Clive, IA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Clive, IA Summary

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

  • There were 263 total crimes committed in Clive in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,375.2 total crimes per 100K people in Clive.
  • The overall crime rate in Clive is -35.11% below the national average.
  • Clive ranks #105 safest out of 150 cities in Iowa.
  • Clive ranks #5,677 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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Clive Vs Iowa And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Clive is 1,375.2 per 100,000 people. That's -35.11% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -10.70% lower than the Iowa total crime rate of 1,540.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Clive
/ 100k People
Iowa
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 263 1,375.2 1,540.0 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.1 5.0
Robbery 2 10.5 18.7 61.0
Aggravated Assault 31 162.1 187.2 256.0
Violent Crime 40 209.2 243.3 359.0
Burglary 17 88.9 199.1 229.0
Larceny 182 951.7 962.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 24 125.5 135.1 259.0
Property Crime 223 1,166.1 1,296.8 1,760.0

Clive 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 Clive

40
Violent Crimes
209.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-41.74%
Below The National Average
  • There were 40 violent crimes in Clive in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Clive is 209.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 478.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Clive each year. That compares to a 1 in 411.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -41.74% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -14.01% lower than the Iowa violent crime rate of 243.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Clive

223
Property Crimes
1,166.1
Property Crimes / 100k People
-33.75%
Below The National Average
  • There were 223 property crimes in Clive in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Clive is 1,166.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 85.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Clive each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -33.75% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -10.08% lower than the Iowa property crime rate of 1,296.8 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Clive

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Des Moines, IA 209,245 8,013 3,829.5 3,126.5 703.0
Ankeny, IA 76,547 909 1,187.5 1,021.6 165.9
West Des Moines, IA 73,335 1,378 1,879.0 1,714.1 165.0
Urbandale, IA 47,119 341 723.7 634.6 89.1
Waukee, IA 34,520 270 782.2 640.2 141.9
Johnston, IA 24,819 205 826.0 749.4 76.6
Altoona, IA 22,422 483 2,154.1 2,011.4 142.7
Norwalk, IA 15,588 45 288.7 179.6 109.1
Pleasant Hill, IA 10,153 232 2,285.0 2,097.9 187.1
Windsor Heights, IA 5,011 242 4,829.4 4,609.9 219.5

Clive SnackAbility

9.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
8
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
7
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
9.5
Commute
9
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