What is the crime rate in Glenwood, IA?

In 2025, the Glenwood Police Department reported 10 violent crimes and 46 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 189 violent and 869 property crimes per 100,000 of the 5,296 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: 189
Property per 100,000: 869
Violent crimes: 10
Property crimes: 46

Crime reported by the Glenwood 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	13	251	44	849	5,182
2024	3	57	35	671	5,218
2025	10	189	46	869	5,296

Violent crimes reported went from 13 in 2023 to 10 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 44 in 2023 to 46 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.

Glenwood against Iowa and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Glenwood	189	869
Mills County	109	598
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 Glenwood, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Glenwood	—	189	869
Plattsmouth	8.4 mi	43	646
Bellevue	12 mi	108	1,144
Council Bluffs	14 mi	527	2,230
Ralston	19 mi	62	1,275
Papillion	19 mi	48	663
Carter Lake	19 mi	561	2,351
La Vista	20 mi	67	1,140

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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