Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Ames violent crime is 14.5. (The US average is 31.1)

Ames property crime is 37.0. (The US average is 38.1)

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Violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.

Property crime includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The object of the theft-type offenses is the taking of money or property, but there is no force or threat of force against the victims.