Crime Grade · Indiana

Safest Cities in Indiana

82 reporting Indiana cities ranked safest to least safe, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 157.6 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Auburn	14,010	7.1	A1/10
2	Bedford	13,866	7.2	A1/10
3	Columbus	51,867	15.4	A1/10
4	Zionsville	33,121	21.1	A1/10
5	Dyer	16,302	24.5	A1/10
6	Lowell	11,422	26.3	A1/10
7	Seymour	22,642	26.5	A1/10
8	St. John	25,285	27.7	A1/10
9	Brownsburg	34,589	46.3	A1/10
10	Huntington	16,985	47.1	A1/10
11	Carmel	104,553	49.7	A1/10
12	Yorktown	11,810	50.8	A1/10
13	Westfield	67,775	62.0	A1/10
14	Peru	11,019	63.5	A1/10
15	Noblesville	76,565	65.3	A1/10
16	Logansport	18,197	71.4	A1/10
17	Munster	23,571	72.1	A1/10
18	Schererville	29,809	73.8	A1/10
19	Fishers	105,143	76.1	A1/10
20	Cedar Lake	17,007	76.4	A1/10
21	Vincennes	16,444	79.1	A1/10
22	Frankfort	16,401	79.3	A1/10
23	Danville	13,049	84.3	A1/10
24	Chesterton	14,752	88.1	A1/10
25	Crown Point	35,378	90.5	A1/10
26	West Lafayette	46,768	96.2	A1/10
27	Bargersville	11,713	102.5	A1/10
28	Franklin	26,356	110.0	A1/10
29	Merrillville	37,124	110.4	A1/10
30	Marion	28,057	110.5	A1/10
31	McCordsville	12,593	111.2	A1/10
32	Avon	25,574	117.3	A1/10
33	Crawfordsville	16,657	120.1	A2/10
34	Valparaiso	35,293	121.8	A2/10
35	New Castle	17,377	126.6	A2/10
36	Jasper	17,030	129.2	A2/10
37	Goshen	34,446	136.4	A2/10
38	Greenwood	69,268	141.5	A2/10
39	Kendallville	10,340	145.1	A2/10
40	Columbia City	10,241	146.5	A2/10
41	Griffith	16,110	155.2	A2/10
42	Whitestown	15,864	157.6	A2/10
43	Highland	23,382	158.2	A2/10
44	Bluffton	10,618	160.1	A2/10
45	Hobart	29,343	160.2	A2/10
46	Plainfield	38,557	171.2	A2/10
47	Beech Grove	14,535	172.0	A2/10
48	Plymouth	11,260	177.6	A2/10
49	Greenfield	25,415	181.0	A3/10
50	Decatur	10,106	188.0	A3/10
51	Speedway	14,350	195.1	A3/10
52	La Porte	22,452	196.0	A3/10
53	Michigan City	31,329	197.9	A3/10
54	Clarksville	21,973	213.9	A3/10
55	New Haven	16,344	214.1	A3/10
56	Connersville	13,271	218.5	A3/10
57	Lebanon	17,839	224.2	A3/10
58	Shelbyville	21,029	242.5	A3/10
59	Portage	38,731	250.4	A3/10
60	Lawrence	49,937	252.3	A3/10
61	Greensburg	12,314	259.9	A3/10
62	Lake Station	11,880	260.9	B4/10
63	Washington	12,674	268.3	B4/10
64	Fort Wayne	275,451	274.8	B4/10
65	Bloomington	78,762	289.5	B4/10
66	New Albany	37,616	289.8	B4/10
67	Mishawaka	51,013	305.8	B4/10
68	Jeffersonville	51,804	330.1	B4/10
69	Anderson	56,112	388.5	B5/10
70	Lafayette	72,009	390.2	B5/10
71	South Bend	103,804	452.8	B5/10
72	Terre Haute	58,565	466.1	B5/10
73	Muncie	65,375	475.7	B5/10
74	Kokomo	60,224	476.6	B5/10
75	Warsaw	16,188	500.4	C6/10
76	Indianapolis	903,574	577.0	C6/10
77	Richmond	35,520	636.3	C7/10
78	Hammond	75,677	736.0	C7/10
79	East Chicago	25,662	826.1	D8/10
80	Elkhart	53,357	933.3	D8/10
81	Evansville	114,905	1106.1	F9/10
82	Gary	67,206	1346.6	F9/10

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About this ranking

Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.