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Iowa City Crime Rate Report (Iowa)

Iowa City crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 26 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Iowa City for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Iowa City in 2025 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 22.08% and the city property crime rate in Iowa City was higher than the national property crime rate average but only by 4.44%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Iowa City was higher than the violent crime rate in Iowa by 9.16% and the city property crime rate in Iowa City was higher than the property crime rate in Iowa by 36.81%.

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

Iowa City Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault142
Arson0
Burglary126
Larceny and Theft1,022
Motor Vehicle Theft89
Murder and Manslaughter2
Rape30
Robbery23
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,633
Property Crime1,237
Violent Crime197
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault177
Arson4
Burglary97
Larceny and Theft898
Motor Vehicle Theft122
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape31
Robbery24
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,513
Property Crime1,117
Violent Crime233

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Iowa City Property Crime

Iowa City Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Iowa City Crime 2025

Iowa City Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Iowa City Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Iowa City Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Iowa 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 Iowa City crime report data for 2026 was projected from 26 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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