Safest Cities in Indiana

Top 50 cities (≥10,000 pop) by lowest FBI UCR violent crime rate per 100,000 · 2024. Lead: Auburn at 7.1/100K.

FBI UCR Safest-Cities Snapshot: Indiana

Indiana lists 50 cities with 10,000+ population for 2024, spanning Auburn at 7.1/100K violent down to Plainfield at 246.1/100K on this cut. That is a 239/100K spread inside the safest cohort alone, not a single statewide rate. Cohort average: 111.8 violent offenses per 100,000 residents.

Auburn reported 1 violent and 59 property offenses on a 14,010 reporting population in 2024. Property rate 421.1/100K sits beside the 7.1/100K violent rate. Top five on the table: Auburn, Dyer, Columbus, Zionsville, St. John.

Auburn offense desk

Auburn's violent rate fell 91.0% vs 2023 (79.6 → 7.1 per 100K) while staying #1 on this Indiana list.

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on Part I violent shares for the #1 city only, distinct from the per-100K ranking table.

# Grade City Population Violent Crime Rate Property Crime Rate
1 A+ Auburn 14,010 7.1/100K 421.1/100K
2 A+ Dyer 16,278 12.3/100K 344/100K
3 A+ Columbus 51,867 13.5/100K 82.9/100K
4 A+ Zionsville 33,121 21.1/100K 277.8/100K
5 A+ St. John 24,790 24.2/100K 129.1/100K
6 A+ Lowell 11,422 26.3/100K 201.4/100K
7 A+ Westfield 61,845 42/100K 643.5/100K
8 A Seymour 21,678 46.1/100K 1563.8/100K
9 A+ Huntington 16,985 47.1/100K 347.4/100K
10 A+ Bedford 13,872 50.5/100K 252.3/100K
11 A+ Yorktown 11,810 50.8/100K 220.2/100K
12 A Munster 23,524 51/100K 1028.7/100K
13 A+ Bargersville 11,568 60.5/100K 423.6/100K
14 A Brownsburg 33,343 63/100K 599.8/100K
15 A+ Cedar Lake 16,748 65.7/100K 262.7/100K
16 A Carmel 103,107 66/100K 812.7/100K
17 A Valparaiso 34,784 66.1/100K 807.8/100K
18 A Logansport 18,197 71.4/100K 1214.5/100K
19 A Fishers 105,680 72.9/100K 658.6/100K
20 A New Castle 17,306 75.1/100K 733.8/100K
21 A Crown Point 35,185 76.7/100K 531.5/100K
22 A Noblesville 75,216 83.8/100K 538.4/100K
23 A Franklin 26,089 84.3/100K 1088.6/100K
24 A Danville 11,830 93/100K 718.5/100K
25 A West Lafayette 44,906 93.5/100K 1204.7/100K
26 A Highland 23,381 98.4/100K 1595.3/100K
27 A Marion 28,057 106.9/100K 1104.9/100K
28 A Greenwood 67,086 108.8/100K 1529.4/100K
29 A Frankfort 16,313 110.3/100K 1060.5/100K
30 A Jasper 16,806 119/100K 606.9/100K
31 B Vincennes 16,535 121/100K 2509.8/100K
32 A Schererville 29,656 124.8/100K 1264.5/100K
33 A Columbia City 10,186 127.6/100K 863.9/100K
34 A Griffith 16,122 130.3/100K 986.2/100K
35 B Avon 25,147 135.2/100K 1606.6/100K
36 B Hobart 29,306 150.1/100K 2272.6/100K
37 B Speedway 14,229 161.6/100K 2614.4/100K
38 A Decatur 10,053 169.1/100K 676.4/100K
39 A Bluffton 10,519 180.6/100K 732/100K
40 A Crawfordsville 16,662 186.1/100K 642.2/100K
41 B Greensburg 12,374 194/100K 1414.3/100K
42 B New Haven 16,098 205/100K 1087.1/100K
43 B Kendallville 10,229 205.3/100K 703.9/100K
44 B Whitestown 14,097 205.7/100K 1312.3/100K
45 B La Porte 22,511 208.8/100K 1639.2/100K
46 C Goshen 34,308 221.5/100K 2474.6/100K
47 B Portage 38,700 235.1/100K 1108.5/100K
48 C Mishawaka 50,776 236.3/100K 2570.1/100K
49 C Clarksville 22,174 239/100K 3287.6/100K
50 B Plainfield 37,790 246.1/100K 1447.5/100K

Indiana overview · Most dangerous cities · National safest cities · Methodology - FBI UCR Part I rates; cities ≥10,000 pop; 2024.