State ranking · IN

Safest cities in Indiana by reported property-crime rate

Compare validated Indiana city candidates by selected property-offense rate, total offenses, signal, trend, and largest offense category. This is a cautious ranking layer, not a guarantee that one place is safe or unsafe.

Lowest listed rate 0.52 Pendleton, IN per 1,000 residents

Validated cities64Current IN city pages

Median rate8.76per 1,000 residents

Highest listed rate37.54Evansville, IN

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Indiana city rankings

Default order is lowest reported selected property-offense rate first. Click column headings to sort by count, rate, signal, trend, or largest category.


1	Pendleton	IN	5,753	3	0.52	90	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
2	Chesterton	IN	14,585	20	1.37	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
3	Lowell	IN	11,431	23	2.01	91	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
4	Cedar Lake	IN	16,405	46	2.80	94	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
5	Bedford	IN	13,884	40	2.88	94	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
6	Winona Lake	IN	5,101	16	3.14	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
7	Batesville	IN	7,372	24	3.26	79	Increasing	Larceny/theft
8	Alexandria	IN	5,193	17	3.27	85	Trend pending	Larceny/theft
9	New Whiteland	IN	5,860	20	3.41	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
10	Dyer	IN	16,271	56	3.44	93	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
11	Huntingburg	IN	6,550	23	3.51	85	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
12	Auburn	IN	13,966	59	4.22	93	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
13	Bargersville	IN	11,308	52	4.60	90	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
14	Elwood	IN	8,490	40	4.71	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
15	Merrillville	IN	36,973	182	4.92	90	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
16	Crown Point	IN	35,052	188	5.36	80	Increasing	Larceny/theft
17	Jasper	IN	17,056	104	6.10	92	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
18	Brownsburg	IN	33,309	205	6.15	92	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
19	Westfield	IN	62,917	407	6.47	86	Mixed	Larceny/theft
20	Nappanee	IN	6,894	45	6.53	82	Mixed	Larceny/theft
21	Crawfordsville	IN	16,702	110	6.59	92	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
22	Danville	IN	12,512	85	6.79	92	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
23	Fishers	IN	103,978	722	6.94	91	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
24	Kendallville	IN	10,368	72	6.94	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
25	Gary	IN	67,559	488	7.22	90	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
26	Plymouth	IN	11,026	81	7.35	85	Trend pending	Larceny/theft
27	New Castle	IN	17,379	128	7.37	85	Trend pending	Larceny/theft
28	Bluffton	IN	10,562	78	7.38	88	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
29	McCordsville	IN	11,749	94	8.00	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
30	Valparaiso	IN	34,942	281	8.04	91	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
31	Whiteland	IN	5,527	47	8.50	86	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
32	Carmel	IN	103,645	882	8.51	82	Increasing	Larceny/theft
33	Mount Vernon	IN	6,328	57	9.01	88	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
34	Griffith	IN	16,201	162	10.00	78	Increasing	Larceny/theft
35	Lebanon	IN	17,614	179	10.16	90	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
36	Munster	IN	23,575	242	10.27	78	Increasing	Larceny/theft
37	Frankfort	IN	16,842	174	10.33	82	Mixed	Larceny/theft
38	Shelbyville	IN	20,821	216	10.37	82	Mixed	Larceny/theft
39	New Haven	IN	16,203	184	11.36	86	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
40	West Lafayette	IN	46,022	547	11.89	77	Increasing	Larceny/theft
41	Logansport	IN	18,364	222	12.09	89	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
42	North Vernon	IN	6,596	80	12.13	87	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
43	Richmond	IN	35,516	431	12.14	80	Trend pending	Larceny/theft
44	Schererville	IN	29,751	386	12.97	88	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
45	Plainfield	IN	38,330	552	14.40	88	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
46	Greensburg	IN	12,346	178	14.42	82	Trend pending	Larceny/theft
47	Kokomo	IN	60,022	876	14.59	87	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
48	Greenwood	IN	68,334	1,029	15.06	81	Mixed	Larceny/theft
49	Seymour	IN	22,525	341	15.14	84	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
50	La Porte	IN	22,601	345	15.26	87	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
51	Beech Grove	IN	14,672	233	15.88	84	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
52	Avon	IN	24,845	406	16.34	87	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
53	East Chicago	IN	25,737	433	16.82	83	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
54	Boonville	IN	6,682	117	17.51	72	Increasing	Larceny/theft
55	Warsaw	IN	16,142	289	17.90	86	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
56	South Bend	IN	103,411	2,188	21.16	76	Mixed	Larceny/theft
57	Fort Wayne	IN	273,030	6,174	22.61	83	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
58	Angola	IN	9,405	215	22.86	69	Increasing	Larceny/theft
59	Goshen	IN	34,566	847	24.50	74	Mixed	Larceny/theft
60	Mishawaka	IN	50,904	1,254	24.63	84	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
61	Speedway	IN	14,409	373	25.89	79	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft
62	Clarksville	IN	22,069	749	33.94	78	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
63	Terre Haute	IN	58,530	2,119	36.20	75	Decreasing	Larceny/theft
64	Evansville	IN	115,907	4,351	37.54	76	Roughly stable	Larceny/theft

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