Detailed crime statistics, safety scores, and law enforcement data.
Ames has a violent crime rate of 154 per 100,000 residents, 59% below the national average of 380. This breaks down to aggravated assault at 70.3 per 100,000, robbery at 7.6, rape at 74.9. The murder rate is 1.5 per 100,000 (below the national rate of 6.3). Property crime stands at 1,515 per 100,000, 23% below the U.S. average. This includes larceny/theft at 1,249, burglary at 174, vehicle theft at 89 per 100,000 residents. The county recorded 5 fatal traffic crashes. Overall, Ames receives a safety grade of F.