What is the crime rate in Winterset, IA?

In 2025, the Winterset Police Department reported 11 violent crimes and 29 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 203 violent and 534 property crimes per 100,000 of the 5,429 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: 203
Property per 100,000: 534
Violent crimes: 11
Property crimes: 29

Crime reported by the Winterset Police Department, 2024 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
2024	8	149	39	726	5,373
2025	11	203	29	534	5,429

Violent crimes reported went from 8 in 2024 to 11 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 39 in 2024 to 29 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.

Winterset against Iowa and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Winterset	203	534
Madison County	122	354
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 Winterset, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Winterset	—	203	534
Earlham	11 mi	0	354
Van Meter	13 mi	0	103
Adel	18 mi	130	940
Waukee	18 mi	139	621
West Des Moines	18 mi	147	1,529
Norwalk	19 mi	50	286
Clive	21 mi	81	984

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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