Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Cedar Rapids, IA Crime Grade
How Cedar Rapids 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Iowa
7/10
vs. Iowa cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Cedar Rapids, IA was 261.7 per 100,000 residents (361 incidents over a population of 137,918). That puts Cedar Rapids Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 11% above the Iowa statewide rate of 236.6.
That ranks Cedar Rapids #2,444 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 35% of them, and #27 of 40 in Iowa. Violent crime is down 1% year over year and down 25% over the last five years.
Cedar Rapids, IA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Iowa Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 261.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,444 of 3,771
- IA rank
- #27 of 40
- Safer than
- 35% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 1%
- 5-year change
- down 25%
- Population
- 137,918
- Reporting agency
- Cedar Rapids Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Cedar Rapids Police Department (FBI ORI IA0570100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Cedar Rapids, IA
Also known as
- Columbus
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 Rapids (red), Iowa (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Cedar Rapids 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 350.2(472) | 330.2(447) | 304.2(413) | 264.5(358) | 261.7(361) |
| Murder | 7.4(10) | 7.4(10) | 5.9(8) | 1.5(2) | 2.9(4) |
| Rape | 7.4(10) | 14.0(19) | 10.3(14) | 13.3(18) | 4.4(6) |
| Robbery | 49.0(66) | 40.6(55) | 30.2(41) | 30.3(41) | 23.9(33) |
| Aggravated assault | 286.4(386) | 268.2(363) | 257.8(350) | 219.4(297) | 230.6(318) |
| Property crime | 2806.4(3,782) | 3082.8(4,173) | 2935.0(3,985) | 2724.5(3,688) | 2119.4(2,923) |
| Burglary | 385.1(519) | 442.5(599) | 347.6(472) | 275.6(373) | 274.1(378) |
| Larceny | 2077.0(2,799) | 2320.4(3,141) | 2319.2(3,149) | 2229.6(3,018) | 1677.1(2,313) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 325.8(439) | 311.0(421) | 259.2(352) | 212.8(288) | 160.2(221) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Cedar Rapids, 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 Rapids 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 Rapids calculated?
- Cedar Rapids'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 Rapids 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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