South Bend crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 21 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in South Bend for 2025 is expected to be lower than in 2019.
The city violent crime rate for South Bend in 2019 was higher than the
national violent crime rate average by 250.83% and the city property crime rate in South Bend was higher than the
national property crime rate average by 99.72%.
In 2019 the city violent crime rate in South Bend was higher than the
violent crime rate in Indiana by 258.94% and the city property crime rate in South Bend was higher than the
property crime rate in Indiana by 113.8%.