Safest Places to Live in Indiana of September 2026
Indiana is a state situated in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north, Ohio to the east, Kentucky to the south and southeast, and Illinois to the West.
With a population of over 660,000, Indiana is the 17th most populous state in the United States. The capital and the largest city is Indianapolis, which has around 850,000 residents. Other major cities are Fort Wayne, Evansville, South Bend, Bloomington, etc.
Before becoming a state and being claimed by the settlers, Indiana was home to many indigenous Native American peoples for millennia. Today, this state has a diverse economy, covering many fields, such as agriculture, business, manufacturing, tourism, etc.
Sport is trendy in Indiana, as this state is home to NFL team Indianapolis Colts and NBA team Indiana Pacers.
Ranking Criteria
ElitePersonalFinance extracted the latest data from the FBI crime statistics in the United States. We took violent crime as the main criteria. To get our score, we used this formula:
Crime Score = ( Total Number of Violent Crimes / Population ) * 1,000
This way, safer cities got the lowest score, and those more vulnerable to crimes got higher scores.
The cities that did not report crimes to the FBI and those under 5,000 residents were not included in the list.
10 Safest Places in Indiana of September 2026
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank:1 | City:Zionsville | Population:27630 | Total Number of Crimes:4 | Crime Score:0,14 |
| Rank:2 | City:St. John | Population:18478 | Total Number of Crimes:4 | Crime Score:0,22 |
| Rank:3 | City:Crown Point | Population:30341 | Total Number of Crimes:7 | Crime Score:0,23 |
| Rank:4 | City:Carmel | Population:95388 | Total Number of Crimes:30 | Crime Score:0,31 |
| Rank:5 | City:Westfield | Population:43212 | Total Number of Crimes:16 | Crime Score:0,37 |
| Rank:6 | City:New Whiteland | Population:6242 | Total Number of Crimes:3 | Crime Score:0,48 |
| Rank:7 | City:Noblesville | Population:64567 | Total Number of Crimes:32 | Crime Score:0,50 |
| Rank:8 | City:Fishers | Population:95506 | Total Number of Crimes:51 | Crime Score:0,53 |
| Rank:9 | City:Sellersburg | Population:8949 | Total Number of Crimes:5 | Crime Score:0,56 |
| Rank:10 | City:Chesterton | Population:13929 | Total Number of Crimes:9 | Crime Score:0,65 |
Crime Score in All Cities in Indiana of September 2026
If your city didn’t make our list, you could see our full list of Indiana cities.
We can’t compare crime rates in small and large cities. That’s why ElitePersonalFinance made a detailed analysis and narrowed the results according to population segments:
- Under 3,000 Residents
- 3,000 – 10,000 Residents
- 10,000 – 30,000 Residents
- Over 30,000 Residents
(Other sites don’t include places with under 3,000 residents, but we included them.)
These are the results that we got:
Under 3,000 Residents
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank:1 | City:Loogootee | Population:2717 | Total Number of Crimes:7 | Crime Score:2,58 |
| Rank:2 | City:Fairmount | Population:2754 | Total Number of Crimes:9 | Crime Score:3,27 |
| Rank:3 | City:Hagerstown | Population:1670 | Total Number of Crimes:11 | Crime Score:6,59 |
3,000 – 10,000 Residents
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank:1 | City:Ligonier | Population:4371 | Total Number of Crimes:1 | Crime Score:0,23 |
| Rank:2 | City:New Whiteland | Population:6242 | Total Number of Crimes:3 | Crime Score:0,48 |
| Rank:3 | City:Sellersburg | Population:8949 | Total Number of Crimes:5 | Crime Score:0,56 |
| Rank:4 | City:Columbia City | Population:9203 | Total Number of Crimes:12 | Crime Score:1,30 |
| Rank:5 | City:Plymouth | Population:9872 | Total Number of Crimes:13 | Crime Score:1,32 |
| Rank:6 | City:Ellettsville | Population:6731 | Total Number of Crimes:10 | Crime Score:1,49 |
| Rank:7 | City:Porter | Population:4821 | Total Number of Crimes:8 | Crime Score:1,66 |
| Rank:8 | City:Tipton | Population:5074 | Total Number of Crimes:9 | Crime Score:1,77 |
| Rank:9 | City:Cumberland | Population:5894 | Total Number of Crimes:11 | Crime Score:1,87 |
| Rank:10 | City:Portland | Population:6069 | Total Number of Crimes:12 | Crime Score:1,98 |
| Rank:11 | City:Rensselaer | Population:5820 | Total Number of Crimes:12 | Crime Score:2,06 |
| Rank:12 | City:Westville | Population:5619 | Total Number of Crimes:12 | Crime Score:2,14 |
| Rank:13 | City:Whitestown | Population:9810 | Total Number of Crimes:22 | Crime Score:2,24 |
| Rank:14 | City:Hartford City | Population:5716 | Total Number of Crimes:15 | Crime Score:2,62 |
| Rank:15 | City:Elwood | Population:8379 | Total Number of Crimes:24 | Crime Score:2,86 |
