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Story County, IA Arrest Records

Story County, IA is among the safest counties in the USA with 0.16 per 1,000 residents crime rate compared to national 4.69 per 1,000 average. It has lower total crime rate than Polk, Johnson, Pottawattamie, Dallas, Warren counties in Iowa.
Story County, IA property crime rate is 1.49 per 1,000 residents, lower rate than national average of 28.42 per 1,000. There were 70 larceny theft related arrests in 2016 that increased by 4.48% compared to 2015.

Story County, IA Crime Rate

Total arrests in Story County in 2016 increased by 1.26% compared to 2015 and is lower than national average of 33.12 per 1,000 people. Violent crimes decreased from 19 to 16 while non-violent crime increased by 3.57% from 140 to 145.

5 Crimes In Story County, IA in 2016 with the Most Arrests

Crime Arrests
Larceny-theft 70
Burglary 52
Motor vehicle theft 23
Aggravated assault 12
Revised rape 4

Violent Crimes

Violent crime rate in Story County decreased by 15.79% from 2015 and increased by 77.78% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 9 to 16. In 2016 violent crime rate in Story County was 96.49% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of a violent crime is 0.016%.

Property Crimes

Property crime rates in Story County increased by 3.57% from 2015 and increased by 1.4% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 143 to 145. In 2016 property crime rate in Story County was 94.75% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of property crime is 0.149%.

How Story stands up against other counties

Story vs. Dubuque

You’ll be in more safety in Story compared to Dubuque county that had 28.07% higher crime rate compared to Story county according to the FBI.
Murder rates of 0.0000 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 0.0614 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.0103 in Dubuque county.
Arson rates of 0.0206 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 0.1465 per 1,000 people and higher than average 0.0000 in Dubuque county.

Story vs. Pottawattamie

You’ll be in more safety in Story compared to Pottawattamie county that had 116.52% higher crime rate compared to Story county according to the FBI.
Murder rates of 0.0000 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 0.0614 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.0000 in Pottawattamie county.
Larceny rates of 0.7210 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 20.5437 per 1,000 people and lower than average 1.5067 in Pottawattamie county.

Names with the most arrests in Story

Crime rate by age group, gender, and race

According to the records in Story, Iowa, the most crimes, that's 34.02% of all records in county are committed by the people aged between 21-30. Felonies are committed more by men.

DID you know?

  • The overall crime rate in Story County is 0.95% lower than the national average.
  • For every 1,000 residents, there are 0.45 daily crimes that occur in Story County.
  • Story, IA is safer than Dubuque.
  • In Story County you have a 1 in 603 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
  • Year over year crimes in Story, IA have increased by 1.26%.

Story Police Departments

Cities in Story County

Names in Story County