Photo: TheSongbook · CC BY-SA 3.0Carmel sees less violent crime per resident than four in five U.S. towns
Of the 5 towns on its borders with figures, 4 record less crime per resident. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 18% from 2023 to 2025. Weighing it all, Carmel earns A− for safety (#25 of 91 graded towns in Indiana, and #3 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000), with less crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported over 2023 to 2025. The local count comes to 0.6 violent crime and 7.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 4.4 and 19.4 in the rest of Indiana.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of IN” is every other Indiana city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Carmel
4 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Indiana towns on Carmel’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Zionsville (A+), Noblesville (A−), Westfield (A−), Fishers (A−), Indianapolis (D). Clay Township, Delaware Township and Washington Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Carmel’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 0.0 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of Indiana (7.8) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: below the rest of Indiana
6.8 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (6 reported in 2025), below the rest of Indiana (56.9) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Carmel reports less crime per resident than 99% (#3). Places like it ↓
A job center
Carmel has 75,709 jobs based in town for 105,634 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Carmel’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Carmel | Rest of Indiana | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.9 | 80.0 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 8.7 | 69.8 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 5.8 | 60.2 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 5.7 | 41.0 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Carmel’s police reported 0 homicides, 6 robberies and 52 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Indiana and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Carmel property | Rest of Indiana property | Carmel violent | Rest of Indiana violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.1 | 23.7 | 0.6 | 4.9 |
| 2023 | 8.3 | 22.6 | 0.6 | 5.0 |
| 2024 | 8.1 | 20.6 | 0.7 | 4.7 |
| 2025 | 6.8 | 15.2 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Indiana.
Crime in Carmel per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
764 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
52 violent and 712 property, as reported to the FBI by Carmel’s police.
13 people died in crashes on Carmel’s roads in 2019–2023
Carmel had 11 fatal crashes in five years, in which 13 people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 5 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 2.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Indiana towns of 100,000+ people (9.3, 15 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Carmel and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel | A− | 0.6 | 7.8 |
| Clay Township | — | — | — |
| Delaware Township | — | — | — |
| Fishers | A− | 0.8 | 5.8 |
| Zionsville | A+ | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| Indianapolis | D | 8.3 | 30.0 |
| Washington Township | — | — | — |
| Noblesville | A− | 0.9 | 5.2 |
| Westfield | A− | 0.6 | 6.3 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Clay Township, Delaware Township and Washington Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Indiana towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel | A− | 0.6 | 7.8 |
| Bloomington | C− | 3.2 | 23.7 |
| Lafayette | C− | 5.0 | 19.4 |
| South Bend | D | 8.7 | 18.6 |
| Hammond | D | 6.6 | 29.8 |
| Evansville | D− | 11.5 | 34.5 |
The five graded Indiana towns closest to Carmel’s population (105,634), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Carmel. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Carmel’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (104,553 in 2025); our figure for Carmel is 105,634 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Carmel
Is Carmel, IN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Carmel reports less crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #25 of 91 in Indiana. Its police reported 0.6 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.4 in the rest of Indiana and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Carmel?
0.6 violent and 7.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Indiana reports 4.4 and 19.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Carmel in 2025?
Carmel’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Carmel safer than Fishers?
Fishers reports less crime per resident than Carmel: Fishers grades A− for safety and Carmel A−. Fishers’s police reported 0.8 violent and 5.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Carmel?
Carmel’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Carmel”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.