Indianapolis, IN crime rate
In 2025 the Indianapolis Police Department reported 768.8 violent crimes and 2,819.4 property crimes per 100,000 residents in the area it covers (most of Indianapolis-Marion County, the consolidated city-county government; FBI population 903,574). The FBI's estimates for Indiana and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Indianapolis compare with Indiana and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Indianapolis only.
What offenses were reported in Indianapolis, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Indiana | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 6,947 | 768.8 | 254.4 | 327.6 | down 17.9% | down 26.6% |
| Murder | 139 | 15.4 | 3.8 | 4.1 | down 20.2% | down 44.0% |
| Rape | 506 | 56.0 | 29.8 | 36.1 | down 7.3% | down 19.4% |
| Robbery | 1,048 | 116.0 | 24.5 | 49.4 | down 19.6% | down 43.2% |
| Aggravated assault | 5,254 | 581.5 | 196.3 | 238.0 | down 18.4% | down 22.0% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 25,475 | 2,819.4 | 1,052.2 | 1,534.8 | down 15.9% | down 17.7% |
| Burglary | 3,728 | 412.6 | 130.0 | 193.6 | down 20.7% | down 15.3% |
| Larceny-theft | 16,600 | 1,837.1 | 779.8 | 1,144.1 | down 11.9% | down 21.4% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 4,962 | 549.2 | 142.4 | 197.0 | down 24.0% | down 2.9% |
| Arson | 185 | 20.5 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 12.8% | down 43.5% |
Reported = offenses known to the Indianapolis Police Department and sent to the FBI. Indiana and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Indianapolis's own count
| Offense | Year | FBI count | City count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murder | 2025 | 139 | 140 |
| Murder | 2024 | 172 | 173 |
| Robbery | 2025 | 1,048 | 1,063 |
| Robbery | 2024 | 1,285 | 1,274 |
| Aggravated assault | 2025 | 5,254 | 4,456 |
| Aggravated assault | 2024 | 6,347 | 4,814 |
| Burglary | 2025 | 3,728 | 3,368 |
| Burglary | 2024 | 4,637 | 4,148 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2025 | 4,962 | 4,827 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 2024 | 6,439 | 6,304 |
City count: IMPD_NIBRS_Public, layer NIBRS_Inc, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, gis.indy.gov, checked October 29, 2026. The city counts some crimes differently from the FBI (for example by victim instead of by incident), so the two numbers don't always match.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Indianapolis | United States | Indiana |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,047.0 | 387.0 | 332.6 |
| 2022 | 1,073.2 | 388.7 | 311.3 |
| 2023 | 1,088.2 | 379.5 | 341.8 |
| 2024 | 936.6 | 362.9 | 325.8 |
| 2025 | 768.8 | 327.6 | 254.4 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Indianapolis | United States | Indiana |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3,426.4 | 1,832.3 | 1,553.0 |
| 2022 | 3,429.5 | 1,973.8 | 1,520.7 |
| 2023 | 3,594.3 | 1,934.1 | 1,537.8 |
| 2024 | 3,351.7 | 1,761.1 | 1,394.5 |
| 2025 | 2,819.4 | 1,534.8 | 1,052.2 |
Is Indianapolis safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Indianapolis Police Department reported, 768.8 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Indiana's 254.4, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 17.9% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Violent crime reported to the FBI by Indianapolis police came to 768.8 per 100,000 residents in the area the Indianapolis Police Department covers in 2025, which is the consolidated Indianapolis-Marion County apart from the excluded cities that have their own police. That was 3.0 times the Indiana estimate of 254.4 and 2.3 times the US rate of 327.6, from 6,947 offenses. Since 2021 the violent rate has come down 26.6%, from 1,047.0, and it fell 17.9% in the last year alone.
The 139 homicides in 2025 put the murder rate at 15.4 per 100,000, 44.0% below 2021; murder fell the most of the violent offenses. Robbery fell 43.2% from 2021 but is still 4.7 times the state rate. Aggravated assault was 76% of violent crime and is down 22.0% from 2021.
Property crime fell 15.9% from 2024 and 17.7% from 2021, to 2,819.4 per 100,000, which is 2.7 times the state's 1,052.2 and 1.8 times the national 1,534.8. Motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses in the last year, 24.0%, and is 2.9% below 2021. Larceny-theft made up 65% of property crime.
Each of the 5 years shown is complete at 12 months, and NIBRS reporting began in 2019. Campus police at Indiana University Indianapolis and the University of Indianapolis, the airport police and Indianapolis Public Schools police report separately, so their cases are not counted.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.88 per 1,000 residents (1,822 officers, 784 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Indiana cities
The nearest Indiana cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Indianapolis Police Department (ORI INIPD0000), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Indiana and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Indianapolis Police Department (INIPD0000): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_INIPD0000_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Indianapolis Police Department (INIPD0000): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_INIPD0000_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Indianapolis Police Department (INIPD0000): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_INIPD0000_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Indianapolis Police Department (INIPD0000): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_INIPD0000_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Indianapolis Police Department (INIPD0000): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_INIPD0000_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Indianapolis Police Department (INIPD0000): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_INIPD0000_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Indianapolis Police Department (INIPD0000): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_INIPD0000_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Indianapolis Police Department (INIPD0000): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_INIPD0000_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Indianapolis Police Department (INIPD0000): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_INIPD0000_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Indianapolis Police Department (INIPD0000): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_INIPD0000_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Indianapolis Police Department (INIPD0000): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_INIPD0000__from-2021-to-2025.json)