Oskaloosa, IA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Oskaloosa, IA Summary

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

  • There were 119 total crimes committed in Oskaloosa in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,042.1 total crimes per 100K people in Oskaloosa.
  • The overall crime rate in Oskaloosa is -50.83% below the national average.
  • Oskaloosa ranks #85 safest out of 150 cities in Iowa.
  • Oskaloosa ranks #4,556 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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Oskaloosa Vs Iowa And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Oskaloosa is 1,042.1 per 100,000 people. That's -50.83% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -32.33% lower than the Iowa total crime rate of 1,540.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Oskaloosa
/ 100k People
Iowa
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 119 1,042.1 1,540.0 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 2.1 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 18.7 61.0
Aggravated Assault 15 131.4 187.2 256.0
Violent Crime 16 140.1 243.3 359.0
Burglary 25 218.9 199.1 229.0
Larceny 73 639.3 962.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 5 43.8 135.1 259.0
Property Crime 103 902.0 1,296.8 1,760.0

Oskaloosa 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 Oskaloosa

16
Violent Crimes
140.1
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-60.97%
Below The National Average
  • There were 16 violent crimes in Oskaloosa in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Oskaloosa is 140.1 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 713.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Oskaloosa each year. That compares to a 1 in 411.1 chance statewide.
  • That's -60.97% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -42.40% lower than the Iowa violent crime rate of 243.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Oskaloosa

103
Property Crimes
902.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-48.75%
Below The National Average
  • There were 103 property crimes in Oskaloosa in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Oskaloosa is 902.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 110.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Oskaloosa each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -48.75% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -30.44% lower than the Iowa property crime rate of 1,296.8 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Oskaloosa

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Altoona, IA 22,422 483 2,154.1 2,011.4 142.7
Indianola, IA 16,104 281 1,744.9 1,471.7 273.2
Newton, IA 15,611 277 1,774.4 1,390.0 384.3
Pella, IA 10,940 116 1,060.3 950.6 109.7
Pleasant Hill, IA 10,153 232 2,285.0 2,097.9 187.1
Grinnell, IA 9,451 133 1,407.3 1,238.0 169.3
Fairfield, IA 9,251 58 627.0 486.4 140.5
Knoxville, IA 7,387 151 2,044.1 1,719.2 324.9
Washington, IA 7,221 151 2,091.1 1,869.5 221.6
Centerville, IA 5,323 70 1,315.0 1,052.0 263.0

Oskaloosa SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
6
Safety
6
Amenities
8.5
Education
7
Commute
10
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