Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Anderson, IN Crime Grade
How Anderson grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Indiana — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Indiana
9/10
vs. Indiana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Anderson, IN was 388.5 per 100,000 residents (218 incidents over a population of 56,112). That puts Anderson Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 44% above the Indiana statewide rate of 269.3.
That ranks Anderson #2,985 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 21% of them, and #69 of 82 in Indiana. Violent crime is down 8% year over year and down 9% over the last five years.
Anderson, IN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Indiana Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 388.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,985 of 3,771
- IN rank
- #69 of 82
- Safer than
- 21% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 8%
- 5-year change
- down 9%
- Population
- 56,112
- Reporting agency
- Anderson Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Anderson Police Department (FBI ORI IN0480200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Anderson, IN
Also known as
- Andersontown
- Wa-piminskink
- Andersonton
History
Name changed from Andersontown/Andersonton in 1849. Named for William Anderson (1740-1831), a Delaware tribal chief. (US-T147/0205/www.and.lib.in.us)
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Anderson (red), Indiana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Anderson vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 425.8(232) | 487.6(268) | 425.1(235) | 422.7(234) | 388.5(218) |
| Murder | 11.0(6) | 12.7(7) | 3.6(2) | 5.4(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 69.7(38) | 96.4(53) | 66.9(37) | 70.5(39) | 71.3(40) |
| Robbery | 53.2(29) | 107.3(59) | 59.7(33) | 54.2(30) | 44.6(25) |
| Aggravated assault | 291.8(159) | 271.1(149) | 294.9(163) | 292.7(162) | 272.7(153) |
| Property crime | 2589.5(1,411) | 2932.8(1,612) | 2967.0(1,640) | 2269.0(1,256) | 1835.6(1,030) |
| Burglary | 374.4(204) | 443.9(244) | 441.4(244) | 271.0(150) | 290.5(163) |
| Larceny | 1864.6(1,016) | 2014.0(1,107) | 2033.5(1,124) | 1665.6(922) | 1226.1(688) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 332.2(181) | 469.4(258) | 486.7(269) | 328.8(182) | 308.3(173) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Anderson, IN Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Anderson Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Anderson calculated?
- Anderson's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Indiana state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Indiana cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Anderson Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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