CrimeMetric

Crime in Clarinda, Iowa

Major crime in Clarinda is 43% below the U.S. rate per resident: 22% lower for persons crimes and 47% lower 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

Major crime
57
43% below the U.S. rate
23% below the Iowa rate
down 7.4% in a year
Persons crimes
78
22% below the U.S. rate
about the Iowa rate
down 3.7% in a year
Property crimes
53
47% below the U.S. rate
29% below the Iowa rate
down 8.5% in a year
Social disorder
105
about the U.S. rate
5% above the Iowa rate
down 5.4% in a year

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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Crime by type

Intimidation stands out most, at 1.8 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Clarinda for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Clarinda

The middle half of Clarinda residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 35 and 85; the typical (median) resident's is 54.

Map of Clarinda, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5034.6%
  • 50–10051.8%
  • 100–20013.6%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weeknights

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm53
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am70
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm46
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am55
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.4% in a year; across Iowa it fell 10.5%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.4%IA -10.5%-15.5%IA -13.2%
Persons crimes-3.7%IA -1.6%-2.8%IA -1.2%
Property crimes-8.5%IA -12.2%-19.6%IA -15.9%
Social disorder-5.4%IA -6.3%-8.9%IA -8.2%

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.

Similar-size places

Clarinda against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

1,185 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Clarinda; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

Omak, WA5,307138
Clarinda, IA5,31257

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Clarinda has a higher major-crime index than 4 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Shenandoah (17 mi), is 32% below Clarinda's rate.

Atlantic45 mi119
Red Oak21 mi84
Creston41 mi69
Clarinda57
Glenwood43 mi53
Shenandoah17 mi39

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Clarinda

What are the most common crimes in Clarinda?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 18 a year), aggravated assault (about 11 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 8 a year). Compared with the U.S., intimidation stands out most: 1.8 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. Clarinda's figures add up its 6 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Clarinda 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: 5,312. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Clarinda, Iowa." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ia/clarinda

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100