Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Des Moines, WA Crime Grade
How Des Moines grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Washington — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Washington
5/10
vs. Washington cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Des Moines, WA was 231.3 per 100,000 residents (77 incidents over a population of 33,288). That puts Des Moines Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 18% below the Washington statewide rate of 282.2.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Des Moines (red), Washington (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Des Moines 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 | 358.2(117) | 310.4(101) | 310.8(100) | 296.6(94) | 231.3(77) |
| Murder | 30.6(10) | 9.2(3) | 3.1(1) | 3.2(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 42.9(14) | 30.7(10) | 40.4(13) | 28.4(9) | 69.1(23) |
| Robbery | 113.3(37) | 101.4(33) | 111.9(36) | 104.1(33) | 36.0(12) |
| Aggravated assault | 171.4(56) | 169.0(55) | 155.4(50) | 160.9(51) | 126.2(42) |
| Property crime | 3630.9(1,186) | 3527.9(1,148) | 3536.4(1,138) | 2864.9(908) | 2226.0(741) |
| Burglary | 398.0(130) | 405.6(132) | 391.5(126) | 214.6(68) | 153.2(51) |
| Larceny | 2403.3(785) | 2280.2(742) | 1827.2(588) | 1927.8(611) | 1769.4(589) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 811.3(265) | 814.4(265) | 1308.3(421) | 706.8(224) | 288.4(96) |
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: Des Moines's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Washington 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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