Ranking of Iowa Cities By Number of Total Crimes in 2021

Updated on November 1, 2023.

According to the FBI UCR data, in 2021, the Iowa city with the highest number of Total Crimes was Des Moines (8,129), followed by Davenport (4,346), Cedar Rapids (4,144), Sioux City (3,020), and Council Bluffs (2,366).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities with high number of Total crimes in 2021, 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 2021
Des Moines
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Waterloo
Iowa City
Dubuque
West Des Moines
Ames
Ranking of Iowa Cities By Number of Total Crimes in 2021
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Rank City Number of Crimes
1 Des Moines 8129
2 Davenport 4346
3 Cedar Rapids 4144
4 Sioux City 3020
5 Council Bluffs 2366
6 Waterloo 2110
7 Iowa City 1491
8 Dubuque 1453
9 West Des Moines 1332
10 Ames 1013
11 Ottumwa 1000
12 Clinton 954
13 Burlington 905
14 Mason City 868
15 Cedar Falls 831
16 Ankeny 816
17 Fort Dodge 718
18 Bettendorf 657
19 Marshalltown 597
20 Marion 565
21 Muscatine 481
22 Coralville 467
23 Urbandale 461
24 Altoona 433
25 Keokuk 371
26 Indianola 353
27 Fort Madison 352
28 Newton 309
29 Clive 246
30 Johnston 235
31 Pleasant Hill 232
32 Washington 215
33 Grinnell 213
34 Waukee 209
35 Oskaloosa 203
36 Clear Lake 195
37 West Burlington 194
38 Storm Lake 173
39 Maquoketa 172
40 Carter Lake 163
41 Windsor Heights 160
42 Creston 151
43 Spencer 148
44 Waverly 147
45 Le Mars 144
46 Fairfield 143
47 Adel 134
48 Charles City 130
48 North Liberty 130
49 Carroll 116
50 Centerville 113
51 Atlantic 112
52 Osceola 111
53 Mount Pleasant 108
54 Webster City 96
55 DeWitt 93
56 Spirit Lake 91
57 Oelwein 89
57 Red Oak 89
58 Denison 86
58 Story City 86
59 Hiawatha 85
60 Manchester 71
61 Independence 70
61 Pella 70
62 Shenandoah 69
63 Estherville 66
64 Clarinda 64
64 Eldridge 64
64 Huxley 64
65 Glenwood 60
66 Monticello 59
67 Waukon 58
68 Sheldon 54
69 Albia 52
69 Marengo 52
70 Mount Vernon-Lisbon 48
71 Belle Plaine 47
72 Evansdale 45
73 Camanche 44
74 Cherokee 42
75 Algona 38
76 Audubon 37
77 Decorah 36
77 Emmetsburg 36
77 Tipton 36
78 Vinton 30
79 Grundy Center 27
80 Asbury 26
80 Osage 26
81 Walcott 24
82 Dyersville 20
83 Sioux Center 18
84 Harlan 16
84 West Branch 16
85 Clarion 14
85 Williamsburg 14
86 Buffalo 9
87 Polk City 6
88 Lansing 5