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Des Moines, IA · the CityFunIndex

Safety in Des Moines

Des Moines ranks #82 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 39 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 40th percentile nationally and #1 of 1 in Iowa.

safety score
39
Some Fun
National rank
#82 of 134
In Iowa
#1 of 1
Percentile
40th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Des Moines sits 11 points below the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Des Moines

  1. T#79 Stockton, CA 41
  2. #81 Oklahoma City, OK 40
  3. #82 Des Moines, IA — this page 39
  4. T#83 Montgomery, AL 38
  5. T#83 Santa Fe, NM 38

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Des Moines

Des Moines scores 74 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: