Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2018
Lake Station, IN Crime Grade
How Lake Station 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 2018, the violent crime rate in Lake Station, IN was 260.9 per 100,000 residents (31 incidents over a population of 11,880). That puts Lake Station 32% below the U.S. rate of 384.8 and 41% below the Indiana statewide rate of 442.4.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Lake Station (red), Indiana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lake Station vs. U.S., 2018 — 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 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 180.8(22) | 190.4(23) | 292.7(35) | 126.6(15) | 260.9(31) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 16.6(2) | 8.4(1) | 16.9(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 24.7(3) | 33.1(4) | 66.9(8) | 8.4(1) | 25.3(3) |
| Robbery | 74.0(9) | 91.1(11) | 117.1(14) | 50.6(6) | 92.6(11) |
| Aggravated assault | 82.2(10) | 49.7(6) | 100.4(12) | 50.6(6) | 143.1(17) |
| Property crime | 5086.3(619) | 4710.3(569) | 3972.9(475) | 2843.4(337) | 2735.7(325) |
| Burglary | 608.1(74) | 463.6(56) | 309.5(37) | 506.2(60) | 294.6(35) |
| Larceny | 4034.5(491) | 3774.8(456) | 3287.1(393) | 2075.6(246) | 2129.6(253) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 419.1(51) | 471.9(57) | 376.4(45) | 219.4(26) | 277.8(33) |
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: Lake Station'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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