The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Davenport, IA
Davenport is the third-largest city in Iowa, with 102,500 residents in Scott County · Updated November 2026
Is Davenport, IA safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Davenport has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 75% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent and property crime both grade B here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Davenport run from A+ to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 629 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
25% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Davenport as a whole, and 75% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Davenport scores 629.
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 Davenport, IA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Davenport, 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 Davenport
One part of Davenport stands out for burglary. Burglaries in Downtown Davenport & Riverview Terrace, in south Davenport, run at more than double the rate in the rest of the city.
Reported rape stands out among B-graded cities. For the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 0.42 reported rapes a year per 1,000 residents; Davenport has 1.1.
Thefts run high. Davenport has thefts at about double the US rate: 25.1 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Davenport
In Davenport, 69% of residents live in areas graded A or B, 14% in areas graded C and 17% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Davenport run from A+ to F; 5% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
69%14%17%
A or B 69%C 14%D or F 17%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Fejervary, southwestClose to the rest of Davenport on most crimes.B644
2Saint Ambrose, Hilltop & Historic Washington Street, centralCar thefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Davenport.C-382
3Downtown Davenport & Riverview Terrace, southCar thefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Davenport.D196
Neighborhood areas of Davenport, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Is crime going up in Davenport?
Reported violent crime in Davenport peaked in 2020 and has fallen 22% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 9% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 6.0 to 5.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 38 to 35 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 16%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
DavenportUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Davenport. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Davenport
Violent, US
Property, Davenport
Property, US
2016
+22%
+4%
+27%
+15%
2017
+23%
+4%
+34%
+12%
2018
+7%
+0%
+24%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+23%
+4%
+2%
-8%
2021
+11%
+6%
-6%
-10%
2022
+17%
+5%
-10%
-6%
2023
+15%
+2%
-2%
-7%
2024
-4%
-4%
-9%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Davenport
CrimeGrade™ estimates Davenport has about 69 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 85% more than the US as a whole and more than double the rate for 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 makes up about 37% of crime reported in Davenport. Assault is less common but 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 Davenport
Davenport has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Davenport, 64% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 43% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (64%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (46%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (43%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Vandalism
Homes (51%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (32%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (50%)
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 Davenport compares with nearby cities
Davenport has more crime than 6 of its 7 nearest cities. Buffalo and Eldridge have the least crime nearby.
One thing sets Davenport apart: it has 3.6 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 91% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.14.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 86% 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. 73% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (23 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 68% 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 Davenport: D (14 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.61 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 78% 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.7.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 63% 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 Davenport
Crime costs Davenport about $1,797 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 49% more than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $78 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $239 million a year, or $2,337 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$13 million
$123
Rape
$6.5 million
$63
Robbery
$2.0 million
$20
Assault
$23 million
$221
Burglary
$5.9 million
$57
Theft
$13 million
$129
Vehicle theft
$5.1 million
$50
Arson
$410,000
$4
Vandalism
$9.5 million
$92
Total
$78 million
$760
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 Davenport 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 Davenport, IA average a SchoolGrade of D+: 64% of students test proficient, against 47% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Davenport on SchoolGrade
