Huntingburg, IN carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 22% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Huntingburg, IN shows violent crime at 275.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 306.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 22% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
275.8/100K violent
306.4/100K property
-22% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Huntingburg, IN
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 47.4% of the 38 Part I offenses reported in Huntingburg for 2024, against a median of 13.5% across comparable Indiana cities — a gap of 33.9 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.
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Huntingburg reported 18 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 6,527. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Comparable rate records
Huntingburg's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Indiana cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Huntingburg's 275.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Beech Grove (279.0), Bristol (280.1), McCordsville (270.3), Washington (268.3). 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
Huntingburg sits mid-pack among comparable Indiana cities
At 275.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Huntingburg ranks 31 of 113 — above 82 of the 112 other Indiana cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +77.6% 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.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 60.0% of reported property offenses in Huntingburg, against a cohort median of 82.0%. The remainder is burglary (4) and motor vehicle theft (4). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 372.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 275.8 in 2024 (-25.9%). The highest observed value was 372.0 in 2020 and the lowest 139.3 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Huntingburg's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row keeps violent and property totals in a closer balance. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Based on 18 reported violent incidents in a population of 6,527. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Huntingburg's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 5.1 Census sq mi, Huntingburg logged 4 property and 3.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Huntingburg leans on aggravated assault at 42% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,026.
Violent offenses are 47% of the municipal total - a violence-heavy book for a small city.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (5.1 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-19.9%
382.5 → 306.4/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+0.1%
275.4 → 275.8/100K
Huntingburg's 2024 offense mix (violent and property)
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
20
306.4
1711
Larceny-Theft
12
183.9
-
Burglary
4
61.3
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
4
61.3
-
Arson
1
15.3
-
Violent Crime
18
275.8
352
Aggravated Assault
16
245.1
-
Rape
2
30.6
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Huntingburg Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Huntingburg violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
275.8/100K↑0.1%vs 2023
Huntingburg 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
Huntingburg Police Department
Reporting agency for Huntingburg NIBRS-participating
Huntingburg Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Huntingburg's 38 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 Huntingburg in population. Their populations run from 5,737 to 6,845, against 6,527 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Huntingburg reported 18 violent crimes and 20 property crimes, for a total of 38 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Huntingburg?
From 2023 to 2024, Huntingburg's violent crime rate increased by 0.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 19.9%.
What is the most common crime in Huntingburg?
The most common crime type in Huntingburg is aggravated assault, accounting for 42.1% of all reported crimes (16 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Huntingburg is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Huntingburg, IN rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.