Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Chesterton, IN Crime Grade
How Chesterton 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Indiana
3/10
vs. Indiana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Chesterton, IN was 88.1 per 100,000 residents (13 incidents over a population of 14,752). That puts Chesterton 73% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 67% below the Indiana statewide rate of 269.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Chesterton (red), Indiana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Chesterton 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 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 133.8(19) | 111.5(16) | 193.3(28) | 47.6(7) | 88.1(13) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 14.1(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 40.7(6) |
| Robbery | 7.0(1) | 7.0(1) | 6.9(1) | 6.8(1) | 6.8(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 112.7(16) | 104.5(15) | 186.4(27) | 40.8(6) | 40.7(6) |
| Property crime | 598.5(85) | 425.1(61) | 407.3(59) | 238.1(35) | 494.8(73) |
| Burglary | 42.2(6) | 41.8(6) | 20.7(3) | 27.2(4) | 54.2(8) |
| Larceny | 485.8(69) | 327.5(47) | 338.2(49) | 183.7(27) | 359.3(53) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 63.4(9) | 48.8(7) | 48.3(7) | 27.2(4) | 81.3(12) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Chesterton's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Indiana cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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