Des Moines Fraud
Des Moines · Fraud · updated 2026-11-12
In 2025, the latest complete year, Des Moines police open data recorded 1,001 fraud incidents, 4.1% of all 24,163 incidents reported in the city that year and down 3.3% from 2024. That is about 470 per 100,000 residents, compared with 309 per 100,000 across the 58 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 770 fraud incidents have been published.
Fraud in Des Moines by year
| Year | Incidents | Per 100K | vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | 770 | — | — |
| 2025 | 1,001 | 470 | down 3.3% |
| 2024 | 1,035 | 486 | down 16.5% |
| 2023 | 1,239 | 581 | — |
Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 4,045 fraud incidents.
Questions
How many fraud incidents were reported in Des Moines in 2025?
1,001, according to Des Moines Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.
Is fraud going up or down in Des Moines?
Reported fraud was down 3.3% in 2025 compared with 2024.
Where does this data come from?
Source: Des Moines Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.
Other crime types in Des Moines
- Des Moines other 14,265 in 2025
- Des Moines theft 2,813 in 2025
- Des Moines assault 2,556 in 2025
- Des Moines vandalism 1,414 in 2025
- Des Moines theft from vehicle 1,046 in 2025
- Des Moines burglary 704 in 2025
- Des Moines auto theft 273 in 2025
- Des Moines robbery 89 in 2025
- Des Moines homicide 2 in 2025