Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Beech Grove, IN Crime Grade
How Beech Grove 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Indiana
6/10
vs. Indiana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Beech Grove, IN was 172.0 per 100,000 residents (25 incidents over a population of 14,535). That puts Beech Grove 47% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 36% below the Indiana statewide rate of 269.3.
That ranks Beech Grove #1,836 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 51% of them, and #47 of 82 in Indiana. Violent crime is down 38% year over year and down 34% over the last five years.
Beech Grove, IN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Indiana Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 172.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,836 of 3,771
- IN rank
- #47 of 82
- Safer than
- 51% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 38%
- 5-year change
- down 34%
- Population
- 14,535
- Reporting agency
- Beech Grove Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Beech Grove Police Department (FBI ORI IN0490100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Beech Grove, IN
Also known as
- Beech Grove Farm
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. Beech Grove (red), Indiana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Beech Grove 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 | 260.6(39) | 312.5(45) | 514.0(74) | 279.0(40) | 172.0(25) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 6.9(1) | 13.9(2) | 7.0(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 46.8(7) | 55.6(8) | 90.3(13) | 62.8(9) | 13.8(2) |
| Robbery | 100.2(15) | 55.6(8) | 90.3(13) | 41.9(6) | 41.3(6) |
| Aggravated assault | 113.6(17) | 194.4(28) | 319.5(46) | 167.4(24) | 117.0(17) |
| Property crime | 3026.9(453) | 2687.3(387) | 1653.2(238) | 1646.3(236) | 990.7(144) |
| Burglary | 494.5(74) | 597.2(86) | 173.7(25) | 167.4(24) | 75.7(11) |
| Larceny | 1850.9(277) | 1465.2(211) | 951.7(137) | 990.6(142) | 646.7(94) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 661.5(99) | 611.1(88) | 527.9(76) | 488.3(70) | 261.4(38) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Beech Grove, 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 Beech Grove 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 Beech Grove calculated?
- Beech Grove'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 Beech Grove 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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