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Ottumwa Crime Rate Report (Iowa)

Ottumwa crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 20 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Ottumwa for 2025 is expected to be lower than in 2019.

The city violent crime rate for Ottumwa in 2019 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 44.22% and the city property crime rate in Ottumwa was higher than the national property crime rate average by 95.28%.

In 2019 the city violent crime rate in Ottumwa was higher than the violent crime rate in Iowa by 105.29% and the city property crime rate in Ottumwa was higher than the property crime rate in Iowa by 137.67%.

Property and Violent Crime
Ottumwa Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Ottumwa Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Ottumwa Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2019 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault109
Arson11
Burglary182
Larceny and Theft748
Motor Vehicle Theft79
Murder and Manslaughter2
Rape18
Robbery5
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,133
Property Crime1,009
Violent Crime134
2025 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault83
Arson13
Burglary242
Larceny and Theft874
Motor Vehicle Theft129
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape29
Robbery6
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,360
Property Crime1,236
Violent Crime119

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Ottumwa Property Crime

Ottumwa Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Ottumwa Crime 2019

Ottumwa Crime 2025

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Ottumwa Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Ottumwa Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Ottumwa, Iowa crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the Ottumwa crime report data for 2025 was projected from 20 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2019.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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