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Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in Indiana (2026)

Martin has the lowest violent crime rate of any county in Indiana, at 16.0 per 100k, followed by Fayette and Rush. Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average)

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Safest counties for violent crime rate in Indiana

Top 25 of 92 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Indiana
RankCountyValue
1Martin16.0 per 100k
2Fayette16.4 per 100k
3Rush16.4 per 100k
4Henry17.8 per 100k
5LaGrange17.9 per 100k
6Putnam18.4 per 100k
7Dearborn18.6 per 100k
8Marshall19.0 per 100k
9Newton21.5 per 100k
10Jay23.1 per 100k
11Fulton23.8 per 100k
12Spencer24.1 per 100k
13Switzerland25.2 per 100k
14Adams26.0 per 100k
15White26.9 per 100k
16Jasper27.7 per 100k
17Cass28.8 per 100k
18Ripley29.8 per 100k
19Huntington30.1 per 100k
20Tipton32.8 per 100k
21Carroll35.9 per 100k
22DeKalb40.1 per 100k
23Bartholomew44.3 per 100k
24Wayne46.9 per 100k
25Franklin47.5 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks Indiana counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

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