Iowa

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In 2022, 287 violent crime incidents per 100,000 residents were reported to police in Iowa. This is 8 percent higher than the violent crime rate in 2012.

The crime rate in Iowa in 2022 was 25 percent lower than the United States average.

In 2022, 46 percent of violent crimes reported to police in Iowa were not solved. This is 2 percentage points higher than the unsolved rate in 2012.

  • Capital:  Des Moines
  • Population:  3,155,070
  • Area:  56,273 sq mi
  • Violent Crime Rank:  31st
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Featured Iowa Missing Cases

Guy Heckle

Missing: Feb 03, 1973
Guy Howard Heckle, 11, disappeared on February 3, 1973, during a Boy Scout camping trip with Troop 1 ...Read More

Maria Francisco Martin

Missing: Dec 01, 2021
Maria Francisco-Martin, a 16-year-old girl, was reported missing from Ottumwa, Iowa, on December 1, ...Read More

Steven Leasure

Missing: May 02, 2015
Steven Ray Leasure, 52, was last seen on May 2, 2015, in Burlington, Iowa. He was reported missing a ...Read More

Susan Pacha

Missing: Apr 30, 2018
Susan Marie Pacha, 51, was last seen on April 30, 2018, in Washington, Iowa. The following day, her ...Read More

Colleen Simpson

Missing: Oct 05, 1975
Colleen Vanita Simpson, aged 14, disappeared from her home in Clearfield, Iowa, on the night of Octo ...Read More

Beth Ricketts

Missing: Dec 22, 1997
Beth Ann Ricketts, a 31-year-old mother of three, went missing from Des Moines, Iowa, on December 22 ...Read More

William Shiffer

Missing: Mar 10, 2019
William Sidney Shiffer Jr., a 45-year-old man, went missing from Winterset, Iowa, on March 8, 2019. ...Read More

Riccardo Bowers

Missing: May 15, 2001
Riccardo "Rickey" Bowers, 44, was last seen on May 15, 2001, in Des Moines, Iowa. He was reported mi ...Read More

Joseph Gries

Missing: May 22, 2020
Joseph Robert Gries, a 52-year-old from rural Armstrong, Iowa, was last heard from on May 22, 2020, ...Read More

Harry Milligan

Missing: Jul 01, 1984
Harry Dennis Milligan, a 21-year-old Marine Corps reservist and student at Northeast Missouri State ...Read More
Featured Iowa Murder Cases

Aaron Michael McHenry

Murdered: Nov 07, 2014
On November 7, 2014, Aaron Michael McHenry, a 24-year-old resident of Des Moines, Iowa, was fatally ...Read More

Caden Cade Thomas Hartwig

Murdered: Aug 14, 2016
Caden "Cade" Thomas Hartwig, a 10-year-old boy from Clear Lake, Iowa, tragically lost his life on Au ...Read More

Amy M. Smith

Murdered: Jan 15, 2024
Amy M. Smith, a 44-year-old resident of Davenport, Iowa, lost her life in a tragic incident on Janua ...Read More

Vivian Renee Flores

Murdered: Jun 02, 2022
Vivian Renee Flores, a 21-year-old from Ames, Iowa, tragically lost her life on June 2, 2022, in a t ...Read More

Michael Alexander McCune

Murdered: Feb 18, 2023
Michael Alexander McCune, a 16-year-old, was fatally shot on February 18, 2023, in Cedar Rapids, Iow ...Read More

Thomas Rich Taylor

Murdered: Sep 11, 2024
Thomas Rich Taylor, affectionately known as Tommy, Snakes, or Tom-Tom, was a four-year-old boy who t ...Read More

Ruth Sue Ann Robison

Murdered: Nov 01, 2024
On Friday, November 1, 2024, a tragic incident occurred in Des Moines, Iowa, resulting in the death ...Read More

Autumn Mae Steele

Murdered: Jan 06, 2015
On January 6, 2015, Autumn Mae Steele, a 34-year-old woman from Burlington, Iowa, was fatally shot o ...Read More

Francisco Leonel Rivera Cosme

Murdered: Feb 23, 2024
On February 23, 2024, a tragic incident unfolded in Polk County, Iowa, resulting in the death of Fra ...Read More

Tijuan D. White

Murdered: Oct 13, 2024
On October 13, 2024, a fatal crash occurred on Highway 20 east of Earlville in Delaware County, Iowa ...Read More

Jeremy Smith

Murdered: Jul 19, 2023
On July 19, 2023, Jeremy Smith, a 41-year-old resident of Muscatine, Iowa, lost his life due to gun ...Read More