Photo: American007 · CC BY-SA 3.0Property crime per resident is higher in Coralville than in 79% of U.S. towns
Its letter overall is C (#74 of 105 graded towns in Iowa): more crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. Year on year, 1.5 violent crimes and 20.8 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 3.3 and 17.8 in the rest of Iowa. On top of that, of the 2 towns on its borders with figures, one records less crime per resident.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of IA” is every other Iowa city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Coralville
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Iowa towns on Coralville’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: North Liberty (A−), Iowa City (C). Tiffin has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
A job center
Coralville has 14,742 jobs based in town for 23,960 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Coralville’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Coralville’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Coralville | Rest of Iowa | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Coralville’s police reported 110 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.3 in the rest of Iowa and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Coralville per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Coralville property | Rest of Iowa property | Coralville violent | Rest of Iowa violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26.3 | 19.1 | 2.8 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 23.1 | 20.0 | 1.4 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 20.6 | 17.9 | 1.3 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 18.7 | 15.8 | 1.8 | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Iowa.
501 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
45 violent and 456 property, as reported to the FBI by Coralville’s police.
Five people died in crashes on Coralville’s roads in 2019–2023
Coralville had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 1 was a cyclist. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is about what is typical for Iowa towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (3.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Coralville’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Coralville’s own rate (4.3) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Coralville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coralville | C | 1.5 | 20.8 |
| Iowa City | C | 3.1 | 17.2 |
| North Liberty | A− | 0.9 | 3.4 |
| Tiffin | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Tiffin has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Iowa towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coralville | C | 1.5 | 20.8 |
| Johnston | B+ | 0.9 | 7.1 |
| Muscatine | C+ | 2.5 | 11.1 |
| Burlington | C− | 4.1 | 18.0 |
| Clinton | D | 4.8 | 25.2 |
| Fort Dodge | D− | 8.9 | 31.1 |
The five graded Iowa towns closest to Coralville’s population (23,960), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Coralville. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Coralville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (24,383 in 2025); our figure for Coralville is 23,960 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Coralville
Is Coralville, IA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Coralville reports more crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #74 of 105 in Iowa. Its police reported 1.5 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.3 in the rest of Iowa and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Coralville?
1.5 violent and 20.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Iowa reports 3.3 and 17.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Coralville safer than Iowa City?
Iowa City reports more crime per resident than Coralville: Iowa City grades C for safety and Coralville C. Iowa City’s police reported 3.1 violent and 17.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Coralville?
Coralville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Coralville”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.