Story City, IA Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Story City, IA Summary

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

  • There were 50 total crimes committed in Story City the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,452.2 total crimes per 100K people in Story City.
  • The overall crime rate in Story City is -37.52% below the national average.
  • Story City ranks #72 safest out of 138 cities in Iowa.
  • Story City ranks #5,173 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.

Additional research about crime in Iowa

Story City Vs Iowa And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Story City is 1,452.2 per 100,000 people. That's -37.52% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -27.45% lower than the Iowa total crime rate of 2,001.7 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Story City
/ 100k People
Iowa
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 50 1,452.2 2,001.7 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.5 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 29.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 4 116.2 229.4 268.2
Violent Crime 4 116.2 303.5 369.8
Burglary 4 116.2 371.1 269.8
Larceny 34 987.5 1,130.1 1,401.9
Car Theft 8 232.4 197.1 282.7
Property Crime 46 1,336.0 1,698.2 1,954.4

Story City 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 Story City

4
Violent Crimes
116.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-68.58%
Below The National Average
  • There were 4 violent crimes in Story City in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Story City is 116.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 860.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Story City each year. That compares to a 1 in 329.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -68.58% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -61.72% lower than the Iowa violent crime rate of 303.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Story City

46
Property Crimes
1,336.0
Property Crimes / 100k People
-31.64%
Below The National Average
  • There were 46 property crimes in Story City in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Story City is 1,336.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 74.8 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Story City each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -31.64% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -21.33% lower than the Iowa property crime rate of 1,698.2 per 100,000 people.

Story City SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
6
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
3
Safety
8
Amenities
7
Education
8.5
Commute
9
Enjoy The Snack?