Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Council Bluffs, IA Crime Grade
How Council Bluffs 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Iowa
9/10
vs. Iowa cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Council Bluffs, IA was 525.3 per 100,000 residents (329 incidents over a population of 62,635). That puts Council Bluffs Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 122% above the Iowa statewide rate of 236.6.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Council Bluffs (red), Iowa (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Council Bluffs 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 | 360.1(224) | 421.2(262) | 448.5(279) | 420.8(262) | 525.3(329) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 1.6(1) | 3.2(2) | 3.2(2) | 3.2(2) |
| Rape | 41.8(26) | 69.1(43) | 69.1(43) | 72.3(45) | 103.8(65) |
| Robbery | 45.0(28) | 86.8(54) | 72.3(45) | 70.7(44) | 55.9(35) |
| Aggravated assault | 273.3(170) | 263.6(164) | 303.8(189) | 274.6(171) | 362.4(227) |
| Property crime | 3443.6(2,142) | 3019.0(1,878) | 3082.9(1,918) | 2465.1(1,535) | 2230.4(1,397) |
| Burglary | 649.5(404) | 561.0(349) | 604.4(376) | 486.6(303) | 348.0(218) |
| Larceny | 2205.7(1,372) | 1929.1(1,200) | 1959.4(1,219) | 1634.8(1,018) | 1523.1(954) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 564.3(351) | 511.2(318) | 501.5(312) | 330.8(206) | 341.7(214) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Council Bluffs's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Iowa cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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