What is the crime rate in Urbandale, IA?

In 2025, the Urbandale Police Department reported 59 violent crimes and 253 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 122 violent and 524 property crimes per 100,000 of the 48,321 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: 122
Property per 100,000: 524
Violent crimes: 59
Property crimes: 253

Crime reported by the Urbandale 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	59	125	345	731	47,192
2024	42	89	306	649	47,119
2025	59	122	253	524	48,321

Violent crimes reported went from 59 in 2023 to 59 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 345 in 2023 to 253 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.

Urbandale against Iowa and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Urbandale	122	524
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 Urbandale, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Urbandale	—	122	524
Clive	1.9 mi	81	984
Windsor Heights	4.1 mi	79	4,375
Johnston	4.8 mi	83	676
West Des Moines	6.0 mi	147	1,529
Waukee	6.2 mi	139	621
Des Moines	9.8 mi	642	2,838
Polk City	10 mi	15	511
Ankeny	11 mi	151	1,033

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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