What is the crime rate in Polk City, IA?

In 2025, the Polk City Police Department reported 1 violent crimes and 34 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 15 violent and 511 property crimes per 100,000 of the 6,657 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: 15
Property per 100,000: 511
Violent crimes: 1
Property crimes: 34

Crime reported by the Polk City 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	4	64	23	366	6,287
2024	2	31	19	290	6,557
2025	1	15	34	511	6,657

Violent crimes reported went from 4 in 2023 to 1 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 23 in 2023 to 34 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.

Polk City against Iowa and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Polk City	15	511
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 Polk City, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Polk City	—	15	511
Johnston	6.2 mi	83	676
Ankeny	7.2 mi	151	1,033
Huxley	10 mi	82	454
Urbandale	10 mi	122	524
Woodward	11 mi	216	0
Windsor Heights	12 mi	79	4,375
Clive	12 mi	81	984
Altoona	15 mi	184	1,399

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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