What is the crime rate in Carter Lake, IA?

In 2025, the Carter Lake Police Department reported 21 violent crimes and 88 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 561 violent and 2,351 property crimes per 100,000 of the 3,743 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: 561
Property per 100,000: 2,351
Violent crimes: 21
Property crimes: 88

Crime reported by the Carter Lake 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	23	614	169	4,513	3,745
2024	21	560	178	4,748	3,749
2025	21	561	88	2,351	3,743

Violent crimes reported went from 23 in 2023 to 21 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 169 in 2023 to 88 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.

Carter Lake against Iowa and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Carter Lake	561	2,351
Pottawattamie County	413	1,747
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 Carter Lake, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Carter Lake	—	561	2,351
Council Bluffs	4.9 mi	527	2,230
Omaha	7.3 mi	350	2,795
Ralston	8.8 mi	62	1,275
Bellevue	10.0 mi	108	1,144
La Vista	11 mi	67	1,140
Papillion	13 mi	48	663
Bennington	14 mi	152	507
Missouri Valley	19 mi	380	837

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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