Vinton, IA Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Vinton, IA Summary

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

  • There were 30 total crimes committed in Vinton the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 600.5 total crimes per 100K people in Vinton.
  • The overall crime rate in Vinton is -74.16% below the national average.
  • Vinton ranks #20 safest out of 138 cities in Iowa.
  • Vinton ranks #2,213 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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Vinton Vs Iowa And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Vinton is 600.5 per 100,000 people. That's -74.16% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -70.00% lower than the Iowa total crime rate of 2,001.7 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Vinton
/ 100k People
Iowa
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 30 600.5 2,001.7 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.5 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 29.8 66.1
Aggravated Assault 1 20.0 229.4 268.2
Violent Crime 2 40.0 303.5 369.8
Burglary 7 140.1 371.1 269.8
Larceny 18 360.3 1,130.1 1,401.9
Car Theft 3 60.0 197.1 282.7
Property Crime 28 560.4 1,698.2 1,954.4

Vinton 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 Vinton

2
Violent Crimes
40.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-89.17%
Below The National Average
  • There were 2 violent crimes in Vinton in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Vinton is 40.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,498.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Vinton each year. That compares to a 1 in 329.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -89.17% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -86.81% lower than the Iowa violent crime rate of 303.5 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Vinton

28
Property Crimes
560.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
-71.32%
Below The National Average
  • There were 28 property crimes in Vinton in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Vinton is 560.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 178.4 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Vinton each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -71.32% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -67.00% lower than the Iowa property crime rate of 1,698.2 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Vinton

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Cedar Rapids, IA 135,362 4,557 3,366.5 3,046.6 319.9
Marion, IA 41,793 614 1,469.1 1,225.1 244.1
Cedar Falls, IA 40,321 830 2,058.5 1,860.1 198.4
Coralville, IA 23,555 686 2,912.3 2,627.9 284.4
La Porte, IN 22,371 417 1,864.0 1,662.9 201.2
North Liberty, IA 21,131 100 473.2 359.7 113.6
Waverly, IA 10,445 181 1,732.9 1,072.3 660.6
Hiawatha, IA 7,109 170 2,391.3 2,067.8 323.5
Independence, IA 6,236 80 1,282.9 1,138.6 144.3

Vinton SnackAbility

5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
6
Affordability
6
Diversity
4
Safety
8.5
Amenities
8
Education
7
Commute
8.5
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