Indiana Crime Rates & City Safety Scores
Population-adjusted FBI reporting rates; see the city profiles below.
Key facts
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Indiana displays a 30.92-point adjusted-score range in its 2025 source-year cohort: Fort Wayne, Indiana at 40.14 points out of 100 versus Indianapolis, Indiana at 9.22.
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Indiana displays 3 jurisdiction profiles from a scoring run containing 219 reportable jurisdictions in its 2025 source-year directory; 3 displayed profiles have scores.
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Indiana has 2 displayed jurisdictions with decreasing reported trajectories versus 1 increasing and 0 stable, comparing weighted 2024 reporting with 2025.
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Indianapolis, Indiana has a reporting population of 882,043 residents versus 116,441 in Evansville, Indiana, in the 2025 source-year displayed cohort.
Quick answer
In the Safety Atlas 2026 public safety index, the highest-scoring city in Indiana is Fort Wayne with an adjusted safety score of 40.14 out of 100, ranked across 3 tracked jurisdictions using 2025 FBI reporting.
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Indiana city safety rankings
Ranked by adjusted Safety Atlas score. The table lists the 3 most populous jurisdictions in this directory; each rank is calculated within this displayed 3-jurisdiction cohort.
| City / Jurisdiction | Cohort Rank | Population | Safety Score | Overall Trend | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Wayne | #1 of 3 | 266,235 | 40.14 | ↑ Increasing | View Report → |
| Evansville | #2 of 3 | 116,441 | 21.92 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
| Indianapolis | #3 of 3 | 882,043 | 9.22 | ↓ Decreasing | View Report → |
* Trajectory trends compare weighted year-over-year reporting from 2024 to 2025. Scores describe relative reported rates, not personal risk. Cohort rank covers only the 3 jurisdictions listed above.
Indiana in 7 numbers
- Every major offense fell in 2025. Motor vehicle theft -24% (24,842 to 19,000), homicide -23%, burglary -19%, robbery -18%, larceny-theft -15%, aggravated assault -14%.
- Almost half of all reports are property crime. 159,945 of 366,771 reports (43.6%); larceny-theft alone is 95,793 (26.1%).
- Clearances skew toward violent crime. 64% of homicides cleared vs 11% of motor vehicle thefts and 13% of burglaries (2025, reports cleared divided by reports received, reporting agencies only).
- Homicides fell by nearly a fifth. 582 reports in 2025 vs 760 in 2024 (-23%) across reporting agencies.
- The biggest volume is not violent. Simple assault (74,545) alone outweighs the entire personal-safety total (34,621, 9.4% of reports).
- Watch the monthly shape. Larceny-theft peaked in Aug (8,633) and troughed in Feb (6,632), a 1.3× swing inside a single year.
- These are reporting-agency sums. 104 of 324 agencies reported motor vehicle theft in December 2025 (vs 117 in January); totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
Takeaways are computed from summed FBI CDE reported counts (source year 2025, 324 agencies in file). They describe reported data, not forecasts; check the methodology and coverage notes before reuse.
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Indiana monthly trend: reporting-agency sums through December 2025
Annual totals hide timing. The bars below show 2025 reported counts per month summed across reporting agencies for three indicator offenses. Counts only; there is no honest monthly denominator at this grain, so no rates are shown.
Larceny-theft, month by month
↓ Decreasing, 95793 reports vs 112150 in 2024 (down 15% in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 7,525 | 113 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 6,632 | 111 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 8,145 | 108 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 8,180 | 107 | Full |
| May 2025 | 8,494 | 106 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 8,197 | 108 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 8,593 | 106 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 8,633 | 107 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 8,193 | 104 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 8,394 | 105 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 7,641 | 103 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 7,166 | 102 | Full |
Simple assault, month by month
→ Stable, 74545 reports vs 77195 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 5,714 | 118 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 5,368 | 116 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 6,532 | 113 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 6,473 | 111 | Full |
| May 2025 | 6,632 | 111 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 6,318 | 112 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 6,238 | 110 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 6,739 | 111 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 6,446 | 108 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 6,630 | 108 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 6,027 | 107 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 5,428 | 106 | Full |
Drug/Narcotic Violations, month by month
→ Stable, 47243 reports vs 46964 in 2024 (about level in reported data).
