North Webster, IN carries a PlainCrime D safety grade with violent crime 14% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, North Webster, IN shows violent crime at 402.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,517.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 14% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade D from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
D safety grade
402.8/100K violent
2517.6/100K property
+14% vs U.S.
The verdict
North Webster earns a D safety grade: violent crime runs 14% above the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
D
PlainCrime safety grade
+14%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
20th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
2,517.6
property crimes per 100K
Based on 4 reported violent incidents in a population of 993. 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.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for North Webster, IN
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
North Webster reported 4 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 993. 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.
Position in the state cohort
North Webster reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Indiana cities
At 402.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, North Webster ranks 16 of 113 — above 97 of the 112 other Indiana cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +159.4% 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.
Comparable rate records
North Webster's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Indiana cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to North Webster's 402.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Boonville (404.1), Warsaw (413.7), Anderson (419.1), Whiting (356.7). 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 769.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 402.8 in 2024 (-47.6%). The highest observed value was 769.2 in 2020 and the lowest 0.0 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 92.0% of reported property offenses in North Webster, against a cohort median of 81.4%. The remainder is burglary (2) and motor vehicle theft (0). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Property counts dominate North Webster'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.
Based on 4 reported violent incidents in a population of 993. 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.
On a small municipal row, small denominators make rates sensitive to a handful of incidents. Figures are reported totals, not neighbourhood advice.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+304.4%
99.6 → 402.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
-55.7%
5677.3 → 2517.6/100K
Property offenses lead North Webster's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs IN
Property Crime
25
2517.6
1321
Larceny-Theft
23
2316.2
-
Burglary
2
201.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
0
0
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
4
402.8
308.5
Aggravated Assault
4
402.8
-
Murder
0
0
-
Rape
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
North Webster Crime Trend (2020-2024)
North Webster property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
2,517.6/100K↓55.7%vs 2023
North Webster violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
402.8/100K↑304.4%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
1,170
769.2
3675.2
52
2021
Comparable
1,162
344.2
4216.9
53
2022
Comparable
993
0
4028.2
40
2023
Comparable
1,004
99.6
5677.3
58
2024
Comparable
993
402.8
2517.6
29
How North Webster sits among IN peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
North Webster Police Department NIBRS-participating
North Webster's crime figures on this page originate from North Webster Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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 North Webster in population. Their populations run from 469 to 2,074, against 993 here. Or use our
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These Indiana cities report the closest violent-crime rates to North Webster's 402.8/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
North Webster has a violent crime rate of 402.8 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2517.6 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is North Webster, IN safe? ▼
North Webster receives a safety grade of D (Below Average), with a safety score of 38/100. The violent crime rate is 14% above the national average and 31% above the Indiana average.
What is the population of North Webster, IN? ▼
The reporting population for North Webster is 993 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in North Webster? ▼
In 2024, North Webster reported 4 violent crimes and 25 property crimes, for a total of 29 reported offenses.
How do North Webster's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, North Webster recorded about one reported offense per 34 residents and one reported violent offense per 248 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in North Webster? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, North Webster's violent crime rate increased by 304.4%, and the property crime rate decreased by 55.7%.
What is the most common crime in North Webster? ▼
The most common crime type in North Webster is larceny-theft, accounting for 79.3% of all reported crimes (23 incidents in 2024).
Micro-municipal read: North Webster's FBI UCR Table 8 row (2024) is the only source for the rates above.
With a small population base, per-100,000 rates amplify sparse counts. Incomplete submissions are excluded from rankings. See FBI.gov UCR for the raw Table 8 file.
Disclaimer (small municipal): small-base rates are especially easy to misread. Informational only - not advice. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 North Webster, IN rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.