Photo: 2C2K Photography · CC BY 2.0The crimes the grade counts rose 58% per resident in Iowa Colony from 2023 to 2025
Iowa Colony’s overall Safety Grade is A− (#48 of 471 graded towns in Texas): less crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Annual rates stand at 0.9 violent crime and 6.0 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 4.3 and 23.6 in the rest of Texas. On top of that, its two neighbors with figures both record more crime per resident.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of TX” is every other Texas 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 Colony
Iowa Colony reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Texas towns on Iowa Colony’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Manvel (B+), Alvin (C+). Neighbors ↓
Among Texas towns, higher
Texas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Iowa Colony’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 90% of the 471 Texas towns we grade, against 76% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Iowa Colony’s 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 lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Iowa Colony property | Rest of Texas property | Iowa Colony violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.1 | 27.3 | 1.6 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 26.3 | 0.7 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 5.9 | 23.9 | 1.0 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 7.3 | 20.6 | 1.0 | 3.8 |
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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Texas.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Iowa Colony | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.6 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Iowa Colony’s police reported 36 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Iowa Colony 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
114 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.
14 violent and 100 property, as reported to the FBI by Iowa Colony’s police.
Five people died in crashes on Iowa Colony’s roads in 2019–2023
Iowa Colony had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist.
That is about what is typical for Texas towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (7.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Iowa Colony’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Iowa Colony’s own rate (7.8) 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 Colony and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Colony | A− | 0.9 | 6.0 |
| Alvin | C+ | 1.8 | 14.5 |
| Manvel | B+ | 0.9 | 8.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Colony | A− | 0.9 | 6.0 |
| Glenn Heights | B− | 2.3 | 8.2 |
| Red Oak | C+ | 1.7 | 16.0 |
| Universal City | C− | 2.5 | 24.9 |
| La Marque | C− | 4.8 | 21.0 |
| Alamo | D | 7.1 | 35.4 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Iowa Colony’s population (20,503), 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 Colony. 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 Colony’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (13,646 in 2025); our figure for Iowa Colony is 20,503 (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 Colony
Is Iowa Colony, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Iowa Colony reports less crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #48 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 0.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Iowa Colony?
0.9 violent and 6.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Texas reports 4.3 and 23.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Iowa Colony safer than Alvin?
Alvin reports more crime per resident than Iowa Colony: Alvin grades C+ for safety and Iowa Colony A−. Alvin’s police reported 1.8 violent and 14.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Iowa Colony?
Iowa Colony’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Iowa Colony”. 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.