Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Urbandale, IA Crime Grade
How Urbandale 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 Urbandale, IA was 118.0 per 100,000 residents (57 incidents over a population of 48,321). That puts Urbandale Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 50% below the Iowa statewide rate of 236.6.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Urbandale (red), Iowa (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Urbandale 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 | 117.3(53) | 108.0(50) | 125.0(59) | 89.1(42) | 118.0(57) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 11.1(5) | 8.6(4) | 25.4(12) | 12.7(6) | 16.6(8) |
| Robbery | 22.1(10) | 6.5(3) | 12.7(6) | 2.1(1) | 12.4(6) |
| Aggravated assault | 84.1(38) | 92.9(43) | 86.9(41) | 74.3(35) | 89.0(43) |
| Property crime | 909.3(411) | 689.2(319) | 733.2(346) | 647.3(305) | 515.3(249) |
| Burglary | 137.2(62) | 77.8(36) | 84.8(40) | 84.9(40) | 53.8(26) |
| Larceny | 621.7(281) | 507.7(235) | 504.3(238) | 420.2(198) | 374.6(181) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 146.0(66) | 103.7(48) | 137.7(65) | 140.1(66) | 84.8(41) |
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: Urbandale'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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