New Albany, IN carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 24% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, New Albany, IN shows violent crime at 266.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,421 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 24% 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
266.3/100K violent
2421/100K property
-24% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for New Albany, IN
Comparable rate records
New Albany's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Indiana cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to New Albany's 266.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Washington (268.3), McCordsville (270.3), Huntingburg (275.8), Shelbyville (255.1). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 393.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 266.3 in 2024 (-32.2%). The highest observed value was 436.1 in 2021 and the lowest 266.3 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
New Albany sits mid-pack among comparable Indiana cities
At 266.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, New Albany ranks 34 of 113 — above 79 of the 112 other Indiana cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +71.5% 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.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 9.9% of the 999 Part I offenses reported in New Albany for 2024, against a median of 13.6% across comparable Indiana cities — a gap of 3.6 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.
Property counts dominate New Albany'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.
New Albany's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 15.5 Census sq mi, New Albany logged 58.1 property and 6.4 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
New Albany's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (75% of 999 offenses; mix index 5,765).
Violent offenses are only 10% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (15.5 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
-21.6%
3089.1 → 2421/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-14.2%
310.5 → 266.3/100K
Property offenses lead New Albany's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs IN
Property Crime
900
2421
1321
Larceny-Theft
747
2009.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
77
207.1
-
Burglary
76
204.4
-
Arson
1
2.7
-
Violent Crime
99
266.3
308.5
Aggravated Assault
73
196.4
-
Robbery
15
40.4
-
Rape
8
21.5
-
Murder
3
8.1
-
New Albany Crime Trend (2020-2024)
New Albany 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
New Albany Police Department
Reporting agency for New Albany NIBRS-participating
New Albany Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind New Albany's 999 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 New Albany in population. Their populations run from 31,543 to 38,700, against 37,174 here. Or use our
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In 2024, New Albany reported 99 violent crimes and 900 property crimes, for a total of 999 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in New Albany?
From 2023 to 2024, New Albany's violent crime rate decreased by 14.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 21.6%.
What is the most common crime in New Albany?
The most common crime type in New Albany is larceny-theft, accounting for 74.8% of all reported crimes (747 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: New Albany 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 New Albany, IN rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.