Weapon, drug-related crimes in Iowa City, shoplifting increases, according to 2024 ICPD data

Iowa City, Iowa – According to the new data published by the Iowa City police department, the shootings, rounds are fired, the people are hit and confiscated weapons.

ICPD published its crime data in 2024 on Thursday, and the city council is to address the report at its upcoming meeting on June 3.

Iowa City PD says that gun violence is one of its “highest priorities”. In 2024 there was a gun murder: Christine Blount was shot on December 30, 2024 in the 600 block of the South Dodge Street. In this case, no suspect was arrested.

This is an increase compared to 2023, when no one was killed by shots. ICPD contains no suicide in connection with weapons, try or accidental discharges in the data of the weapons violence.

According to the Iowa City police, there were seven documented shootings in 2024, a 50% decline compared to 2023. They also confiscated 53 weapons, two of which were “ghost ducts” or weapons that were built at home without serial numbers.

Most recorded crimes

The simple attack was the crime in Iowa City the most last year. Around 776 arrests were made due to the crime in 2024. This is followed by drug injuries (367) and intimidation (259).

The department made a diagram with the 15 most common crimes of 2024.

Remarkable acceptance/increase

According to the ICPD, it had determined an increase in shoplifting in Iowa City and cited similar trends in Cedar Rapids, Waterloo and throughout the state. The department states that it has not reported a change in the company provider reporting practices.

Charfing incidents rose 18% in Iowa City in 2023 and are 43% higher than in the previous year before Covid-199 pandemic.

The police in Iowa also reported a decline in drug -related crimes (by 25%). In 2024, these crimes rose in nationwide, which the department says that it is more remarkable.

“We have to compare ourselves with any nationwide crime data in 2024 to know whether Iowa City reverse the trend line for drug -related crimes,” the report says.

The report states that Iowa City and Johnson County have several investments in distraction efforts such as “The Guidelink Center, the intervention program for violence in the community and the increasing public relations work of the ICPD in communities that suffer from homelessness, drug abuse problems and mental health crisis. The police say that the decline could come from these services.

Violence

Cases of police officers who use violence during the calls in 2024. From 63,945 total calls for services last year, the police used 223 times or less than 1% of the calls.

In 2023, 276 cases of violence were used in fewer service calls (62,315).

Complete police data report

If you would like to display the full police report that contains data reports from all types of crimes, search in the following document.