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Violent crimes in Iowa

Violent crimes in Iowa was 7,574 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 3.7% from 2024. That is the 34th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, count7,574
Change on 2024-3.7%
Rank34th of 51US states ranked
Series high10,0711995
Series low5,0181982

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Violent crimes in Iowa, 1979 to 2025

4,0006,0008,00010K12K19791986199320002007201420251979: 5,259 count1980: 5,826 count1981: 5,915 count1982: 5,018 count1983: 5,262 count1984: 5,781 count1985: 6,106 count1986: 6,703 count1987: 6,553 count1988: 7,279 count1989: 7,563 count1990: 8,321 count1991: 8,477 count1992: 7,816 count1993: 9,159 count1994: 8,914 count1995: 10,071 count1996: 7,771 count1997: 8,841 count1998: 8,916 count1999: 8,034 count2000: 7,796 count2001: 7,865 count2002: 8,388 count2003: 8,175 count2004: 8,499 count2005: 8,697 count2006: 8,521 count2007: 8,970 count2008: 8,651 count2009: 8,485 count2010: 8,191 count2011: 7,883 count2012: 8,167 count2013: 8,443 count2014: 8,484 count2015: 8,619 count2016: 9,170 count2017: 9,038 count2018: 8,303 count2019: 9,086 count2020: 9,601 count2021: 9,434 count2022: 9,305 count2023: 8,807 count2024: 7,863 count2025: 7,574 count4,0006,0008,00010K12K19791995201120251979: 5,259 count1980: 5,826 count1981: 5,915 count1982: 5,018 count1983: 5,262 count1984: 5,781 count1985: 6,106 count1986: 6,703 count1987: 6,553 count1988: 7,279 count1989: 7,563 count1990: 8,321 count1991: 8,477 count1992: 7,816 count1993: 9,159 count1994: 8,914 count1995: 10,071 count1996: 7,771 count1997: 8,841 count1998: 8,916 count1999: 8,034 count2000: 7,796 count2001: 7,865 count2002: 8,388 count2003: 8,175 count2004: 8,499 count2005: 8,697 count2006: 8,521 count2007: 8,970 count2008: 8,651 count2009: 8,485 count2010: 8,191 count2011: 7,883 count2012: 8,167 count2013: 8,443 count2014: 8,484 count2015: 8,619 count2016: 9,170 count2017: 9,038 count2018: 8,303 count2019: 9,086 count2020: 9,601 count2021: 9,434 count2022: 9,305 count2023: 8,807 count2024: 7,863 count2025: 7,574 count
count. Source: FBI, FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-08-14.
All 47 values
Periodcount
20257,574
20247,863
20238,807
20229,305
20219,434
20209,601
20199,086
20188,303
20179,038
20169,170
20158,619
20148,484
20138,443
20128,167
20117,883
20108,191
20098,485
20088,651
20078,970
20068,521
20058,697
20048,499
20038,175
20028,388
20017,865
20007,796
19998,034
19988,916
19978,841
19967,771
199510,071
19948,914
19939,159
19927,816
19918,477
19908,321
19897,563
19887,279
19876,553
19866,703
19856,106
19845,781
19835,262
19825,018
19815,915
19805,826
19795,259

Compared with United States

Place2025
Iowa7,574
United States1,119,768

Iowa compared with nearby places

Alabama: 18,090 countAlaska: 5,377 countArizona: 28,814 countArkansas: 16,564 countCalifornia: 170,300 countColorado: 25,353 countConnecticut: 4,043 countDelaware: 3,677 countDistrict of Columbia: 5,570 countFlorida: 61,203 countGeorgia: 33,554 countHawaii: 2,938 countIdaho: 4,410 countIllinois: 31,924 countIndiana: 17,737 countIowa: 7,574 countKansas: 13,613 countKentucky: 9,770 countLouisiana: 23,788 countMaine: 1,319 countMaryland: 22,432 countMassachusetts: 21,657 countMichigan: 42,157 countMinnesota: 13,031 countMississippi: 6,704 countMissouri: 26,196 countMontana: 4,797 countNebraska: 4,408 countNevada: 12,445 countNew Hampshire: 1,664 countNew Jersey: 18,508 countNew Mexico: 13,213 countNew York: 73,681 countNorth Carolina: 36,991 countNorth Dakota: 1,903 countOhio: 32,796 countOklahoma: 16,810 countOregon: 13,300 countPennsylvania: 29,613 countRhode Island: 1,606 countSouth Carolina: 21,590 countSouth Dakota: 2,875 countTennessee: 36,014 countTexas: 109,357 countUtah: 8,340 countVermont: 1,382 countVirginia: 18,284 countWashington: 22,715 countWest Virginia: 4,269 countWisconsin: 14,353 countWyoming: 1,059 count
  • Under 4,000
  • 4,000 to 7,000
  • 7,000 to 14K
  • 14K to 22K
  • 22K to 33K
  • 33K and over
Violent crimes, 2025, count. Iowa is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Estimated number of violent crimes: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault known to law enforcement. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

Rape is counted under the revised definition from 2013 and the legacy definition before. FBI estimates for the whole population: agencies that did not report, or reported part of the year, are filled in by the FBI. The FBI revises earlier years in each annual release, and from 2021 the estimates are built from incident-based (NIBRS) reports. The national series has no values for 2017 to 2020 in the FBI estimates file.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. (2026). FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime (Violent crimes, Iowa, 1979 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads

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FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, Iowa, 1979 to 2025. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, 14 Aug. 2026, https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/iowa. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. 2026. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Violent crimes, Iowa, 1979 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/iowa.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program (2026) FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime, Violent crimes, Iowa, 1979 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/downloads, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/violent-crimes/iowa (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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  title = {{FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime: Violent crimes, Iowa, 1979 to 2025}},
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What is the violent crimes in Iowa?

Violent crimes in Iowa was 7,574 in 2025, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. That is down 3.7% from 2024. That is the 34th highest of 51 states in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reporting Program. FBI UCR Summary Reporting System estimated crimes, 1979 on: violent crime. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest violent crimes in Iowa?

10,071 in 1995, the highest value since 1979 in this series.

Violent crimes elsewhere in United States

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