Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Carmel, IN Crime Grade
How Carmel 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
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Indiana
2/10
vs. Indiana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Carmel, IN was 49.7 per 100,000 residents (52 incidents over a population of 104,553). That puts Carmel Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 82% below the Indiana statewide rate of 269.3.
That ranks Carmel #496 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 87% of them, and #11 of 82 in Indiana. Violent crime is down 30% year over year and up 3% over the last five years.
Carmel, IN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Indiana Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 49.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #496 of 3,771
- IN rank
- #11 of 82
- Safer than
- 87% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 30%
- 5-year change
- up 3%
- Population
- 104,553
- Reporting agency
- Carmel Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Carmel Police Department (FBI ORI IN0290100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Carmel, IN
Also known as
- Bethlehem
- Bethleham
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. Carmel (red), Indiana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Carmel 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 | 48.3(50) | 57.0(58) | 63.1(65) | 70.8(73) | 49.7(52) |
| Murder | 1.0(1) | 2.0(2) | 1.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 13.5(14) | 18.7(19) | 17.5(18) | 17.5(18) | 7.7(8) |
| Robbery | 5.8(6) | 4.9(5) | 8.7(9) | 5.8(6) | 5.7(6) |
| Aggravated assault | 28.0(29) | 31.5(32) | 35.9(37) | 47.5(49) | 36.3(38) |
| Property crime | 651.0(674) | 816.4(830) | 850.4(876) | 829.2(855) | 678.1(709) |
| Burglary | 37.7(39) | 47.2(48) | 55.3(57) | 45.6(47) | 19.1(20) |
| Larceny | 553.4(573) | 698.3(710) | 721.3(743) | 694.4(716) | 567.2(593) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 57.9(60) | 68.9(70) | 70.9(73) | 86.3(89) | 90.9(95) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Carmel, 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 Carmel 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 Carmel calculated?
- Carmel'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 Carmel 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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