Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Evansville, IN Crime Grade
How Evansville 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Indiana
10/10
vs. Indiana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Evansville, IN was 1106.1 per 100,000 residents (1,271 incidents over a population of 114,905). That puts Evansville Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 311% above the Indiana statewide rate of 269.3.
That ranks Evansville #3,708 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 2% of them, and #81 of 82 in Indiana. Violent crime is down 9% year over year and up 50% over the last five years.
Evansville, IN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Indiana Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 1106.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,708 of 3,771
- IN rank
- #81 of 82
- Safer than
- 2% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 9%
- 5-year change
- up 50%
- Population
- 114,905
- Reporting agency
- Evansville Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Evansville Police Department (FBI ORI IN0820100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Evansville (red), Indiana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Evansville 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 | 739.2(874) | 721.6(835) | 1142.2(1,313) | 1215.8(1,394) | 1106.1(1,271) |
| Murder | 16.1(19) | 21.6(25) | 8.7(10) | 10.5(12) | 6.1(7) |
| Rape | 81.2(96) | 73.5(85) | 135.7(156) | 93.3(107) | 93.1(107) |
| Robbery | 66.8(79) | 60.5(70) | 66.1(76) | 56.7(65) | 59.2(68) |
| Aggravated assault | 575.1(680) | 566.0(655) | 931.7(1,071) | 1055.3(1,210) | 947.7(1,089) |
| Property crime | 3673.9(4,344) | 3803.2(4,401) | 3710.3(4,265) | 3720.6(4,266) | 3032.9(3,485) |
| Burglary | 560.7(663) | 564.3(653) | 483.7(556) | 516.3(592) | 377.7(434) |
| Larceny | 2692.0(3,183) | 2809.4(3,251) | 2810.8(3,231) | 2831.0(3,246) | 2390.7(2,747) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 385.7(456) | 394.9(457) | 374.9(431) | 347.1(398) | 244.5(281) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Evansville, 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 Evansville 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 Evansville calculated?
- Evansville'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 Evansville 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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