Iowa · 131,049 residents Score 26 · Grade D

Crime Map, Crime Rate Context, and Safety Score for Black Hawk County, Iowa

Browse neighborhood-by-neighborhood crime scores for every Census block group in Black Hawk County. Severity-weighted, rate-normalized, and built for real estate, PropTech, and location intelligence workflows.

Black Hawk County, Iowa neighborhood Safety Score map by Census block group

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Black Hawk County, Iowa local context

The county aggregate Safety Score is 26, with a D grade across 103 scored block groups.

Black Hawk County, Iowa is a mid-sized county market, with an estimated 131,049 residents across 54,563 households based on 2024 ACS 5-year profile data.

The county housing profile includes both owner and renter context, with owner-occupied homes at 66.2% and renter-occupied homes at 33.8%.

The county profile also includes broad socioeconomic context, including a 14.7% poverty rate, a 4.6% unemployment rate, 30.3% bachelor's degree or higher attainment.

Commute context is included as well, with 2.6% of workers reporting commutes of 60 minutes or more.

CrimeScore pairs this county profile with neighborhood-level safety scores and block group map layers so teams can compare local areas inside Black Hawk County without relying on one broad county-level view.

The county score is a nationally ranked aggregate of local block-group scores. Supporting profile data uses 2024 ACS 5-year estimates.

Safety Score 26
Grade D
Population 131,049
Households 54,563
Owner occupied 66.2%
Renter occupied 33.8%
Poverty rate 14.7%
Unemployment 4.6%
60+ min commute 2.6%

Local search context

Black Hawk County crime maps need neighborhood-level context

People comparing Black Hawk County crime rates, maps, or neighborhood safety data usually need more than a single county-wide number. CrimeScore starts with the broad county page, then lets visitors inspect smaller map areas, ZIP pages, and address-centered views when they need more local context.

CrimeScore is modeled neighborhood safety context, not an official agency crime-rate report. Use it as location context for comparison, API workflows, and map exploration, not as a guarantee about a specific person, home, or future event.

How to read the map

Each colored polygon is a Census block group, typically 600 to 3,000 residents. Greener regions score safer; orange and red indicate lower modeled safety. Click any block group to see its score and grade. Create an account to review API plans for production use.

About the model

Scores in Black Hawk County come from the same gradient-boosted ensemble we ship through the CrimeScore crime data API, crime score API, and embeddable crime map. Built from normalized national location signals and validated across geography. Protected attributes are excluded from scoring, and prohibited/high-impact uses are explicitly out of scope.

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