Keokuk, IA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Keokuk, IA Summary

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

  • There were 176 total crimes committed in Keokuk in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,873.9 total crimes per 100K people in Keokuk.
  • The overall crime rate in Keokuk is -11.57% below the national average.
  • Keokuk ranks #118 safest out of 150 cities in Iowa.
  • Keokuk ranks #6,960 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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Keokuk Vs Iowa And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Keokuk is 1,873.9 per 100,000 people. That's -11.57% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 21.68% higher than the Iowa total crime rate of 1,540.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Keokuk
/ 100k People
Iowa
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 176 1,873.9 1,540.0 2,119.2
Murder 1 10.6 2.1 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 18.7 61.0
Aggravated Assault 22 234.2 187.2 256.0
Violent Crime 27 287.5 243.3 359.0
Burglary 30 319.4 199.1 229.0
Larceny 95 1,011.5 962.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 24 255.5 135.1 259.0
Property Crime 149 1,586.5 1,296.8 1,760.0

Keokuk 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 Keokuk

27
Violent Crimes
287.5
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-19.92%
Below The National Average
  • There were 27 violent crimes in Keokuk in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Keokuk is 287.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 347.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Keokuk each year. That compares to a 1 in 411.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -19.92% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 18.18% higher than the Iowa violent crime rate of 243.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Keokuk

149
Property Crimes
1,586.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-9.86%
Below The National Average
  • There were 149 property crimes in Keokuk in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Keokuk is 1,586.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 63.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Keokuk each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -9.86% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 22.34% higher than the Iowa property crime rate of 1,296.8 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Keokuk

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Quincy, IL 39,860 384 963.4 469.1 494.2
Burlington, IA 23,444 525 2,239.4 1,825.6 413.8
Hannibal, MO 16,762 463 2,762.2 2,404.2 358.0
Macomb, IL 14,798 137 925.8 810.9 114.9
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
Lewistown, MT 6,210 115 1,851.9 1,207.7 644.1

Keokuk SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
4
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
6
Safety
4
Amenities
8
Education
6
Commute
10
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