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The Midwest > Iowa > Crime

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% High school students carrying a weapon on school property, 2005 4.4% [38th of 40]
Aggravated assault 6,274 [32nd of 51]
Arson deaths 23.26 [2nd of 49]
Burglary 18,017 [34th of 51]
Capital Punishment > Total executions 1977-2006 0 [37th of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total executions since 1930 18 [34th of 43]
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000 6.7 [42nd of 51]
Forcible rape 828 [35th of 51]
Gun violence > % Gun 47.5 [44th of 50]
Gun violence > % Knife 22.5 [7th of 50]
Gun violence > % Other Weapons 30 [13th of 50]
Gun violence > Number of homicides 46 [36th of 50]
Hate Crimes > Disability related 1 [15th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Ethnicity related 4 [34th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Race related 12 [39th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Religion related 3 [39th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Sexual orientation related 8 [34th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Total number 28 [38th of 50]
Homicide > Total number of victims 38 [37th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 14-17 2.6% [39th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 18-24 15.8% [41st of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 25-34 26.3% [19th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 35-49 31.6% [7th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 50-64 2.6% [48th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 65 and above 2.6% [44th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > Under 14 15.8% [3rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Black Female 7.9% [19th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Black Male 13.2% [34th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Female 0% [39th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Male 0% [40th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Black 21.1% [33rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Other 0% [44th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > White 78.9% [12th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female 39.1 % [9th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Male 60.9 % [41st of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Gun 56.5 % [34th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Knife 10.9 % [35th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons 32.6 % [9th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Female 42.1% [3rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Male 36.8% [22nd of 49]
Larceny-theft 60,556 [33rd of 51]
Lynchings > Black 2 [29th of 44]
    Lynchings > Black (per capita) 0.674 per 1 million people [29th of 44]
Lynchings > Total 19 [32nd of 44]
    Lynchings > Total (per capita) 6.405 per 1 million people [26th of 44]
Lynchings > White 17 [26th of 44]
    Lynchings > White (per capita) 5.731 per 1 million people [20th of 44]
Motor vehicle theft 5,006 [39th of 51]
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 55 [37th of 51]
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 8,525 [34th of 50]
    Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 2.874 per 1,000 people [38th of 50]
Property crime total 83,579 [35th of 51]
Robbery 1,298 [37th of 51]
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails 0 [44th of 44]
    State and Federal prisoners held in local jails (per capita) 0 per 1 million people [44th of 44]
State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities 0 [50th of 50]
    State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities (per capita) 0 per 100,000 people [50th of 50]
State Prisoners > Number of deaths 20 [40th of 50]
    State Prisoners > Number of deaths (per capita) 0.067 per 10,000 people [47th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Homicides 0 [45th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Homicides (per capita) 0 per 1 million people [35th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Suicides 3 [28th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Suicides (per capita) 1.011 per 1 million people [27th of 50]
Terrorism > Victims of 9-11 1 [34th of 40]
Violent crime 8,455 [36th of 51]
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 757 [23rd of 50]
    Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 25.52 per 100,000 people [27th of 50]

SOURCES: National Center for Educational Statistics.; Bureau of Justice Statistics; US Fire Administration, 2001; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; statehealthfacts.org; Wikipedia: Gun violence in the United States by state; Fedral Bureau of Investigation, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics ; UMKC School of Law; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.; September 11th, 2001 Victims, website memorial, last update - Sept. 21, 2002.

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