Crime in Atlantic, Iowa
Major crime in Atlantic is 19% above the U.S. rate per resident: 31% lower for persons crimes and 30% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.4% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.
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Shoplifting stands out most, at 2.8 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Atlantic for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Neighborhoods in Atlantic
Atlantic is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 62; the middle half of residents live where it is between 28 and 204.
- 0–5030.7%
- 50–10022.8%
- 100–2000.0%
- 200–40046.5%
- 400+0.0%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on weekdays, day and night
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 7.4% in a year; across Iowa it fell 10.5%
Change in expected crimes, with Iowa as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.
Atlantic against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents
412 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Atlantic; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Atlantic has a higher major-crime index than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Red Oak (29 mi), is 29% below Atlantic's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Atlantic
What are the most common crimes in Atlantic?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 62 a year), other larceny (about 39 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 11 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 2.8 times the U.S. rate per resident.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Atlantic's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Atlantic has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 6,833. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Atlantic, Iowa." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ia/atlantic
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Red Oak29 mi84
- Creston40 mi69
- Glenwood45 mi53
- Clarinda45 mi57
- Council Bluffs45 mi209
- Denison47 mi34
- Missouri Valley47 mi48
- Carroll47 mi68