What is the crime rate in Ankeny, IA?

In 2025, the Ankeny Police Department reported 119 violent crimes and 815 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 151 violent and 1,033 property crimes per 100,000 of the 78,916 residents it serves.

Across Iowa the rates were 238 and 1,205.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 151
Property per 100,000: 1,033
Violent crimes: 119
Property crimes: 815

Crime reported by the Ankeny Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	106	143	898	1,210	74,233
2024	130	170	790	1,032	76,547
2025	119	151	815	1,033	78,916

Violent crimes reported went from 106 in 2023 to 119 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 898 in 2023 to 815 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Ankeny against Iowa and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Ankeny	151	1,033
Polk County	387	1,923
Iowa	238	1,205
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Ankeny, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Ankeny	—	151	1,033
Johnston	6.9 mi	83	676
Polk City	7.2 mi	15	511
Altoona	8.3 mi	184	1,399
Pleasant Hill	10 mi	40	756
Windsor Heights	10 mi	79	4,375
Des Moines	11 mi	642	2,838
Urbandale	11 mi	122	524
Huxley	11 mi	82	454

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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