Lawton, IA is a relatively safe community in comparison to most other places in the United States. The violent crime rate in Lawton is 10.8 per 1000 people, which is less than half of the US average of 22.7 per 1000 people. Likewise, the property crime rate for Lawton is 12.7 per 1000 people, which is also much lower than the US average of 35.4 per 1000 people. This indicates that Lawton offers its citizens a significantly lower crime rate than what is found across the country as a whole.
Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)
Lawton violent crime is 10.8. (The US average is 22.7)
Lawton property crime is 12.7. (The US average is 35.4)
NOTE: The city of Lawton, Iowa does not have FBI Crime Statistics. The closest similar sized city with FBI crime data is the city of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa. The charts below are detailed crime statistics for the city of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa. Click links below to see charts for each crime category.