Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Indianola, IA Crime Grade
How Indianola 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Iowa
4/10
vs. Iowa cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Indianola, IA was 140.2 per 100,000 residents (23 incidents over a population of 16,407). That puts Indianola 57% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 41% below the Iowa statewide rate of 236.6.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Indianola (red), Iowa (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Indianola 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 | 469.0(76) | 284.5(45) | 253.5(41) | 223.5(36) | 140.2(23) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 6.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 86.4(14) | 170.7(27) | 129.8(21) | 68.3(11) | 79.2(13) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 6.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 382.6(62) | 113.8(18) | 111.3(18) | 155.2(25) | 60.9(10) |
| Property crime | 1740.4(282) | 1745.0(276) | 1817.6(294) | 1477.9(238) | 3248.6(533) |
| Burglary | 197.5(32) | 132.8(21) | 166.9(27) | 204.9(33) | 109.7(18) |
| Larceny | 1419.5(230) | 1511.0(239) | 1539.4(249) | 1186.0(191) | 3023.1(496) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 104.9(17) | 82.2(13) | 105.1(17) | 80.7(13) | 115.8(19) |
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: Indianola'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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