Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0In Missouri Valley, the kinds of crime the grade counts rose 104% per resident from 2023 to 2025
Violence and property crime split as 2.0 violent crimes and 8.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 3.2 and 17.9 in the rest of Iowa. Missouri Valley’s overall Safety Grade is B (#49 of 105 graded towns in Iowa): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. On property crime it beats 62% of U.S. towns; on violent crime, only 43%.
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 Missouri Valley
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Missouri Valley’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Missouri Valley’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.0) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Missouri Valley property | Rest of Iowa property | Missouri Valley violent | Rest of Iowa violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.2 | 20.0 | 0.7 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 11.3 | 17.9 | 1.5 | 3.1 |
| 2025 | 8.4 | 15.8 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Iowa.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Missouri Valley | Rest of Iowa | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Missouri Valley’s police reported 16 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.2 in the rest of Iowa and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Missouri Valley 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.
32 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.
10 violent and 22 property, as reported to the FBI by Missouri Valley’s police.
No one died in a crash on Missouri Valley’s roads in 2019–2023
That is about what is typical for Iowa towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (0.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Missouri Valley’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Missouri Valley’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.
Missouri Valley and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri Valley | B | 2.0 | 8.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Iowa towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri Valley | B | 2.0 | 8.3 |
| Grundy Center | A+ | 0.4 | 2.3 |
| Mitchellville | A | 0.8 | 3.3 |
| Bloomfield | A− | 1.7 | 2.6 |
| Clarion | B+ | 2.1 | 4.0 |
| Eldora | D− | 22.9 | 8.8 |
The five graded Iowa towns closest to Missouri Valley’s population (2,616), 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 Missouri Valley. 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 Missouri Valley’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (2,629 in 2025); our figure for Missouri Valley is 2,616 (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 Missouri Valley
Is Missouri Valley, IA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Missouri Valley reports less crime per resident than 55% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #49 of 105 in Iowa. Its police reported 2.0 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.2 in the rest of Iowa and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Missouri Valley?
2.0 violent and 8.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Iowa reports 3.2 and 17.9; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Missouri Valley?
Missouri Valley’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Missouri Valley”. 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.