Perry, IA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Perry, IA Summary

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

  • There were 79 total crimes committed in Perry in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 984.8 total crimes per 100K people in Perry.
  • The overall crime rate in Perry is -53.53% below the national average.
  • Perry ranks #81 safest out of 150 cities in Iowa.
  • Perry ranks #4,353 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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Perry Vs Iowa And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Perry is 984.8 per 100,000 people. That's -53.53% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -36.05% lower than the Iowa total crime rate of 1,540.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Perry
/ 100k People
Iowa
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 79 984.8 1,540.0 2,119.2
Murder 2 24.9 2.1 5.0
Robbery 2 24.9 18.7 61.0
Aggravated Assault 26 324.1 187.2 256.0
Violent Crime 32 398.9 243.3 359.0
Burglary 12 149.6 199.1 229.0
Larceny 29 361.5 962.6 1,272.0
Car Theft 6 74.8 135.1 259.0
Property Crime 47 585.9 1,296.8 1,760.0

Perry 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 Perry

32
Violent Crimes
398.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
11.12%
Above The National Average
  • There were 32 violent crimes in Perry in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Perry is 398.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 250.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Perry each year. That compares to a 1 in 411.1 chance statewide.
  • That's 11.12% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 63.99% higher than the Iowa violent crime rate of 243.3 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Perry

47
Property Crimes
585.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-66.71%
Below The National Average
  • There were 47 property crimes in Perry in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Perry is 585.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 170.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Perry each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -66.71% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -54.82% lower than the Iowa property crime rate of 1,296.8 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Perry

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Ankeny, IA 76,547 909 1,187.5 1,021.6 165.9
West Des Moines, IA 73,335 1,378 1,879.0 1,714.1 165.0
Ames, IA 65,426 1,082 1,653.8 1,505.5 148.3
Urbandale, IA 47,119 341 723.7 634.6 89.1
Waukee, IA 34,520 270 782.2 640.2 141.9
Johnston, IA 24,819 205 826.0 749.4 76.6
Altoona, IA 22,422 483 2,154.1 2,011.4 142.7
Clive, IA 19,124 263 1,375.2 1,166.1 209.2
Norwalk, IA 15,588 45 288.7 179.6 109.1
Carroll, IA 10,118 103 1,018.0 978.5 39.5

Perry SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
5
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
8.5
Safety
7
Amenities
8.5
Education
3
Commute
8
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