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Crime rates for Des Moines, IA
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POPULATION
198,688
Des Moines Crime Rates
Des Moines Crime Data
CRIME INDEX
7
100 is safest
This city is safer than 7% of the cities in the US.
city Annual Crimes
| VIOLENT | PROPERTY | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|
| 1,082 | 12,183 | 13,265 |
| annual crimes per 1,000 residents | ||
|---|---|---|
| 5.45 | 61.32 | 66.77 |
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Violent Crime Comparison per 1,000 residents
- NATIONAL MEDIAN
- 4.7
- MY CHANCES OF BECOMING A VICTIM
- in Des Moines
1 in 184 - in Iowa
1 in 338
| Des Moines | Iowa |
|---|
| MURDER | RAPE | ROBBERY | ASSAULT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REPORTED TOTAL | 8 | 51 | 311 | 712 |
| RATE PER 1,000 | 0.04 | 0.26 | 1.57 | 3.58 |
| MURDER | RAPE | ROBBERY | ASSAULT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REPORTED TOTAL | 16,692 | 93,934 | 417,122 | 862,947 |
| RATE PER 1,000 | 0.06 | 0.32 | 1.41 | 2.91 |
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Property Crime Rate Comparison per 1,000 residents
- NATIONAL MEDIAN
- 34.3
- MY CHANCES OF BECOMING A VICTIM
- in Des Moines
1 in 16 - in Iowa
1 in 34
| Des Moines | Iowa |
|---|
| BURGLARY | THEFT | MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT | |
|---|---|---|---|
| REPORTED TOTAL | 1,923 | 9,154 | 1,064 |
| RATE PER 1,000 | 9.68 | 46.07 | 5.36 |
| BURGLARY | THEFT | MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT | |
|---|---|---|---|
| REPORTED TOTAL | 2,154,126 | 6,776,807 | 1,235,226 |
| RATE PER 1,000 | 7.27 | 22.86 | 4.17 |
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Crimes Per Square Mile
| Des Moines | Iowa |
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- NATIONAL MEDIAN
- 49.6
With a crime rate of 67 per one thousand residents, Des Moines has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 15. Within Iowa, more than 90% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Des Moines.
How does the crime rate in Des Moines compare to similar sized city across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Des Moines with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Des Moines's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate – not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.
The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.
Now let us turn to take a look at how Des Moines does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Des Moines.
From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Des Moines occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Des Moines – such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder – is 1 in 184. This equates to a rate of 5 per one thousand inhabitants.
In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Des Moines is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Des Moines, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 16, which is a rate of 61 per one thousand population.
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