CrimeMetric

Crime in Clarion, Iowa

Major crime in Clarion is 72% below the U.S. rate per resident: 58% lower for persons crimes and 75% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.9% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
28
72% below the U.S. rate
62% below the Iowa rate
down 7.9% in a year
Persons crimes
42
58% below the U.S. rate
43% below the Iowa rate
down 4.1% in a year
Property crimes
25
75% below the U.S. rate
66% below the Iowa rate
down 9.2% in a year
Social disorder
70
30% below the U.S. rate
30% below the Iowa rate
down 5.6% 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

Every crime type in Clarion is near or below the U.S. rate

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

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Clarion

Clarion is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 27; the middle half of residents live where it is between 26 and 31.

Map of Clarion, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–50100.0%
  • 50–1000.0%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 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 weekday daytimes

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm31
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am27
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm26
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am26
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.9% in a year; across Iowa it fell 10.5%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.9%IA -10.5%-14.1%IA -13.2%
Persons crimes-4.1%IA -1.6%-2.2%IA -1.2%
Property crimes-9.2%IA -12.2%-18.5%IA -15.9%
Social disorder-5.6%IA -6.3%-8.6%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

Clarion against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

1,521 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Clarion; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Lithonia, GA3,139399
Clarion, IA3,13628

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

Nearby places

Clarion has a higher major-crime index than 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Webster City (19 mi), is 2.3 times Clarion's rate.

Fort Dodge27 mi188
Mason City40 mi134
Clear Lake34 mi89
Iowa Falls28 mi76
Story City38 mi40
Clarion28
Hampton27 mi25
Humboldt25 mi20

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

Questions about crime in Clarion

What are the most common crimes in Clarion?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 4 a year), aggravated assault (about 3 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 2 a year). Compared with the U.S., intimidation stands out most: about 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. Clarion's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Clarion 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: 3,136. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100