Muscatine, IA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Muscatine, IA Summary

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

  • There were 342 total crimes committed in Muscatine in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,473.6 total crimes per 100K people in Muscatine.
  • The overall crime rate in Muscatine is -30.46% below the national average.
  • Muscatine ranks #110 safest out of 150 cities in Iowa.
  • Muscatine ranks #5,961 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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Muscatine Vs Iowa And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Muscatine is 1,473.6 per 100,000 people. That's -30.46% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -4.31% lower than the Iowa total crime rate of 1,540.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Muscatine
/ 100k People
Iowa
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 342 1,473.6 1,540.0 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.1 5.0
Robbery 3 12.9 18.7 61.0
Aggravated Assault 47 202.5 187.2 256.0
Violent Crime 57 245.6 243.3 359.0
Burglary 55 237.0 199.1 229.0
Larceny 197 848.8 962.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 33 142.2 135.1 259.0
Property Crime 285 1,228.0 1,296.8 1,760.0

Muscatine 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 Muscatine

57
Violent Crimes
245.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-31.59%
Below The National Average
  • There were 57 violent crimes in Muscatine in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Muscatine is 245.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 407.2 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Muscatine each year. That compares to a 1 in 411.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -31.59% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 0.97% higher than the Iowa violent crime rate of 243.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Muscatine

285
Property Crimes
1,228.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-30.23%
Below The National Average
  • There were 285 property crimes in Muscatine in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Muscatine is 1,228.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 81.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Muscatine each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -30.23% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -5.30% lower than the Iowa property crime rate of 1,296.8 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Muscatine

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Moline, IL 41,659 1,549 3,718.3 3,334.2 384.1
Bettendorf, IA 40,105 390 972.4 867.7 104.7
Rock Island, IL 35,841 1,168 3,258.8 2,714.8 544.1
North Liberty, IA 21,635 101 466.8 397.5 69.3
East Moline, IL 20,637 551 2,670.0 2,355.0 315.0
Monmouth, IL 8,460 147 1,737.6 1,371.2 366.4
Silvis, IL 7,865 304 3,865.2 3,623.6 241.6
Geneseo, IL 6,520 62 950.9 858.9 92.0
Colona, IL 4,958 45 907.6 847.1 60.5
Milan, IL 4,929 110 2,231.7 1,805.6 426.0

Muscatine SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
8
Safety
6
Amenities
8.5
Education
6
Commute
9.5
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