Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fort Wayne, IN Crime Grade
How Fort Wayne 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Indiana
8/10
vs. Indiana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Fort Wayne, IN was 274.8 per 100,000 residents (757 incidents over a population of 275,451). That puts Fort Wayne Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 2% above the Indiana statewide rate of 269.3.
That ranks Fort Wayne #2,516 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 33% of them, and #64 of 82 in Indiana. Violent crime is down 11% year over year and up 7% over the last five years.
Fort Wayne, IN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Indiana Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 274.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,516 of 3,771
- IN rank
- #64 of 82
- Safer than
- 33% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 11%
- 5-year change
- up 7%
- Population
- 275,451
- Reporting agency
- Fort Wayne Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fort Wayne Police Department (FBI ORI IN0020100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Fort Wayne, IN
Also known as
- Miami Town
- Frenchtown
- Omee Town
- Kiskakon
- Kekionga
- Twightwee Village
- Post Miami
- Fort Miami
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. Fort Wayne (red), Indiana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fort Wayne 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 | 257.4(706) | 261.8(701) | 271.4(732) | 308.6(839) | 274.8(757) |
| Murder | 15.7(43) | 7.5(20) | 9.6(26) | 11.4(31) | 11.6(32) |
| Rape | 47.4(130) | 44.4(119) | 43.7(118) | 43.0(117) | 49.0(135) |
| Robbery | 59.8(164) | 70.6(189) | 64.9(175) | 54.8(149) | 50.1(138) |
| Aggravated assault | 134.5(369) | 139.3(373) | 153.1(413) | 199.3(542) | 164.1(452) |
| Property crime | 2277.8(6,248) | 2412.7(6,461) | 2375.0(6,406) | 2245.4(6,105) | 1863.9(5,134) |
| Burglary | 223.5(613) | 221.1(592) | 251.0(677) | 217.4(591) | 179.3(494) |
| Larceny | 1804.6(4,950) | 1945.2(5,209) | 1806.3(4,872) | 1743.0(4,739) | 1499.7(4,131) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 217.3(596) | 226.7(607) | 301.0(812) | 264.8(720) | 169.9(468) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fort Wayne, 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 Fort Wayne 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 Fort Wayne calculated?
- Fort Wayne'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 Fort Wayne 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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