Lawrence, IN carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 17% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Lawrence, IN shows violent crime at 292.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,727.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 17% 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
292.7/100K violent
1727.6/100K property
-17% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Lawrence, IN
Comparable rate records
Lawrence's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Indiana cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Lawrence's 292.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Michigan City (291.7), Fremont (289.3), Bloomington (286.9), Bristol (280.1). 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
Lawrence reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Indiana cities
At 292.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Lawrence ranks 25 of 113 — above 88 of the 112 other Indiana cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +88.5% 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 66.6% of reported property offenses in Lawrence, against a cohort median of 82.0%. The remainder is burglary (70) and motor vehicle theft (214). 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 340.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 292.7 in 2024 (-14.1%). The highest observed value was 340.9 in 2020 and the lowest 292.7 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Lawrence'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.
Lawrence's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 20.2 Census sq mi, Lawrence logged 42.2 property and 7.1 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Lawrence leans on larceny-theft at 57% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,837.
Violent offenses are only 14% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (20.2 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
-23.7%
2264.2 → 1727.6/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-8.2%
318.8 → 292.7/100K
Property offenses lead Lawrence's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs IN
Property Crime
850
1727.6
1321
Larceny-Theft
566
1150.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
214
435
-
Burglary
70
142.3
-
Arson
2
4.1
-
Violent Crime
144
292.7
308.5
Aggravated Assault
78
158.5
-
Robbery
37
75.2
-
Rape
23
46.7
-
Murder
6
12.2
-
Lawrence Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Lawrence 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
Lawrence Police Department
Reporting agency for Lawrence NIBRS-participating
Lawrence Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Lawrence's 994 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 Lawrence in population. Their populations run from 38,700 to 58,536, against 49,200 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Lawrence reported 144 violent crimes and 850 property crimes, for a total of 994 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Lawrence?
From 2023 to 2024, Lawrence's violent crime rate decreased by 8.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 23.7%.
What is the most common crime in Lawrence?
The most common crime type in Lawrence is larceny-theft, accounting for 56.9% of all reported crimes (566 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Lawrence 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 Lawrence, IN rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.