County crime profile · 2024 · very large county · property-led
At 498,700 residents, Lake County is a very large county in Indiana. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
Data updated 2026-08-24
Lake County, IN has incomplete FBI UCR agency reporting for 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, agencies serving Lake County, IN submitted 47 violent and 175 property offenses against a population of 498,700. Participation is voluntary, so incomplete filings are not a county crime measure and no safety grade is assigned from them.
Incomplete FBI reporting for this county
Law-enforcement agencies serving Lake County reported 47 violent and 175 property offences to the FBI for 2024 against a population of 498,700. Reporting to the UCR Program is voluntary, and figures this low for a population this size mean agencies did not submit complete data, not that little crime occurred. The numbers below are what was reported; they are not a measure of this county's crime level, and no safety grade is assigned from them.
Reporting completeness
FBI UCR participation is voluntary, and the 2024 submission covering Lake County does not pass the completeness test this site applies for a population of 498,700. The counts below are shown because they are what agencies reported, but they are not treated here as the county’s crime level, and Lake County is excluded from rankings and comparisons on this site for 2024.
2024 reported record
Of the 222 Part I offences Lake County reported for 2024, 21.2% were violent. Aggravated assault leads the violent categories at 29, and larceny-theft leads the property categories at 126, against a population of 498,700. Because this submission does not pass the completeness test, Lake County is not placed against other Indiana counties.
On a very large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| Property Crime | 175 |
| Burglary | 19 |
| Larceny-Theft | 126 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 30 |
| Arson | 1 |
| Violent Crime | 47 |
| Murder | 2 |
| Rape | 12 |
| Robbery | 4 |
| Aggravated Assault | 29 |
Lake County's crime figures on this page originate from Lake County Sheriff's Office'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.
A per-capita rate is easiest to read against places of similar scale, so these are the Indiana counties closest to Lake County in population. Their populations run from 186,251 to 385,410, against 498,700 here. Or launch the side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two jurisdictions directly.
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.
FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.
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