The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Bettendorf, IA
Bettendorf is a city of 40,600 in Scott County, about 5 miles northeast of downtown Davenport · Updated November 2026
Is Bettendorf, IA safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Bettendorf: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 74% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A+ and property crime A. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 920 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
74% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Bettendorf as a whole, and 26% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Bettendorf scores 920.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Bettendorf, IA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Bettendorf, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Bettendorf
Car thefts and aggravated assaults both run low. In Bettendorf, each runs at a small fraction of the US rate: 0.70 car thefts and 0.60 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.6 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen in the morning far more often than nationally. In Bettendorf, 57% of reported thefts from cars happen in the morning (6 am to noon), against 23% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Bettendorf
Every part of Bettendorf where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Bettendorf run from A+ to A-; every part of Bettendorf has less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Bettendorf, the northeast side has the least crime and the southwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Bettendorf?
Reported violent crime in Bettendorf peaked in 2021 and has fallen 13% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 35% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.1 to 1.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 13 to 8.7 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 21%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
BettendorfUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Bettendorf. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Bettendorf
Violent, US
Property, Bettendorf
Property, US
2016
+48%
+4%
+22%
+15%
2017
+34%
+4%
+38%
+12%
2018
-16%
+0%
+30%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-11%
+4%
+11%
-8%
2021
+6%
+6%
+18%
-10%
2022
-28%
+5%
+5%
-6%
2023
-13%
+2%
-17%
-7%
2024
-7%
-4%
-34%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Bettendorf
CrimeGrade™ estimates Bettendorf has about 16 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 56% less than the US as a whole and 42% less than Iowa.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Bettendorf, about 39% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Bettendorf
Bettendorf has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Bettendorf, 58% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (58%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (54%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (50%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (38%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (55%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Bettendorf compares with nearby cities
Bettendorf has less crime than 7 of its 8 nearest cities; only Le Claire has less.
Parking lots, empty homes and walkability in Bettendorf
Two things set Bettendorf apart: it has 3.4 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 3.0% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places with a lot of parking-lot space tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 89% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 87% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 96% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (10 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 74% of US city residents
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Bettendorf: D- (10 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.5% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 74% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.8.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 65% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Bettendorf
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Bettendorf about $396 a year per household, 67% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $16 million a year, or $396 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$360,000
$9
Rape
$910,000
$22
Robbery
$57,000
$1
Assault
$1.8 million
$45
Burglary
$590,000
$15
Theft
$1.3 million
$33
Vehicle theft
$440,000
$11
Arson
$17,000
under $1
Vandalism
$830,000
$20
Total
$6.3 million
$156
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Bettendorf means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Bettendorf, IA average a SchoolGrade of A-: 79% of students test proficient, against 58% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Bettendorf on SchoolGrade
