CrimeMetric

Crime in Sibley, Iowa

Major crime in Sibley is 86% below the U.S. rate per resident: 79% lower for persons crimes and 88% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.4% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
14
86% below the U.S. rate
82% below the Iowa rate
down 8.4% in a year
Persons crimes
22
79% below the U.S. rate
71% below the Iowa rate
down 5.9% in a year
Property crimes
12
88% below the U.S. rate
84% below the Iowa rate
down 9.4% in a year
Social disorder
53
47% below the U.S. rate
47% 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 16% above the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Sibley 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 Sibley

Sibley is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 12; the middle half of residents live where it is between 8 and 23.

Map of Sibley, 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 6pm15
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am13
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm12
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am13
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.4% in a year; across Iowa it fell 10.5%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.4%IA -10.5%-15.8%IA -13.2%
Persons crimes-5.9%IA -1.6%-7.4%IA -1.2%
Property crimes-9.4%IA -12.2%-19.2%IA -15.9%
Social disorder-6.8%IA -6.3%-13.5%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

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

1,758 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Sibley; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

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

Nearby places

Sibley 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, Sheldon (16 mi), is 2.9 times Sibley's rate.

Spencer35 mi53
Sheldon16 mi39
Sibley14

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

Questions about crime in Sibley

What are the most common crimes in Sibley?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 2 a year), shoplifting (about 1 a year) and aggravated assault (about 1 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 16% 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. Sibley's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Sibley 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: 2,833. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100