Muscatine, IA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Muscatine, IA Summary

Crime in Muscatine research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Muscatine 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 Muscatine:

  • There were 460 total crimes committed in Muscatine the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,979.6 total crimes per 100K people in Muscatine.
  • The overall crime rate in Muscatine is -14.83% below the national average.
  • Muscatine ranks #100 safest out of 138 cities in Iowa.
  • Muscatine ranks #6,482 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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Muscatine Vs Iowa And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Muscatine is 1,979.6 per 100,000 people. That's -14.83% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -1.11% lower than the Iowa total crime rate of 2,001.7 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Muscatine
/ 100k People
Iowa
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 460 1,979.6 2,001.7 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.5 6.3
Robbery 2 8.6 29.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 67 288.3 229.4 268.2
Violent Crime 82 352.9 303.5 369.8
Burglary 93 400.2 371.1 269.8
Larceny 247 1,063.0 1,130.1 1,401.9
Car Theft 38 163.5 197.1 282.7
Property Crime 378 1,626.7 1,698.2 1,954.4

Muscatine 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 Muscatine

82
Violent Crimes
352.9
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-4.57%
Below The National Average
  • There were 82 violent crimes in Muscatine in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Muscatine is 352.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 283.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Muscatine each year. That compares to a 1 in 329.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -4.57% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 16.28% higher than the Iowa violent crime rate of 303.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Muscatine

378
Property Crimes
1,626.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-16.77%
Below The National Average
  • There were 378 property crimes in Muscatine in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Muscatine is 1,626.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 61.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Muscatine each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -16.77% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -4.21% lower than the Iowa property crime rate of 1,698.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Muscatine

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Moline, IL 42,009 1,400 3,332.6 2,832.7 499.9
Bettendorf, IA 39,548 576 1,456.5 1,378.1 78.4
Rock Island, IL 36,235 1,143 3,154.4 2,591.4 563.0
North Liberty, IA 21,131 100 473.2 359.7 113.6
East Moline, IL 20,573 217 1,054.8 612.5 442.3
Monmouth, IL 8,652 142 1,641.2 1,421.6 219.6
Silvis, IL 7,922 320 4,039.4 3,685.9 353.4
Geneseo, IL 6,488 93 1,433.4 1,202.2 231.2
Colona, IL 5,009 95 1,896.6 1,696.9 199.6
Milan, IL 4,994 144 2,883.5 2,623.1 260.3

Muscatine SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
8
Safety
6
Amenities
8.5
Education
6
Commute
9.5
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