What is the crime rate in Webster City, IA?

In 2025, the Webster City Police Department reported 7 violent crimes and 96 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 90 violent and 1,239 property crimes per 100,000 of the 7,750 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: 90
Property per 100,000: 1,239
Violent crimes: 7
Property crimes: 96

Crime reported by the Webster 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	16	207	85	1,101	7,720
2024	22	286	105	1,367	7,679
2025	7	90	96	1,239	7,750

Violent crimes reported went from 16 in 2023 to 7 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 85 in 2023 to 96 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.

Webster City against Iowa and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Webster City	90	1,239
Hamilton County	88	787
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 Webster City, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Webster City	—	90	1,239
Eagle Grove	15 mi	138	304
Fort Dodge	19 mi	940	2,848
Clarion	19 mi	73	292

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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