Photo: Publichall · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime in Elkhart, without a grade
Bristol, 7 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (C−). Elkhart’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. Widen the search to 25 miles and 6 graded towns turn up.
For every 1,000 residents, about 26 property crimes reported
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Crimes reported to police in 2024 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 10 violent crimes, in 2024. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Elkhart’s police reported
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| Year | Elkhart | Rest of Indiana | Elkhart | Rest of Indiana |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 28.5 | 23.1 | 10.7 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 31.0 | 22.1 | 11.8 | 4.8 |
| 2024 | 26.0 | 20.2 | 10.0 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | not reported | 15.0 | not reported | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Indiana. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
1,918 crimes reported in 2024
2024 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
531 violent and 1,387 property, as reported to the FBI by Elkhart’s police.
The nearest Indiana towns with a Safety Grade
Straight-line distance from the center of Elkhart. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Elkhart.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
23 people died in crashes on Elkhart’s roads in 2019–2023
Elkhart had 20 fatal crashes in five years, in which 23 people died; 4 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 8.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Indiana towns of 25,000–100,000 people (8.1, 86 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.
Elkhart and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simonton Lake | — | — | — |
| Dunlap | — | — | — |
| Baugo Township | — | — | — |
| Concord Township | — | — | — |
| Washington Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Simonton Lake and Dunlap are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Baugo Township, Concord Township and Washington Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
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 Elkhart. 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 Elkhart’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (53,357 in 2024); our figure for Elkhart is 54,092 (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 Elkhart
Is Elkhart, IN safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Elkhart. The nearest Indiana towns with a grade are Bristol (C−, 7 mi), Mishawaka (C−, 11 mi), Goshen (C, 11 mi).
Who polices Elkhart?
Elkhart’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Elkhart”. 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, 2024, 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.