Violent crime covers assault, robbery, rape, and murder, offenses that threaten people directly. Nationally it is rarer than property crime but carries far heavier consequences. The map below shows the violent crime rate per 1,000 Sioux County residents.
$5.37 million
In 2025, violent crime will cost $386 per household.
On the map, green marks the parts of Sioux County with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.
The A grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in Sioux County against the average US county, where the rate is lower than the norm. Sioux County sits in the 85th percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 85% of counties and behind 15%. The grade covers only Sioux County's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby counties.
The violent crime rate in Sioux County is 2.308 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the north part of the county the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 297 in the east areas to 1 in 530 in the north.
Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the central parts of Sioux County, IA report the most violent crime, about 22 cases per year. The west part reports the fewest, around 3 per year.
The tangible cost of violent crime in Sioux County is projected at $5,367,611 for 2025, about $143 per resident and $386 per household. That equals 0.4% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page.
These tangible costs split into:
| Sioux County, IA: | $143 |
|---|---|
| Scott County, IA: | $169 |
| Linn County, IA: | $139 |
| Iowa: | $158 |
| USA: | $258 |
The tangible cost of violent crime is $143 per resident each year in Sioux County, which is $116 less than the national average and $15 less than Iowa's state average. The comparison below uses counties similar to Sioux County:
The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for Sioux County, with the projected cost per resident.
Crime |
Cost to Sioux County |
Cost per Sioux County Resident |
|---|---|---|
Murder |
$1.98 million |
$53 |
Rape/Sexual Assault |
$1.71 million |
$46 |
Robbery |
$258,165 |
$7 |
Assault |
$1.41 million |
$38 |
Total Cost of Violent Crime |
$5,367,611 |
$143 |
Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places.
By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in Sioux County totals $21,838,546 ($581 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $27,206,157 ($723 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Sioux County, IA, where the loss is mostly replaceable property.
All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.
Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the central part of the county has more retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.
Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.
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The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 Sioux County residents in a standard year.
Crime Type |
Crime Rate |
|---|---|
Assault |
1.310 |
Robbery |
0.2182 |
Rape |
0.7517 |
Murder |
0.0280 |
Total Violent Crime |
2.308 (A) |
Compared to surrounding counties, the rate of violent crime in Sioux County is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for counties close to Sioux County.
Nearby County | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
A- | A | A+ | |
B- | A | C+ | |
B- | B+ | B- | |
B | B | B+ | |
A | B | A+ | |
B+ | B | A- | |
A- | A | A- | |
D | D+ | D | |
C | B- | C+ | |
A- | C | A+ |
Sioux County is lower versus other counties of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in counties with comparable overall population in the county‘s boundaries.
Similar County | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
D | D+ | D+ | |
C- | B- | B- | |
A | A+ | A+ | |
D+ | B- | B- | |
C- | C | C | |
C | C | C | |
D+ | D- | D- | |
C+ | A- | A- | |
A- | C | C | |
A | B | B |
Considering only the violent crime rate, Sioux County is safer than the Iowa state average and safer than the national average.
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