Ankeny, IA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Ankeny, IA Summary

Crime in Ankeny research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Ankeny over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Ankeny:

  • There were 920 total crimes committed in Ankeny the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,272.2 total crimes per 100K people in Ankeny.
  • The overall crime rate in Ankeny is -45.26% below the national average.
  • Ankeny ranks #62 safest out of 138 cities in Iowa.
  • Ankeny ranks #4,620 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Ankeny Vs Iowa And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Ankeny is 1,272.2 per 100,000 people. That's -45.26% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -36.44% lower than the Iowa total crime rate of 2,001.7 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Ankeny
/ 100k People
Iowa
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 920 1,272.2 2,001.7 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.5 6.3
Robbery 6 8.3 29.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 109 150.7 229.4 268.2
Violent Crime 142 196.4 303.5 369.8
Burglary 50 69.1 371.1 269.8
Larceny 671 927.9 1,130.1 1,401.9
Car Theft 57 78.8 197.1 282.7
Property Crime 778 1,075.8 1,698.2 1,954.4

Ankeny Crime Compared To Iowa Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Iowa.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Ankeny

142
Violent Crimes
196.4
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-46.90%
Below The National Average
  • There were 142 violent crimes in Ankeny in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Ankeny is 196.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 509.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Ankeny each year. That compares to a 1 in 329.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -46.90% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -35.30% lower than the Iowa violent crime rate of 303.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Ankeny

778
Property Crimes
1,075.8
Property Crimes / 100k People
-44.95%
Below The National Average
  • There were 778 property crimes in Ankeny in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Ankeny is 1,075.8 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 92.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Ankeny each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -44.95% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -36.65% lower than the Iowa property crime rate of 1,698.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Ankeny

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Des Moines, IA 213,060 8,102 3,802.7 3,173.8 628.9
West Des Moines, IA 70,701 1,391 1,967.4 1,718.5 248.9
Urbandale, IA 46,284 369 797.3 691.4 105.9
Waukee, IA 28,790 248 861.4 722.5 138.9
Johnston, IA 24,295 175 720.3 650.3 70.0
Altoona, IA 21,830 310 1,420.1 1,236.8 183.2
Clive, IA 18,984 254 1,338.0 1,069.3 268.6
Norwalk, IA 14,299 38 265.8 209.8 55.9
Pleasant Hill, IA 10,153 232 2,285.0 2,097.9 187.1
Windsor Heights, IA 5,108 182 3,563.0 3,347.7 215.3

Ankeny SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
5
Safety
8
Amenities
8.5
Education
9
Commute
8.5
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