Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Pella, IA Crime Grade
How Pella 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Iowa
2/10
vs. Iowa cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Pella, IA was 81.1 per 100,000 residents (9 incidents over a population of 11,092). That puts Pella 75% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 66% below the Iowa statewide rate of 236.6.
That ranks Pella #906 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 76% of them, and #7 of 40 in Iowa. Violent crime is down 26% year over year and down 8% over the last five years.
Pella, IA crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Iowa Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 81.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #906 of 3,771
- IA rank
- #7 of 40
- Safer than
- 76% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 26%
- 5-year change
- down 8%
- Population
- 11,092
- Reporting agency
- Pella Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Pella Police Department (FBI ORI IA0630200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Pella, IA
History
Pella was known as Straw Town for a long time because the first improvised houses of the Dutch colony there were built of straw. Founded in 1848 and incorporated in 1868.
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. Pella (red), Iowa (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Pella 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 | 87.7(9) | 139.8(15) | 82.7(9) | 109.7(12) | 81.1(9) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 39.0(4) | 28.0(3) | 36.7(4) | 27.4(3) | 18.0(2) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 9.0(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 48.7(5) | 111.8(12) | 45.9(5) | 82.3(9) | 54.1(6) |
| Property crime | 594.5(61) | 717.7(77) | 872.6(95) | 950.6(104) | 459.8(51) |
| Burglary | 78.0(8) | 111.8(12) | 156.1(17) | 109.7(12) | 81.1(9) |
| Larceny | 467.8(48) | 531.3(57) | 633.8(69) | 813.5(89) | 342.6(38) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 39.0(4) | 65.2(7) | 73.5(8) | 27.4(3) | 27.0(3) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Pella, 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 Pella 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 Pella calculated?
- Pella'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 Pella 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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