Ranking of Iowa Cities By Number of Total Crimes in 2019

Updated on November 28, 2023.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2019, the Iowa city with the highest number of Total Crimes was Des Moines (10,541), followed by Cedar Rapids (4,828), Davenport (4,544), Council Bluffs (4,164), and Sioux City (3,584).

The chart below shows the top 9 cities with high number of Total crimes in 2019, 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 2019
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Rank City Number of Crimes
1 Des Moines 10541
2 Cedar Rapids 4828
3 Davenport 4544
4 Council Bluffs 4164
5 Sioux City 3584
6 Waterloo 2002
7 Iowa City 1421
8 Ames 1308
9 Ottumwa 1154
10 Dubuque 1071
11 Clinton 991
12 Mason City 968
13 Fort Dodge 831
14 Marshalltown 791
15 Coralville 761
16 Marion 588
17 Bettendorf 520
18 Urbandale 484
19 Indianola 437
20 Muscatine 371
21 Johnston 305
22 Windsor Heights 278
23 Fort Madison 276
24 Oskaloosa 258
25 Storm Lake 216
26 West Burlington 211
27 Atlantic 206
27 Grinnell 206
28 Waukee 200
29 Creston 191
29 Le Mars 191
29 North Liberty 191
30 Spencer 190
31 Carroll 186
32 Washington 180
33 Boone 179
34 Mount Pleasant 167
35 Clear Lake 163
36 Red Oak 156
37 Maquoketa 154
38 Osceola 149
39 Hiawatha 144
40 Centerville 142
41 Pella 138
42 Waverly 133
43 Clive 128
44 Adel 121
45 Evansdale 119
46 Webster City 117
47 DeWitt 113
47 Nevada 113
48 Perry 111
49 Oelwein 109
50 Clarinda 107
51 Independence 103
52 Spirit Lake 102
53 Manchester 97
54 Iowa Falls 94
54 Norwalk 94
55 Glenwood 91
56 Waukon 87
57 Decorah 84
58 Albia 79
58 Charles City 79
59 Denison 77
60 Missouri Valley 58
61 Monticello 57
62 Sergeant Bluff 52
63 Algona 51
64 Carlisle 49
65 Humboldt 48
65 Shenandoah 48
65 Story City 48
66 Postville 47
67 Jefferson 45
67 Onawa 45
68 Eldridge 44
69 Tama 43
70 Vinton 42
71 Emmetsburg 40
71 Estherville 40
72 Audubon 37
72 Sac City 37
73 Clarion 34
73 Dyersville 34
74 Mount Vernon 32
75 Williamsburg 29
76 Polk City 26
77 Bloomfield 25
78 Lake City 24
78 Sioux Center 24
79 Lansing 23
80 Hampton 20
81 Harlan 18
82 Forest City 16
83 Hawarden 15
84 Osage 11
85 Prairie City 4