Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Peru, IN Crime Grade
How Peru 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
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Indiana
2/10
vs. Indiana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Peru, IN was 63.5 per 100,000 residents (7 incidents over a population of 11,019). That puts Peru 80% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 76% below the Indiana statewide rate of 269.3.
That ranks Peru #681 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 82% of them, and #14 of 82 in Indiana. Violent crime is down 13% year over year and down 86% over the last five years.
Peru, IN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Indiana Grade
- A (2/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 63.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #681 of 3,771
- IN rank
- #14 of 82
- Safer than
- 82% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 13%
- 5-year change
- down 86%
- Population
- 11,019
- Reporting agency
- Peru Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Peru Police Department (FBI ORI IN0520100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Peru, IN
Also known as
- Miamisport
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. Peru (red), Indiana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Peru 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 | 2018 | 2021 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 464.8(51) | 91.9(10) | 111.4(12) | 73.0(8) | 63.5(7) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 9.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 27.3(3) | 0.0(0) | 9.3(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 9.1(1) | 9.2(1) | 27.8(3) | 9.1(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 428.3(47) | 73.5(8) | 74.3(8) | 63.9(7) | 63.5(7) |
| Property crime | 3371.9(370) | 275.8(30) | 399.1(43) | 219.0(24) | 99.8(11) |
| Burglary | 419.2(46) | 64.4(7) | 167.1(18) | 54.7(6) | 72.6(8) |
| Larceny | 2816.0(309) | 174.7(19) | 176.4(19) | 82.1(9) | 18.2(2) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 136.7(15) | 36.8(4) | 46.4(5) | 82.1(9) | 9.1(1) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Peru, 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 Peru 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 Peru calculated?
- Peru'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 Peru 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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