Clarksville, IN carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 32% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Clarksville, IN shows violent crime at 239 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 3,287.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 32% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
239/100K violent
3287.6/100K property
-32% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Clarksville, IN
Comparable rate records
Clarksville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Indiana cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Clarksville's 239.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Mishawaka (236.3), Portage (235.1), New Palestine (234.4), Plainfield (246.1). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
Position in the state cohort
Clarksville sits mid-pack among comparable Indiana cities
At 239.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Clarksville ranks 38 of 113 — above 75 of the 112 other Indiana cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +53.9% against the cohort median of 155.3. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 6.8% of the 782 Part I offenses reported in Clarksville for 2024, against a median of 13.6% across comparable Indiana cities — a gap of 6.8 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 292.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 239.0 in 2024 (-18.2%). The highest observed value was 292.2 in 2020 and the lowest 159.9 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Clarksville's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Clarksville's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 10 Census sq mi, Clarksville logged 72.6 property and 5.3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Clarksville's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (80% of 782 offenses; mix index 6,520).
Violent offenses are only 7% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (10 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+25.5%
190.5 → 239/100K
Property Crime Rate
-17.3%
3973.2 → 3287.6/100K
Property offenses lead Clarksville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs IN
vs US avg
Property Crime
729
3287.6
1321
1711
Larceny-Theft
625
2818.6
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
74
333.7
-
-
Burglary
30
135.3
-
-
Arson
1
4.5
-
-
Violent Crime
53
239
308.5
352
Aggravated Assault
40
180.4
-
-
Robbery
8
36.1
-
-
Rape
5
22.5
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Clarksville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Clarksville property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Clarksville Police Department
Reporting agency for Clarksville NIBRS-participating
Clarksville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Clarksville's 782 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Indiana
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Indiana cities closest to Clarksville in population. Their populations run from 20,773 to 25,662, against 22,174 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Clarksville reported 53 violent crimes and 729 property crimes, for a total of 782 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Clarksville?
From 2023 to 2024, Clarksville's violent crime rate increased by 25.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 17.3%.
What is the most common crime in Clarksville?
The most common crime type in Clarksville is larceny-theft, accounting for 79.9% of all reported crimes (625 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Clarksville figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Clarksville, IN rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.