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

Melissa Hasley

Missing: Oct 18, 2002
Melissa Dawn Hasley, a 31-year-old mother of three, was last seen in Des Moines, Iowa, on October 18 ...Read More

Joshua Wellman

Missing: Nov 11, 2015
Joshua Ryan Wellman, a 35-year-old from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was last seen on November 12, 2015. That ...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

Crystal Hunt

Missing: Feb 24, 1998
Crystal Sue Hunt, a 21-year-old pregnant woman, was last seen on February 24, 1998, leaving her pare ...Read More

Mervin Walvatne

Missing: Jul 18, 1990
Mervin Leo Walvatne, a 53-year-old man, was last seen on July 18, 1990, in Spencer, Iowa. He led a t ...Read More

Robert Kellar

Missing: Feb 12, 1990
Robert Lee Kellar, a 20-year-old from Muscatine, Iowa, was last seen on February 12, 1990. Described ...Read More

Rachel Reuter

Missing: Jun 12, 2021
Rachel Anne Reuter, a 30-year-old woman from Cassville, Wisconsin, was reported missing on June 16, ...Read More

Dale Robinson

Missing: Aug 03, 2013
Dale Richard Robinson, an 84-year-old man from Moville, Iowa, went missing on August 3, 2013. Suffer ...Read More

Jonathan Lytle

Missing: Apr 21, 2017
Jonathan Cory Lytle, a 27-year-old from Panora, Iowa, was last seen on April 21, 2017. Standing at 5 ...Read More

John Hefty

Missing: Oct 04, 2010
John Ray Hefty, a 54-year-old man from Fort Dodge, Iowa, was last seen on October 4, 2010. He was re ...Read More
Featured Iowa Murder Cases

Edward Hickson

Murdered: Feb 15, 1978
On February 15, 1978, Edward Leroy Hickson, age 32, was found dead at the Rock Island Bunkhouse #27 ...Read More

Joe Floyd

Murdered: Jul 01, 1967
On July 1, 1967, Joseph "Joe Junior" Floyd, a 42-year-old World War II veteran, was found dead near ...Read More

Alta Braun

Murdered: Aug 21, 1917
Alta Braun, a 12-year-old girl from Le Mars, Iowa, was tragically murdered on the night of August 20 ...Read More

Aaron Marr

Murdered: Sep 22, 2007
Aaron Michael Marr, 37, was found fatally stabbed in his Ames, Iowa, apartment on September 22, 2007 ...Read More

Linda Mayfield

Murdered: Apr 09, 1982
Linda Mayfield, a 21-year-old woman, was brutally murdered on April 9, 1982, in Council Bluffs, Iowa ...Read More

Ronald Novak

Murdered: Dec 24, 1983
Ronald Lee Novak, 24, was brutally murdered in his rural home near Center Point, Iowa, on December 2 ...Read More

Gary Dean Lack

Murdered: Jan 14, 2004
Gary Dean Lack, a 58-year-old man from Nora Springs, Iowa, died on January 14, 2004, under suspiciou ...Read More

John Adams Jr

Murdered: Jul 11, 1982
John Adams Jr., a 23-year-old man, was murdered on July 11, 1982, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. His body ...Read More

Ernest Lilly

Murdered: Sep 11, 1973
Ernest Harold Lilly Sr., a 50-year-old World War II Navy veteran, was shot on September 11, 1973, in ...Read More

Donna Davis

Murdered: Jul 11, 1955
Late on the evening of Sunday, July 10, 1955, Donna Sue Davis was abducted from her home in Sioux Ci ...Read More