Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Cedar Falls, IA Crime Grade
How Cedar Falls grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Iowa — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Iowa
4/10
vs. Iowa cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Cedar Falls, IA was 129.8 per 100,000 residents (54 incidents over a population of 41,596). That puts Cedar Falls Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 45% below the Iowa statewide rate of 236.6.
That ranks Cedar Falls #1,424 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 62% of them, and #15 of 40 in Iowa. Violent crime is down 35% year over year and up 16% over the last five years.
Cedar Falls, IA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Iowa Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 129.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,424 of 3,771
- IA rank
- #15 of 40
- Safer than
- 62% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 35%
- 5-year change
- up 16%
- Population
- 41,596
- Reporting agency
- Cedar Falls Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Cedar Falls Police Department (FBI ORI IA0070100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Cedar Falls, IA
Also known as
- Sturgis Falls
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Cedar Falls (red), Iowa (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Cedar Falls vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 112.2(47) | 138.1(57) | 115.6(47) | 198.4(80) | 129.8(54) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 2.4(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 2.4(1) |
| Rape | 33.4(14) | 21.8(9) | 36.9(15) | 42.2(17) | 28.8(12) |
| Robbery | 19.1(8) | 2.4(1) | 2.5(1) | 14.9(6) | 7.2(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 59.7(25) | 111.5(46) | 76.2(31) | 141.4(57) | 91.4(38) |
| Property crime | 1236.2(518) | 1155.8(477) | 1214.5(494) | 1872.5(755) | 1117.9(465) |
| Burglary | 207.6(87) | 249.6(103) | 263.1(107) | 292.7(118) | 170.7(71) |
| Larceny | 966.6(405) | 850.5(351) | 865.4(352) | 1458.3(588) | 879.9(366) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 52.5(22) | 46.0(19) | 81.1(33) | 119.0(48) | 60.1(25) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Cedar Falls, IA Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Cedar Falls Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Cedar Falls calculated?
- Cedar Falls's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Iowa state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Iowa cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Cedar Falls Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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