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Des Moines Crime Rate Report (Iowa)

Des Moines crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 19 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Des Moines for 2025 is expected to be lower than in 2019.

The city violent crime rate for Des Moines in 2019 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 87.67% and the city property crime rate in Des Moines was higher than the national property crime rate average by 93.87%.

In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Des Moines was higher than the violent crime rate in Iowa by 167.13% and the city property crime rate in Des Moines was higher than the property crime rate in Iowa by 135.94%.

Property and Violent Crime
Des Moines Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Des Moines Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Des Moines Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2019 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,141
Arson53
Burglary2,284
Larceny and Theft5,336
Motor Vehicle Theft1,313
Murder and Manslaughter14
Rape117
Robbery283
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)9,678
Property Crime8,933
Violent Crime1,555
2025 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,442
Arson39
Burglary2,227
Larceny and Theft4,577
Motor Vehicle Theft1,627
Murder and Manslaughter30
Rape91
Robbery391
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)9,135
Property Crime8,390
Violent Crime1,953

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Des Moines Property Crime

Des Moines Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Des Moines Crime 2019

Des Moines Crime 2025

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Des Moines Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Des Moines Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Des Moines, Iowa crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the Des Moines crime report data for 2025 was projected from 19 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2019.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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