Photo: Bedford · Public domainFor property crime, Clarksville trails 95% of U.S. towns per resident
The crimes the grade counts held steady per resident from 2023 to 2025. Clarksville grades D for safety overall (#84 of 91 graded towns in Indiana): more crime per resident than 88% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. By contrast, the local count comes to 2.1 violent crimes and 36.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 4.3 and 19.0 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 Clarksville
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 Indiana towns on Clarksville’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: New Albany (C−). Jeffersonville Township, Sellersburg, New Albany Township and Silver Creek Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Jeffersonville reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Clarksville’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 higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.1) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Crime in Clarksville 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Clarksville | Rest of Indiana | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.6 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.9 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.4 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Clarksville’s police reported 140 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.1 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Indiana and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
How crime in Clarksville has moved
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| Year | Clarksville property | Rest of Indiana property | Clarksville violent | Rest of Indiana violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 42.2 | 23.1 | 1.6 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 39.4 | 22.1 | 1.9 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 32.9 | 20.2 | 2.4 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 38.4 | 14.9 | 2.1 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Indiana.
890 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.
47 violent and 843 property, as reported to the FBI by Clarksville’s police.
11 people died in crashes on Clarksville’s roads in 2019–2023
Clarksville had 11 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died; 1 was a pedestrian. 5 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 10.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Indiana towns of 5,000–25,000 people (8.6, 258 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.
Clarksville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksville | D | 2.1 | 36.8 |
| Jeffersonville Township | — | — | — |
| Sellersburg | — | — | — |
| New Albany Township | — | — | — |
| Jeffersonville | — | — | — |
| New Albany | C− | 2.8 | 25.1 |
| Silver Creek Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Jeffersonville Township, Sellersburg, New Albany Township and Silver Creek Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Jeffersonville reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
Indiana towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksville | D | 2.1 | 36.8 |
| Munster | B+ | 0.7 | 9.7 |
| Seymour | B− | 0.7 | 13.9 |
| Shelbyville | B− | 2.3 | 10.2 |
| Highland | B− | 1.3 | 14.6 |
| La Porte | C+ | 2.1 | 15.3 |
The five graded Indiana towns closest to Clarksville’s population (22,253), 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 Clarksville. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Clarksville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (21,973 in 2025); our figure for Clarksville is 22,253 (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 Clarksville
Is Clarksville, IN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Clarksville reports more crime per resident than 88% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #84 of 91 in Indiana. Its police reported 2.1 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Indiana and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Clarksville?
2.1 violent and 36.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Indiana reports 4.3 and 19.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Clarksville safer than New Albany?
New Albany reports less crime per resident than Clarksville: New Albany grades C− for safety and Clarksville D. New Albany’s police reported 2.8 violent and 25.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Clarksville?
Clarksville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Clarksville”. 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.