Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
St. John, IN Crime Grade
How St. John 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Indiana
1/10
vs. Indiana cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in St. John, IN was 27.7 per 100,000 residents (7 incidents over a population of 25,285). That puts St. John 91% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 90% below the Indiana statewide rate of 269.3.
That ranks St. John #217 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 94% of them, and #8 of 82 in Indiana. Violent crime is up 14% year over year and up 458% over the last five years.
St. John, IN crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Indiana Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 27.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #217 of 3,771
- IN rank
- #8 of 82
- Safer than
- 94% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 14%
- 5-year change
- up 458%
- Population
- 25,285
- Reporting agency
- St. John Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by St. John Police Department (FBI ORI IN0451500) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About St. John, IN
Also known as
- Prairie West
- Western Prairie
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. St. John (red), Indiana (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
St. John 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 | 5.0(1) | 4.4(1) | 20.7(5) | 24.2(6) | 27.7(7) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.1(1) | 4.0(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 5.0(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 0.0(0) | 4.4(1) | 16.6(4) | 20.2(5) | 27.7(7) |
| Property crime | 193.4(39) | 257.8(58) | 178.3(43) | 129.1(32) | 138.4(35) |
| Burglary | 9.9(2) | 35.6(8) | 0.0(0) | 4.0(1) | 7.9(2) |
| Larceny | 168.6(34) | 217.8(49) | 170.1(41) | 112.9(28) | 126.6(32) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 14.9(3) | 0.0(0) | 8.3(2) | 12.1(3) | 4.0(1) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the St. John, 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 St. John 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 St. John calculated?
- St. John'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 St. John 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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