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Forest City Crime Rate Report (Iowa)

Forest City crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 13 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Forest City for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Forest City in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 70.81% and the city property crime rate in Forest City was lower than the national property crime rate average by 76.63%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Forest City was lower than the violent crime rate in Iowa by 59.1% and the city property crime rate in Forest City was lower than the property crime rate in Iowa by 69.39%.

Property and Violent Crime
Forest City Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Forest City Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Forest City Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault4
Arson0
Burglary3
Larceny and Theft11
Motor Vehicle Theft1
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape0
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)21
Property Crime15
Violent Crime4
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault6
Arson0
Burglary0
Larceny and Theft6
Motor Vehicle Theft1
Murder and Manslaughter0
Rape1
Robbery0
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)13
Property Crime7
Violent Crime7

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Forest City Property Crime

Forest City Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Forest City Crime 2025

Forest City Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Forest City Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Forest City Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Forest City, Iowa crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Forest City crime report data for 2026 was projected from 13 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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