| Rank:16 | City:Edinburgh | Population:4590 | Total Number of Crimes:29 | Crime Score:6,32 |
| Rank:17 | City:Clinton | Population:4701 | Total Number of Crimes:42 | Crime Score:8,93 |
10,000 – 30,000 Residents
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank:1 | City:Zionsville | Population:27630 | Total Number of Crimes:4 | Crime Score:0,14 |
| Rank:2 | City:St. John | Population:18478 | Total Number of Crimes:4 | Crime Score:0,22 |
| Rank:3 | City:Chesterton | Population:13929 | Total Number of Crimes:9 | Crime Score:0,65 |
| Rank:4 | City:Griffith | Population:15957 | Total Number of Crimes:11 | Crime Score:0,69 |
| Rank:5 | City:Highland | Population:22220 | Total Number of Crimes:19 | Crime Score:0,86 |
| Rank:6 | City:Bluffton | Population:10134 | Total Number of Crimes:9 | Crime Score:0,89 |
| Rank:7 | City:Greenfield | Population:22800 | Total Number of Crimes:21 | Crime Score:0,92 |
| Rank:8 | City:Munster | Population:22412 | Total Number of Crimes:22 | Crime Score:0,98 |
| Rank:9 | City:Hobart | Population:27880 | Total Number of Crimes:39 | Crime Score:1,40 |
| Rank:10 | City:Brownsburg | Population:27005 | Total Number of Crimes:40 | Crime Score:1,48 |
| Rank:11 | City:Seymour | Population:19941 | Total Number of Crimes:41 | Crime Score:2,06 |
| Rank:12 | City:Bedford | Population:13271 | Total Number of Crimes:28 | Crime Score:2,11 |
| Rank:13 | City:New Haven | Population:15821 | Total Number of Crimes:47 | Crime Score:2,97 |
| Rank:14 | City:Jasper | Population:15629 | Total Number of Crimes:48 | Crime Score:3,07 |
| Rank:15 | City:Speedway | Population:12202 | Total Number of Crimes:38 | Crime Score:3,11 |
| Rank:16 | City:Franklin | Population:25443 | Total Number of Crimes:94 | Crime Score:3,69 |
| Rank:17 | City:Marion | Population:27829 | Total Number of Crimes:103 | Crime Score:3,70 |
| Rank:18 | City:Crawfordsville | Population:16136 | Total Number of Crimes:65 | Crime Score:4,03 |
| Rank:19 | City:La Porte | Population:21557 | Total Number of Crimes:116 | Crime Score:5,38 |
| Rank:20 | City:Clarksville | Population:21630 | Total Number of Crimes:118 | Crime Score:5,46 |
| Rank:21 | City:East Chicago | Population:27717 | Total Number of Crimes:201 | Crime Score:7,25 |
| Rank:22 | City:Shelbyville | Population:19362 | Total Number of Crimes:146 | Crime Score:7,54 |
Over 30,000 Residents
| Rank: | City: | Population: | Total Number of Crimes: | Crime Score: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank:1 | City:Crown Point | Population:30341 | Total Number of Crimes:7 | Crime Score:0,23 |
| Rank:2 | City:Carmel | Population:95388 | Total Number of Crimes:30 | Crime Score:0,31 |
| Rank:3 | City:Westfield | Population:43212 | Total Number of Crimes:16 | Crime Score:0,37 |
| Rank:4 | City:Noblesville | Population:64567 | Total Number of Crimes:32 | Crime Score:0,50 |
| Rank:5 | City:Fishers | Population:95506 | Total Number of Crimes:51 | Crime Score:0,53 |
| Rank:6 | City:West Lafayette | Population:49154 | Total Number of Crimes:32 | Crime Score:0,65 |
| Rank:7 | City:Columbus | Population:47991 | Total Number of Crimes:67 | Crime Score:1,40 |
| Rank:8 | City:Plainfield | Population:35317 | Total Number of Crimes:50 | Crime Score:1,42 |
| Rank:9 | City:Merrillville | Population:34724 | Total Number of Crimes:50 | Crime Score:1,44 |
| Rank:10 | City:Greenwood | Population:59797 | Total Number of Crimes:97 | Crime Score:1,62 |
| Rank:11 | City:Portage | Population:36800 | Total Number of Crimes:73 | Crime Score:1,98 |
| Rank:12 | City:Jeffersonville | Population:47723 | Total Number of Crimes:114 | Crime Score:2,39 |
| Rank:13 | City:Lawrence | Population:49432 | Total Number of Crimes:178 | Crime Score:3,60 |
| Rank:14 | City:Fort Wayne | Population:269366 | Total Number of Crimes:974 | Crime Score:3,62 |
| Rank:15 | City:Hammond | Population:75201 | Total Number of Crimes:315 | Crime Score:4,19 |
| Rank:16 | City:Anderson | Population:54899 | Total Number of Crimes:242 | Crime Score:4,41 |
| Rank:17 | City:Lafayette | Population:72585 | Total Number of Crimes:352 | Crime Score:4,85 |
| Rank:18 | City:Gary | Population:74687 | Total Number of Crimes:414 | Crime Score:5,54 |
| Rank:19 | City:Evansville | Population:117700 | Total Number of Crimes:721 | Crime Score:6,13 |
| Rank:20 | City:Kokomo | Population:57845 | Total Number of Crimes:392 | Crime Score:6,78 |
| Rank:21 | City:South Bend | Population:101944 | Total Number of Crimes:1357 | Crime Score:13,31 |
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Archives
- Safest Places to Live in Indiana 2020
- Safest Places to Live in Indiana 2019
- Safest Places to Live in Indiana 2018
- Safest Places to Live in Indiana 2017
- Safest Places to Live in Indiana 2016
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