 28, 2023.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2019, among Iowa cities with a population of at least 10K, Council Bluffs had the highest Violent Crime Rate per 100K residents (789.72), followed by Des Moines (712.05), Indianola (708.35), Fort Madison (663.97), and Mason City (652.43).

The chart below shows the top 9 cities with high Violent crime rate in 2019, and the table below shows the ranking of Iowa cities with a population of at least 10K, based on the Violent crime rate per 100K.

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 Violent 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 Violent Crime Rate Per 100K in 2019
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Rank City Crime Rate Per 100K
1 Council Bluffs 789.72
2 Des Moines 712.05
3 Indianola 708.35
4 Fort Madison 663.97
5 Mason City 652.43
6 Davenport 594.77
7 Ottumwa 547.21
8 Oskaloosa 473.06
9 Waterloo 451.84
10 Sioux City 444.50
11 Waverly 431.92
12 Fort Dodge 421.31
13 Storm Lake 393.10
14 Marshalltown 388.86
15 North Liberty 348.50
16 Coralville 313.14
17 Clinton 308.22
18 Boone 289.20
19 Cedar Rapids 257.45
20 Le Mars 239.57
21 Iowa City 215.79
22 Ames 197.84
23 Muscatine 197.29
24 Dubuque 189.74
25 Marion 167.44
26 Johnston 127.71
27 Bettendorf 124.42
28 Pella 96.77
29 Spencer 63.59
30 Urbandale 62.86
31 Waukee 61.84
32 Clive 40.45
33 Norwalk 33.70