Photo: Billwhittaker at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident in Iowa Falls fell 56% from 2023 to 2025
Violent crime here is higher than in 78% of U.S. towns; property crime, higher than in 65%. Across all the graded crimes, Iowa Falls lands on C (#80 of 105 graded towns in Iowa State): more crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Behind the grade sit 3.5 violent crimes and 15.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 3.2 and 17.9 in the rest of Iowa State.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of IA” is every other Iowa State 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 Iowa Falls
A college town
Iowa Falls is home to Ellsworth Community College, with 549 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 8% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Iowa Falls’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.5) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (15.1) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Iowa Falls property | Rest of Iowa State property | Iowa Falls violent | Rest of Iowa State violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.9 | 19.2 | 8.0 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 22.0 | 20.0 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 15.7 | 17.9 | 2.0 | 3.1 |
| 2025 | 7.6 | 15.8 | 4.0 | 2.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Iowa State.
Crime in Iowa Falls 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 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Iowa Falls | Rest of Iowa State | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Iowa Falls’ police reported 52 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.2 in the rest of Iowa State and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
58 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.
20 violent and 38 property, as reported to the FBI by Iowa Falls’ police.
No one died in a crash on Iowa Falls’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Iowa State towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (3.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Iowa Falls’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Iowa Falls’s own rate (0.0) 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.
Iowa Falls and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Falls | C | 3.5 | 15.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Iowa State towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Falls | C | 3.5 | 15.1 |
| Cherokee | A− | 1.8 | 3.0 |
| Vinton | B+ | 1.5 | 4.6 |
| Shenandoah | B− | 3.7 | 5.1 |
| Clarinda | B− | 2.4 | 10.0 |
| Windsor Heights | D | 1.4 | 41.6 |
The five graded Iowa State towns closest to Iowa Falls’ population (5,013), 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 Iowa Falls. 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 Iowa Falls’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,969 in 2025); our figure for Iowa Falls is 5,013 (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 Iowa Falls
Is Iowa Falls, IA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Iowa Falls reports more crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #80 of 105 in Iowa State. Its police reported 3.5 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.2 in the rest of Iowa State and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Iowa Falls?
3.5 violent and 15.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Iowa State reports 3.2 and 17.9; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Iowa Falls?
Iowa Falls’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Iowa Falls”. 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.