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Davenport, IA crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:  

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   Reflects 2024 calendar year; released from FBI in October 2025 (latest available). Updated annually.

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations….

With a crime rate of 41 per one thousand residents, Davenport has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 25. Within Iowa, more than 99% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Davenport.

Importantly, when you compare Davenport to other communities of similar population, then Davenport crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Davenport does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Davenport does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Davenport.

For Davenport, we found that the violent crime rate is one of the highest in the nation, across communities of all sizes (both large and small). Violent offenses tracked included rape, murder and non-negligent manslaughter, armed robbery, and aggravated assault, including assault with a deadly weapon. According to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's analysis of FBI reported crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of one of these crimes in Davenport is one in 174.

In addition, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Davenport is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Davenport, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 29, which is a rate of 35 per one thousand population.

Importantly, we found that Davenport has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the nation according to our analysis of FBI crime data. This is compared to communities of all sizes, from the smallest to the largest. In fact, your chance of getting your car stolen if you live in Davenport is one in 305.

Davenport Crime Data

total Crime Index

3

(100 is safest)


Safer than 3% of U.S. cities.

Davenport Annual Crimes

Ìý Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

581

3,538

4,119

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

5.76

35.05

40.81

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
5.76
2.43
National Median: 4
    Davenport
    Iowa

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 174

in Davenport

1 in 411

in Iowa

Davenport Violent Crimes

Population: 100,938
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 8 108 65 400
Rate per 1,000 0.08 1.07 0.64 3.96

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 340,110,988
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 16,935 127,527 205,952 870,931
Rate per 1,000 0.05 0.38 0.61 2.56

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
35.05
12.97
National Median: 18
    Davenport
    Iowa

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 29

in Davenport

1 in 77

in Iowa

Property Crimes

Population: 100,938
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 653 2,554 331
Rate per 1,000 6.47 25.30 3.28

United States Property Crimes

Population: 340,110,988
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 779,542 4,326,531 880,327
Rate per 1,000 2.29 12.72 2.59

Davenport Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
63
10
National Median: 24.5
    Davenport
    Iowa