Hiawatha, IA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Hiawatha, IA Summary

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

  • There were 97 total crimes committed in Hiawatha in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,341.6 total crimes per 100K people in Hiawatha.
  • The overall crime rate in Hiawatha is -36.69% below the national average.
  • Hiawatha ranks #104 safest out of 150 cities in Iowa.
  • Hiawatha ranks #5,584 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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Hiawatha Vs Iowa And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Hiawatha is 1,341.6 per 100,000 people. That's -36.69% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -12.88% lower than the Iowa total crime rate of 1,540.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Hiawatha
/ 100k People
Iowa
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 97 1,341.6 1,540.0 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.1 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 18.7 61.0
Aggravated Assault 25 345.8 187.2 256.0
Violent Crime 26 359.6 243.3 359.0
Burglary 10 138.3 199.1 229.0
Larceny 54 746.9 962.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 7 96.8 135.1 259.0
Property Crime 71 982.0 1,296.8 1,760.0

Hiawatha 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 Hiawatha

26
Violent Crimes
359.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
0.17%
Above The National Average
  • There were 26 violent crimes in Hiawatha in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Hiawatha is 359.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 278.1 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Hiawatha each year. That compares to a 1 in 411.1 chance statewide.
  • That's 0.17% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 47.84% higher than the Iowa violent crime rate of 243.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Hiawatha

71
Property Crimes
982.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-44.20%
Below The National Average
  • There were 71 property crimes in Hiawatha in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Hiawatha is 982.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 101.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Hiawatha each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -44.20% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -24.27% lower than the Iowa property crime rate of 1,296.8 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Hiawatha

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Cedar Rapids, IA 135,363 3,994 2,950.6 2,689.1 261.5
Marion, IA 42,420 263 620.0 497.4 122.6
Coralville, IA 24,033 528 2,197.0 2,063.8 133.2
La Porte, IN 22,511 416 1,848.0 1,639.2 208.8
North Liberty, IA 21,635 101 466.8 397.5 69.3
Independence, IA 6,221 51 819.8 659.1 160.7
Anamosa, IA 5,791 39 673.5 569.8 103.6
Manchester, IA 5,295 66 1,246.5 1,114.3 132.2
Vinton, IA 4,960 21 423.4 362.9 60.5
Robins, IA 3,294 11 333.9 333.9 0.0

Hiawatha SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8
Diversity
8
Safety
5
Amenities
8
Education
8
Commute
9.5
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