What is the crime rate in Waukee, IA?

In 2025, the Waukee Police Department reported 52 violent crimes and 233 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 139 violent and 621 property crimes per 100,000 of the 37,525 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: 139
Property per 100,000: 621
Violent crimes: 52
Property crimes: 233

Crime reported by the Waukee 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	49	154	261	818	31,910
2024	52	151	229	663	34,520
2025	52	139	233	621	37,525

Violent crimes reported went from 49 in 2023 to 52 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 261 in 2023 to 233 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.

Waukee against Iowa and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Waukee	139	621
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 Waukee, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Waukee	—	139	621
Clive	4.7 mi	81	984
Van Meter	5.5 mi	0	103
West Des Moines	5.9 mi	147	1,529
Urbandale	6.2 mi	122	524
Adel	6.8 mi	130	940
Windsor Heights	8.8 mi	79	4,375
Johnston	11 mi	83	676
Norwalk	12 mi	50	286

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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