Crime in Washington, Iowa
Major crime in Washington is 15% below the U.S. rate per resident: 12% lower for persons crimes and 15% 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
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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Rape / sexual assault stands out most, at 2.4 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Washington for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across Washington
The middle half of Washington residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 64 and 83; the typical (median) resident's is 66. The citywide figure (86) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.
- 0–500.0%
- 50–10076.4%
- 100–20023.6%
- 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.
Highest on weekday daytimes
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 7.9% in a year; across Iowa it fell 10.5%
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.
Washington against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents
722 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Washington; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Washington 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, Mount Pleasant (24 mi), is 55% below Washington's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Washington
What are the most common crimes in Washington?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 42 a year), shoplifting (about 19 a year) and burglary (about 15 a year). Compared with the U.S., rape / sexual assault stands out most: 2.4 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. Washington's figures add up its 7 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Washington 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: 7,427. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Washington, Iowa." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/ia/washington
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Mount Pleasant24 mi38
- Fairfield24 mi43
- Iowa City26 mi116
- Coralville28 mi110
- West Liberty30 mi28
- North Liberty32 mi23
- Muscatine34 mi60
- Ottumwa43 mi116