Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Kendallville, IN Crime Grade
How Kendallville 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Indiana
5/10
vs. Indiana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Kendallville, IN was 145.1 per 100,000 residents (15 incidents over a population of 10,340). That puts Kendallville 55% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 46% below the Indiana statewide rate of 269.3.
That ranks Kendallville #1,579 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 58% of them, and #39 of 82 in Indiana. Violent crime is down 29% year over year and down 20% over the last five years.
Kendallville, IN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Indiana Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 145.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,579 of 3,771
- IN rank
- #39 of 82
- Safer than
- 58% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 29%
- 5-year change
- down 20%
- Population
- 10,340
- Reporting agency
- Kendallville Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Kendallville Police Department (FBI ORI IN0570100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Kendallville, IN
History
Founded in 1833. Named for Amos Kendall, Postmaster-General of the United States, 1835-1840.
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. Kendallville (red), Indiana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Kendallville 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 | 181.9(18) | 246.2(25) | 186.3(19) | 205.3(21) | 145.1(15) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 121.3(12) | 108.3(11) | 88.2(9) | 58.7(6) | 48.4(5) |
| Robbery | 10.1(1) | 9.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 50.5(5) | 128.0(13) | 98.0(10) | 146.6(15) | 96.7(10) |
| Property crime | 1071.2(106) | 1497.1(152) | 872.6(89) | 703.9(72) | 444.9(46) |
| Burglary | 80.8(8) | 98.5(10) | 0.0(0) | 19.6(2) | 19.3(2) |
| Larceny | 838.8(83) | 1339.5(136) | 843.2(86) | 655.0(67) | 415.9(43) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 151.6(15) | 59.1(6) | 29.4(3) | 29.3(3) | 9.7(1) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Kendallville, 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 Kendallville 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 Kendallville calculated?
- Kendallville'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 Kendallville 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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