What is the crime rate in Cedar Falls, IA?

In 2025, the Cedar Falls Police Department reported 56 violent crimes and 471 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 135 violent and 1,132 property crimes per 100,000 of the 41,596 residents it serves.

Across Iowa the rates were 238 and 1,205.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on .

Violent per 100,000
135
Property per 100,000
1,132
Violent crimes
56
Property crimes
471

Crime reported by the Cedar Falls Police Department, 2025 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
YearViolent crimesViolent per 100,000Property crimesProperty per 100,000Residents served
2025561354711,13241,596

Cedar Falls against Iowa and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
Violent crimeProperty crime
Cedar Falls1351,132
Black Hawk County2881,760
Iowa2381,205
United States3301,552

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 Cedar Falls, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
PlaceDistanceViolent per 100,000Property per 100,000
Cedar Falls—1351,132
Waterloo5.5 mi4612,568
Evansdale10 mi1551,687
Denver12 mi51459
Waverly14 mi751,140
Grundy Center20 mi35177

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.

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Questions about Cedar Falls

What is the crime rate in Cedar Falls?

In 2025, the Cedar Falls Police Department reported 135 violent crimes and 1,132 property crimes per 100,000 residents to the FBI.

How many crimes were reported in Cedar Falls in 2025?

In 2025, the Cedar Falls Police Department reported 56 violent crimes and 471 property crimes to the FBI.

Where do these crime figures come from?

From the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: each police department reports the offenses known to it every month, and the FBI publishes them in its Crime Data Explorer.

Sources

Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.

Figures last updated on .

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