Fairfield, IA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Fairfield, IA Summary

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

  • There were 58 total crimes committed in Fairfield in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 627.0 total crimes per 100K people in Fairfield.
  • The overall crime rate in Fairfield is -70.42% below the national average.
  • Fairfield ranks #53 safest out of 150 cities in Iowa.
  • Fairfield ranks #2,801 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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Fairfield Vs Iowa And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Fairfield is 627.0 per 100,000 people. That's -70.42% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -59.29% lower than the Iowa total crime rate of 1,540.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Fairfield
/ 100k People
Iowa
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 58 627.0 1,540.0 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.1 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 18.7 61.0
Aggravated Assault 10 108.1 187.2 256.0
Violent Crime 13 140.5 243.3 359.0
Burglary 10 108.1 199.1 229.0
Larceny 26 281.1 962.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 9 97.3 135.1 259.0
Property Crime 45 486.4 1,296.8 1,760.0

Fairfield 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 Fairfield

13
Violent Crimes
140.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-60.86%
Below The National Average
  • There were 13 violent crimes in Fairfield in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Fairfield is 140.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 711.6 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Fairfield each year. That compares to a 1 in 411.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -60.86% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -42.23% lower than the Iowa violent crime rate of 243.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Fairfield

45
Property Crimes
486.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-72.36%
Below The National Average
  • There were 45 property crimes in Fairfield in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Fairfield is 486.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 205.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Fairfield each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -72.36% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -62.49% lower than the Iowa property crime rate of 1,296.8 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Fairfield

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Ottumwa, IA 25,185 759 3,013.7 2,616.6 397.1
Burlington, IA 23,444 525 2,239.4 1,825.6 413.8
Oskaloosa, IA 11,419 119 1,042.1 902.0 140.1
Fort Madison, IA 9,964 198 1,987.2 1,706.1 281.0
Mount Pleasant, IA 8,371 93 1,111.0 1,063.2 47.8
Washington, IA 7,221 151 2,091.1 1,869.5 221.6

Fairfield SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
4/10
Housing
6
Affordability
7
Diversity
8
Safety
7
Amenities
8
Education
9
Commute
10
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