Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fort Dodge, IA Crime Grade
How Fort Dodge 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Iowa
10/10
vs. Iowa cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Fort Dodge, IA was 932.0 per 100,000 residents (232 incidents over a population of 24,892). That puts Fort Dodge 187% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 294% above the Iowa statewide rate of 236.6.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Fort Dodge (red), Iowa (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fort Dodge 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 | 496.0(118) | 518.0(130) | 684.1(168) | 1081.5(265) | 932.0(232) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 8.0(2) | 24.4(6) | 4.1(1) | 4.0(1) |
| Rape | 100.9(24) | 59.8(15) | 109.9(27) | 167.3(41) | 88.4(22) |
| Robbery | 42.0(10) | 67.7(17) | 44.8(11) | 53.1(13) | 36.2(9) |
| Aggravated assault | 353.1(84) | 382.5(96) | 504.9(124) | 857.1(210) | 803.5(200) |
| Property crime | 2530.7(602) | 3064.1(769) | 3351.4(823) | 3281.4(804) | 2820.2(702) |
| Burglary | 365.7(87) | 414.4(104) | 411.3(101) | 420.4(103) | 385.7(96) |
| Larceny | 1870.7(445) | 2386.7(599) | 2655.0(652) | 2493.7(611) | 2229.6(555) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 273.2(65) | 211.2(53) | 268.8(66) | 314.3(77) | 184.8(46) |
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: Fort Dodge'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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