Harlan, IA crime & safety
Harlan's reported crime rate is well below Iowa's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Violent crime is rare: 2 reported in 2022.
Crime reported to police, trends and how Harlan compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.
Not graded yet
A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Harlan's police department reported none of them, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
Harlan at a glance
2022, by type
Offenses reported to police, not convictions.
Local public safety
What this data can and can't tell you
- It's reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
- Small numbers swing. In a town of about 4,900, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
- Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.
Mostly tornadoes. Expected storm and flood damage here is higher than in 39% of U.S. communities. 5 flood insurance claims paid since 1978.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2022, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.