CrimeMetric

Crime in Eldridge, Iowa

Major crime in Eldridge is 79% below the U.S. rate per resident: 81% lower for persons crimes and 78% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.2% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
21
79% below the U.S. rate
71% below the Iowa rate
down 8.2% in a year
Persons crimes
19
81% below the U.S. rate
75% below the Iowa rate
down 4.4% in a year
Property crimes
22
78% below the U.S. rate
71% below the Iowa rate
down 8.9% in a year
Social disorder
66
34% below the U.S. rate
34% below the Iowa rate
down 6.8% 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

Drugs and alcohol stands out most, at 40% above the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Eldridge 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 Eldridge

Eldridge is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 24; the middle half of residents live where it is between 11 and 31.

Map of Eldridge, 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 6pm26
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am19
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm19
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am16
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.2% in a year; across Iowa it fell 10.5%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.2%IA -10.5%-10.9%IA -13.2%
Persons crimes-4.4%IA -1.6%+2.1%IA -1.2%
Property crimes-8.9%IA -12.2%-13.4%IA -15.9%
Social disorder-6.8%IA -6.3%-6.9%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

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

2,099 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Eldridge; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

Herkimer, NY7,458351
Ontario, OH7,445127
Waikele, HI7,454105
Wilton, CA7,45374
Eldridge, IA7,45021

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

Nearby places

Eldridge has a lower major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Davenport (6 mi), is 8.8 times Eldridge's rate.

Davenport6 mi186
Silvis, IL14 mi172
Moline, IL12 mi151
DeWitt13 mi70
Le Claire12 mi23
Eldridge21

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

Questions about crime in Eldridge

What are the most common crimes in Eldridge?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 12 a year), theft from vehicle (about 4 a year) and aggravated assault (about 3 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 40% above 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. Eldridge's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Eldridge 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: 7,450. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100