Clear Lake, IA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Clear Lake, IA Summary

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

  • There were 142 total crimes committed in Clear Lake in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,884.3 total crimes per 100K people in Clear Lake.
  • The overall crime rate in Clear Lake is -11.09% below the national average.
  • Clear Lake ranks #120 safest out of 150 cities in Iowa.
  • Clear Lake ranks #6,984 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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Clear Lake Vs Iowa And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Clear Lake is 1,884.3 per 100,000 people. That's -11.09% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 22.36% higher than the Iowa total crime rate of 1,540.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Clear Lake
/ 100k People
Iowa
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 142 1,884.3 1,540.0 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.1 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 18.7 61.0
Aggravated Assault 15 199.0 187.2 256.0
Violent Crime 19 252.1 243.3 359.0
Burglary 14 185.8 199.1 229.0
Larceny 98 1,300.4 962.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 11 146.0 135.1 259.0
Property Crime 123 1,632.2 1,296.8 1,760.0

Clear Lake 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 Clear Lake

19
Violent Crimes
252.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-29.77%
Below The National Average
  • There were 19 violent crimes in Clear Lake in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Clear Lake is 252.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 396.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Clear Lake each year. That compares to a 1 in 411.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -29.77% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 3.65% higher than the Iowa violent crime rate of 243.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Clear Lake

123
Property Crimes
1,632.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-7.26%
Below The National Average
  • There were 123 property crimes in Clear Lake in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Clear Lake is 1,632.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 61.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Clear Lake each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -7.26% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 25.87% higher than the Iowa property crime rate of 1,296.8 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Clear Lake

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Austin, MN 26,212 502 1,915.2 1,690.1 225.1
Albert Lea, MN 18,347 423 2,305.6 2,060.3 245.3
Portland, IN 6,069 69 1,136.9 955.7 181.2
Algona, IA 5,298 12 226.5 132.1 94.4
Iowa Falls, IA 4,974 88 1,769.2 1,568.2 201.0

Clear Lake SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
5
Safety
5
Amenities
7
Education
8.5
Commute
9
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