Iowa Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Investigation

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Statistics for Polk County

Previous Six Months

Month

Year

Average Alcohol Level
(g/210L)

Number of Tests

December 2024 0.146 64
November 2024 0.159 142
October 2024 0.160 95
September 2024 0.139 119
August 2024 0.148 137
July 2024 0.143 159
 

Total:

716

Year to Date

Year

Average Alcohol Level
(g/210L)

Number of Tests

2024 0.146 1,425
2023 0.143 1,420
2022 0.140 1,549
2021 0.141 1,510
2020 0.146 1,269
2019 0.149 1,602
2018 0.150 1,694
2017 0.148 1,578
2016 0.145 1,673
2015 0.149 1,503
2014 0.145 1,910
2013 0.141 2,007
2012 0.138 2,139
2011 0.141 2,353
2010 0.124 567

DataMaster CDM Historical Data *

Year

Average Alcohol Level
(g/210L)

Number of Tests

2010 0.148 929
2009 0.147 1,444
2008 0.148 1,889
2007 0.152 1,742
2006 0.141 1,737
2005 0.153 1,412
2004 0.152 1,408
2003 0.151 872
2002 0.156 938
 

Total:

12,371

* The DataMaster CDM in use in Iowa from 1999 until 2011 was capable of limited data collection. This section of the website allows users to view the approximate number of tests and the average alcohol concentration of the subject for each county from 2002–2010.

This data is limited to the DataMaster CDM only. Please note, that the data may not be complete. The DataMaster CDM was capable of only holding approximately 175 tests at a time and there were situations that the memory was full and would no longer store tests until it was downloaded. Also, data may have been lost, never stored or cleared from memory prior to a download taking place.

The statistical data includes several subject tests that may have been performed by officers as "practice" and suspects that may have been impaired by substances other than alcohol therefore resulting in a zero breath alcohol result. Eliminating any test that was below 0.010 g/210 L, the statewide average over the past decade has been around 0.147 g/210 L.

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