Wayland, IA Crime Rates & Statistics

Reported Annual Crime In Wayland

Statistic	Reported_incidents	_{/100k people}	Wayland_{/100k people}	Iowa_{/100k people}	National_{/100k people}
Total crime	0	n/a (estimate)	1,022 (estimate)	2,377	2,837
Statistic	Reported_incidents	_{/100k people}	Wayland_{/100k people}	Iowa_{/100k people}	National_{/100k people}
Murder	n/a	n/a	n/a	2.3	5.3
Rape	n/a	n/a	n/a	39.8	40.4
Robbery	n/a	n/a	n/a	36.6	102.8
Assault	n/a	n/a	n/a	212.0	248.5
Violent crime	n/a	n/a (estimate)	125 (estimate)	291	386
Burglary	n/a	n/a	n/a	479.5	468.9
Theft	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,447.6	1,745.0
Vehicle theft	n/a	n/a	n/a	159.0	236.9
Property crime	n/a	n/a (estimate)	897 (estimate)	2,086	2,451

Did you know?

The overall crime rate in Wayland is 64% lower than the national average.
For every 100,000 people, there are 2.8 daily crimes that occur in Wayland.
Wayland is safer than 75% of the cities in the United States.
In Wayland you have a 1 in 98 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
The number of total year over year crimes in Wayland has increased by 4%.

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Daily Crime In Wayland (per 100,000 people)

How Safe is Wayland (higher is better)

Chance of Being A Victim of Crime in Wayland

The chance of being a victim of violent crime in Wayland is 1 in 800

The chance of being a victim of property crime in Wayland is 1 in 112

The chance of being a victim of crime in Wayland is 1 in 98

Year Over Year Crime In Wayland (per 100,000 people)

Wayland police department

Item	Wayland	Iowa	National
Law enforcement employees (officers & civilians)	n/a	3,827	558,732
Police officers & civilians /1000 residents	n/a	1.8	3.3

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.

Nearby Cities With Low Crime Rates

City, State	Population	Violent crime_{/100k people}	Property crime_{/100k people}	Total crime_{/100k people}
Westwood, IA	96	118	843	960
Winfield, IA	1,068	133	950	1,082
Washington, IA	7,368	578	1,183	1,761
Mount Pleasant, IA	8,491	143	1,740	1,883
Pleasant Plain, IA	56	346	2,478	2,824
Olds, IA	197	375	2,691	3,066
Ainsworth, IA	451	378	2,712	3,090
Wayland, IA	1,027	125	897	1,022

Cities with similar population

City, State	Population	Violent crime_{/100k people}	Property crime_{/100k people}	Total crime_{/100k people}
McLeansville, NC	1,027	161	1,187	1,348
Duncan Falls, OH	1,027	140	1,205	1,346
Tatamy, PA	1,027	0	177	177
Young Harris, GA	1,027	167	1,263	1,431
Clendenin, WV	1,027	147	842	989
Wayland, IA	1,027	125	897	1,022

Source: The Wayland, 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.