McCordsville, IN carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 23% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, McCordsville, IN shows violent crime at 270.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 761.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 23% 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
270.3/100K violent
761.8/100K property
-23% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for McCordsville, IN
Comparable rate records
McCordsville's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Indiana cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to McCordsville's 270.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Washington (268.3), New Albany (266.3), Huntingburg (275.8), Beech Grove (279.0). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 192.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 270.3 in 2024 (+40.6%). The highest observed value was 270.3 in 2024 and the lowest 98.1 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 26.2% of the 126 Part I offenses reported in McCordsville for 2024, against a median of 13.5% across comparable Indiana cities — a gap of 12.7 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.
Position in the state cohort
McCordsville sits mid-pack among comparable Indiana cities
At 270.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, McCordsville ranks 32 of 113 — above 81 of the 112 other Indiana cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +74.1% 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 counts dominate McCordsville'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.
McCordsville's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 8.4 Census sq mi, McCordsville logged 11.1 property and 3.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
McCordsville's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (64% of 126 offenses; mix index 4,844).
Violent offenses are 26% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (8.4 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
+21.2%
223 → 270.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
-0.7%
767 → 761.8/100K
Property offenses lead McCordsville's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
93
761.8
1711
Larceny-Theft
81
663.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
10
81.9
-
Burglary
2
16.4
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
33
270.3
352
Aggravated Assault
32
262.1
-
Rape
1
8.2
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
McCordsville Crime Trend (2020-2024)
McCordsville 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
McCordsville Police Department
Reporting agency for McCordsville NIBRS-participating
McCordsville Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind McCordsville's 126 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 McCordsville in population. Their populations run from 10,519 to 13,872, against 12,208 here. Or use our
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In 2024, McCordsville reported 33 violent crimes and 93 property crimes, for a total of 126 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in McCordsville?
From 2023 to 2024, McCordsville's violent crime rate increased by 21.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 0.7%.
What is the most common crime in McCordsville?
The most common crime type in McCordsville is larceny-theft, accounting for 64.3% of all reported crimes (81 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: McCordsville 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 McCordsville, IN rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.