Greenwood, Des Moines, IA Crime Rates & Statistics

Reported Annual Crime In Greenwood

Statistic	Reported_incidents	Greenwood_{/100k people}	Des Moines_{/100k people}	Iowa_{/100k people}	National_{/100k people}
Total crime	10,378	1,963 (estimate)	4,907	2,377	2,837
Statistic	Reported_incidents	Greenwood_{/100k people}	Des Moines_{/100k people}	Iowa_{/100k people}	National_{/100k people}
Murder	13	n/a	6.1	2.3	5.3
Rape	140	n/a	66.2	39.8	40.4
Robbery	318	n/a	150.4	36.6	102.8
Assault	1,026	n/a	485.1	212.0	248.5
Violent crime	1,497	283 (estimate)	708	291	386
Burglary	1,944	n/a	919.1	479.5	468.9
Theft	5,920	n/a	2,799.0	1,447.6	1,745.0
Vehicle theft	1,017	n/a	480.8	159.0	236.9
Property crime	8,881	1,680 (estimate)	4,199	2,086	2,451

Nearby Cities With Low Crime Rates

City, State	Population	Violent crime_{/100k people}	Property crime_{/100k people}	Total crime_{/100k people}
Saylorville, IA	3,445	65	469	534
Clive, IA	17,022	146	420	566
Polk City, IA	4,115	77	553	630
Granger, IA	1,461	80	575	655
Van Meter, IA	1,256	91	656	747
Cumming, IA	415	118	843	960
Norwalk, IA	9,944	154	839	993
Des Moines, IA	212,859	708	4,199	4,907

Did you know?

The overall crime rate in Greenwood is 31% lower than the national average.
For every 100,000 people, there are 5.38 daily crimes that occur in Greenwood.
Greenwood is safer than 85% of the cities in the Iowa.
In Greenwood you have a 1 in 51 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
The number of total year over year crimes in Des Moines has increased by 4%.

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Daily Crime In Greenwood (per 100,000 people)

How Safe is Greenwood (higher is better)

Chance of Being A Victim of Crime in Greenwood

The chance of being a victim of violent crime in Greenwood is 1 in 354

The chance of being a victim of property crime in Greenwood is 1 in 60

The chance of being a victim of crime in Greenwood is 1 in 51

Year Over Year Crime In Des Moines (per 100,000 people)

Des Moines police department

Item	Greenwood	Des Moines	Iowa
Law enforcement employees (officers & civilians)	n/a	500	3,827
Police officers & civilians /1000 residents	n/a	0.0	1.8

Sex offenders in Iowa

State	Total offenders	Iowa_/100K	National_/100K
Iowa	5,765	196	222

There are a total of 5,765 sex offenders in Iowa. This yields a total of 196 sex offenders in Iowa per 100,000 residents which is 12% less than the national average.

Cities with similar population

City, State	Population	Violent crime_{/100k people}	Property crime_{/100k people}	Total crime_{/100k people}
Birmingham, AL	212,424	1,746	6,359	8,105
Spokane, WA	212,078	598	7,688	8,286
San Bernardino, CA	214,581	1,324	4,224	5,548
Rochester, NY	210,291	880	3,726	4,606
Richmond, VA	216,773	350	2,985	3,335
Des Moines, IA	212,859	708	4,199	4,907

Source: The Greenwood, Des Moines, IA crime data displayed above is derived from the FBI's uniform crime reports for the year of 2016. The crime report encompasses more than 18,000 city and state law enforcement agencies reporting data on property and violent crimes. The uniform crime reports program represents approximately 309 million American residents, which results in 98% coverage of metropolitan statistical areas.