CrimeMetric

Crime in Tipton, Iowa

Major crime in Tipton is 65% below the U.S. rate per resident: 53% lower for persons crimes and 68% 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
35
65% below the U.S. rate
53% below the Iowa rate
down 7.9% in a year
Persons crimes
47
53% below the U.S. rate
36% below the Iowa rate
down 4.7% in a year
Property crimes
32
68% below the U.S. rate
56% below the Iowa rate
down 8.9% in a year
Social disorder
82
18% below the U.S. rate
17% below the Iowa rate
down 6.5% 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 42% above the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Tipton 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 Tipton

Tipton is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 37; the middle half of residents live where it is between 29 and 47.

Map of Tipton, 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 weeknights

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm36
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am37
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm31
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am35
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%-16.1%IA -13.2%
Persons crimes-4.7%IA -1.6%-4.5%IA -1.2%
Property crimes-8.9%IA -12.2%-19.9%IA -15.9%
Social disorder-6.5%IA -6.3%-13.1%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

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

1,370 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Tipton; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Turley, OK3,377154
Fayette, AL3,376112
Shelby, MT3,37770
Tipton, IA3,37335

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

Nearby places

Tipton has a higher major-crime index than 5 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, West Liberty (15 mi), is 20% below Tipton's rate.

Iowa City22 mi116
Coralville24 mi110
Muscatine24 mi60
Tipton35
Anamosa24 mi30
Eldridge29 mi21

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

Questions about crime in Tipton

What are the most common crimes in Tipton?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 9 a year), aggravated assault (about 4 a year) and burglary (about 2 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 42% 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. Tipton's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Tipton 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: 3,373. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100