What is the crime rate in Sheldon, IA?

In 2025, the Sheldon Police Department reported 18 violent crimes and 19 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 321 violent and 339 property crimes per 100,000 of the 5,605 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: 321
Property per 100,000: 339
Violent crimes: 18
Property crimes: 19

Crime reported by the Sheldon 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	25	459	49	900	5,447
2024	19	352	33	612	5,396
2025	18	321	19	339	5,605

Violent crimes reported went from 25 in 2023 to 18 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 49 in 2023 to 19 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.

Sheldon against Iowa and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Sheldon	321	339
O'Brien County	249	394
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 Sheldon, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Sheldon	—	321	339
Orange City	16 mi	45	136
Sioux Center	18 mi	23	489
Rock Valley	23 mi	25	125

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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