| Month | Count | Agencies | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 3,718 | 121 | Full |
| Feb 2025 | 3,857 | 118 | Full |
| Mar 2025 | 4,687 | 116 | Full |
| Apr 2025 | 3,897 | 114 | Full |
| May 2025 | 4,287 | 114 | Full |
| Jun 2025 | 3,575 | 116 | Full |
| Jul 2025 | 4,142 | 115 | Full |
| Aug 2025 | 4,525 | 115 | Full |
| Sep 2025 | 4,007 | 112 | Full |
| Oct 2025 | 3,785 | 112 | Full |
| Nov 2025 | 3,565 | 111 | Full |
| Dec 2025 | 3,198 | 110 | Full |
Clearances: what got cleared in 2025
64% of homicides cleared vs 11% of motor vehicle thefts, clearance follows violent crime, not volume.
| Offense | Reported | Cleared | Clearance rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 582 | 375 | 64.4% |
| Aggravated Assault | 24,161 | 11,441 | 47.4% |
| Robbery | 3,526 | 1,161 | 32.9% |
| Burglary | 16,502 | 2,204 | 13.4% |
| Larceny-theft | 95,793 | 15,120 | 15.8% |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 19,000 | 2,059 | 10.8% |
Clearances ÷ reports received; clearances may concern earlier reports, so this is not a solve rate.
Monthly counts summed over reporting agencies, FBI CDE source year 2025. A hyphen (-) means not reported, not zero. Totals reflect who reported, not a census of crime.
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Indiana city reports
- Fort Wayne safety report: #1 of 3, population 266,235, score 40.14, and the displayed trajectory is ↑ Increasing.
- Evansville safety report: #2 of 3, population 116,441, score 21.92, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
- Indianapolis safety report: #3 of 3, population 882,043, score 9.22, and the displayed trajectory is ↓ Decreasing.
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Scores compare reported rates; they do not predict personal risk. Methodology · Coverage
Monthly count comparisons
Indiana reporting agencies recorded 8,633 larceny-theft offenses in Aug 2025 versus 6,632 in Feb 2025, a difference of 2,001 reports; 107 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 111 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 95,793 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Indiana reporting agencies recorded 6,739 simple assault offenses in Aug 2025 versus 5,368 in Feb 2025, a difference of 1,371 reports; 111 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 116 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 74,545 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Indiana reporting agencies recorded 4,687 drug/narcotic violations offenses in Mar 2025 versus 3,198 in Dec 2025, a difference of 1,489 reports; 116 agencies reported in the peak-count month compared with 110 in the minimum-count month, within 12 displayed months totaling 47,243 reports (FBI CDE reporting-agency sums, not statewide population rates).
Indiana reporting agencies recorded 375 cleared homicide offenses against 582 reports received in 2025 (64.4%), compared with 2,059 cleared motor vehicle theft offenses against 19,000 reports (10.8%), a 53.6-percentage-point difference between the displayed clearance ratios; clearances can concern earlier reports.
Fort Wayne, Indiana records 40.14 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 16.38 points above the displayed scored-cohort mean of 23.76; its reporting population of 266,235 residents accounts for 21.1% of the 1,264,719 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Indianapolis, Indiana records 9.22 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 14.54 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 23.76; its reporting population of 882,043 residents accounts for 69.7% of the 1,264,719 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Evansville, Indiana records 21.92 adjusted score points out of 100 in the 2025 source-year directory, 1.84 points below the displayed scored-cohort mean of 23.76; its reporting population of 116,441 residents accounts for 9.2% of the 1,264,719 residents summed across the 3 displayed jurisdiction populations.
Indiana reporting-agency sums contain 95,793 larceny-theft reports in 2025 versus 112,150 in 2024, 16,357 reports (14.6%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 102 to 113 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Indiana reporting-agency sums contain 74,545 simple assault reports in 2025 versus 77,195 in 2024, 2,650 reports (3.4%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 106 to 118 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
Indiana reporting-agency sums contain 10,194 vandalism reports in 2025 versus 14,097 in 2024, 3,903 reports (27.7%) fewer across the two complete twelve-month source series; monthly reporting participation ranges from 112 to 123 agencies across those years, so the count change includes differences in participation and is not a population-adjusted rate change.
How to read the Indiana directory
The scoring run contains 219 reportable jurisdictions in Indiana. This public directory displays the 3 most populous jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set, and each displayed city's rank is calculated within this displayed 3-jurisdiction cohort.
Within the displayed cohort, Fort Wayne has the highest adjusted score at 40.14, and Indianapolis has the lowest at 9.22. The public-cohort range is 30.92 points; use the offense-rate tables on each city profile to understand that spread.
Current trajectories in the displayed cohort: 2 decreasing, 0 stable, and 1 increasing. Trends compare weighted 2024 and 2025 reporting and do not forecast future incidents.
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