Le Mars has an overall crime rate of 12 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Le Mars is 1 in 87. How does Le Mars fare compared to other communities in Iowa of all population sizes? Le Mars's crime rate is lower than approximately 22% of Iowa communities.

How does the crime rate in Le Mars compare to similar sized communities across America? When NeighborhoodScout compared Le Mars with other communities its size, we found that the crime rate was near the average for all other communities of similar size. So, whether Le Mars's crime rate is high or low compared to all places in the US, when we control for population size and compare it to places that are similar in size, it is near the middle of the pack in crime rate; not much more or less dangerous, and about what we would expect from the statistics.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Le Mars does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Le Mars.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Le Mars occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Le Mars; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 366. This equates to a rate of 3 per one thousand inhabitants.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Le Mars; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 9 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.