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Indianapolis Crime Rate Report (Indiana)

Indianapolis crime statistics report an overall upward trend in crime based on data from 19 years with violent crime increasing and property crime increasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Indianapolis for 2025 is expected to be higher than in 2018.

The city violent crime rate for Indianapolis in 2018 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 234.46% and the city property crime rate in Indianapolis was higher than the national property crime rate average by 87.73%.

In 2018 the city violent crime rate in Indianapolis was higher than the violent crime rate in Indiana by 232.96% and the city property crime rate in Indianapolis was higher than the property crime rate in Indiana by 89.47%.

Property and Violent Crime
Indianapolis Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Indianapolis Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Indianapolis Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2018 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault7,250
Arson229
Burglary7,842
Larceny and Theft23,448
Motor Vehicle Theft4,947
Murder and Manslaughter162
Rape677
Robbery3,081
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)43,951
Property Crime36,237
Violent Crime11,170
2025 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault9,026
Arson220
Burglary3,628
Larceny and Theft21,023
Motor Vehicle Theft4,378
Murder and Manslaughter206
Rape901
Robbery3,164
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)36,505
Property Crime28,791
Violent Crime13,297

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Indianapolis Property Crime

Indianapolis Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Indianapolis Crime 2018

Indianapolis Crime 2025

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Indianapolis Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Indianapolis Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Indianapolis, Indiana crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the Indianapolis crime report data for 2025 was projected from 19 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2018.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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