Charles City, IA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Charles City, IA Summary

Crime in Charles City research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Charles City 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 Charles City:

  • There were 83 total crimes committed in Charles City in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,156.5 total crimes per 100K people in Charles City.
  • The overall crime rate in Charles City is -45.43% below the national average.
  • Charles City ranks #93 safest out of 150 cities in Iowa.
  • Charles City ranks #4,979 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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Charles City Vs Iowa And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Charles City is 1,156.5 per 100,000 people. That's -45.43% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -24.90% lower than the Iowa total crime rate of 1,540.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Charles City
/ 100k People
Iowa
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 83 1,156.5 1,540.0 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.1 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 18.7 61.0
Aggravated Assault 22 306.5 187.2 256.0
Violent Crime 23 320.5 243.3 359.0
Burglary 18 250.8 199.1 229.0
Larceny 38 529.5 962.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 4 55.7 135.1 259.0
Property Crime 60 836.0 1,296.8 1,760.0

Charles City 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 Charles City

23
Violent Crimes
320.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-10.73%
Below The National Average
  • There were 23 violent crimes in Charles City in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Charles City is 320.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 312.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Charles City each year. That compares to a 1 in 411.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -10.73% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 31.74% higher than the Iowa violent crime rate of 243.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Charles City

60
Property Crimes
836.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-52.50%
Below The National Average
  • There were 60 property crimes in Charles City in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Charles City is 836.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 119.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Charles City each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -52.50% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -35.53% lower than the Iowa property crime rate of 1,296.8 per 100,000 people.

Charles City SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
4
Affordability
8
Diversity
7
Safety
7
Amenities
8
Education
6
Commute
10
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