Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Indianapolis, IN Crime Grade
How Indianapolis 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Indiana
9/10
vs. Indiana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Indianapolis, IN was 577.0 per 100,000 residents (5,214 incidents over a population of 903,574). That puts Indianapolis Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 114% above the Indiana statewide rate of 269.3.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Indianapolis (red), Indiana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Indianapolis 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 | 1046.9(9,378) | 1073.0(9,512) | 1087.9(9,651) | 930.1(8,284) | 577.0(5,214) |
| Murder | 27.5(246) | 23.7(210) | 19.1(169) | 19.5(174) | 11.5(104) |
| Rape | 69.4(622) | 66.2(587) | 57.7(512) | 59.8(533) | 41.2(372) |
| Robbery | 204.1(1,828) | 184.9(1,639) | 176.1(1,562) | 144.2(1,284) | 85.9(776) |
| Aggravated assault | 745.9(6,682) | 798.2(7,076) | 835.1(7,408) | 706.5(6,293) | 438.5(3,962) |
| Property crime | 3426.4(30,695) | 3429.5(30,401) | 3593.4(31,878) | 3349.9(29,837) | 2073.4(18,735) |
| Burglary | 486.9(4,362) | 543.6(4,819) | 555.2(4,925) | 520.2(4,633) | 299.8(2,709) |
| Larceny | 2337.6(20,941) | 2336.4(20,711) | 2243.2(19,900) | 2082.3(18,547) | 1360.0(12,289) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 565.6(5,067) | 521.3(4,621) | 760.1(6,743) | 723.9(6,448) | 398.1(3,597) |
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: Indianapolis'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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