Carroll, IA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Carroll, IA Summary

Crime in Carroll research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Carroll over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Carroll:

  • There were 103 total crimes committed in Carroll in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,018.0 total crimes per 100K people in Carroll.
  • The overall crime rate in Carroll is -51.96% below the national average.
  • Carroll ranks #83 safest out of 150 cities in Iowa.
  • Carroll ranks #4,477 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Carroll Vs Iowa And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Carroll is 1,018.0 per 100,000 people. That's -51.96% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -33.90% lower than the Iowa total crime rate of 1,540.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Carroll
/ 100k People
Iowa
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 103 1,018.0 1,540.0 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.1 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 18.7 61.0
Aggravated Assault 4 39.5 187.2 256.0
Violent Crime 4 39.5 243.3 359.0
Burglary 16 158.1 199.1 229.0
Larceny 77 761.0 962.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 6 59.3 135.1 259.0
Property Crime 99 978.5 1,296.8 1,760.0

Carroll Crime Compared To Iowa Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Iowa.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Carroll

4
Violent Crimes
39.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-88.99%
Below The National Average
  • There were 4 violent crimes in Carroll in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Carroll is 39.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,529.5 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Carroll each year. That compares to a 1 in 411.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -88.99% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -83.75% lower than the Iowa violent crime rate of 243.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Carroll

99
Property Crimes
978.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-44.41%
Below The National Average
  • There were 99 property crimes in Carroll in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Carroll is 978.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 102.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Carroll each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -44.41% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -24.55% lower than the Iowa property crime rate of 1,296.8 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Carroll

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Fort Dodge, IA 24,502 1,043 4,256.8 3,195.7 1,061.1
Storm Lake, IA 11,494 226 1,966.2 1,679.1 287.1
Denison, IA 8,037 76 945.6 821.2 124.4
Perry, IA 8,022 79 984.8 585.9 398.9
Atlantic, IA 6,778 160 2,360.6 1,991.7 368.8
Harlan, IA 4,936 17 344.4 303.9 40.5

Carroll SnackAbility

8.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8
Diversity
4
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
8
Commute
10
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