Photo: Nyttend · Public domainEvansville reports more crime per resident than 98% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Evansville’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D− for safety: #301 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000.
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 Evansville
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
Evansville’s police reported 7 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 8.7 per 100,000 residents a year, above the rest of Indiana (7.5) and 1.5 times all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: about the same as the rest of Indiana
60.7 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (68 reported in 2025), about the same as the rest of Indiana (55.4) 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, Evansville reports less crime per resident than 7% (#301). Places like it ↓
A job center
Evansville has 87,020 jobs based in town for 116,176 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 Evansville’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
For every 1,000 residents, about 30 property crimes reported
And about 11 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Reported crime is falling
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.
Show as a table
| Year | Evansville property | Rest of Indiana property | Evansville violent | Rest of Indiana violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 37.7 | 22.7 | 7.2 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 36.5 | 21.8 | 11.3 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 36.8 | 19.7 | 12.1 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 30.3 | 14.5 | 11.1 | 3.2 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Homicides and robberies
Evansville’s police reported 7 homicides, 68 robberies and 1,274 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.
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| Year | Evansville | Rest of Indiana | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21.6 | 9.8 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 9.6 | 8.5 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
Show as a table
| Year | Evansville | Rest of Indiana | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 60.5 | 78.4 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 66.1 | 68.2 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 56.7 | 58.8 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 59.2 | 39.5 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
4,751 crimes reported in 2025
1,274 violent and 3,477 property, as reported to the FBI by Evansville’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
62 people died in crashes on Evansville’s roads in 2019–2023
Evansville had 59 fatal crashes in five years, in which 62 people died; 8 were pedestrians and 9 were cyclists. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 10.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above 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.
Evansville and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evansville | D− | 11.5 | 34.5 |
| Melody Hill | — | — | — |
| Pigeon Township | — | — | — |
| Highland | — | — | — |
| Knight Township | — | — | — |
| Center Township | — | — | — |
| Ohio Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Melody Hill and Highland are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Pigeon Township, Knight Township, Center Township and Ohio Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Indiana towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evansville | D− | 11.5 | 34.5 |
| Noblesville | A− | 0.9 | 5.2 |
| Fishers | A− | 0.8 | 5.8 |
| Carmel | A− | 0.6 | 7.8 |
| Bloomington | C− | 3.2 | 23.7 |
| South Bend | D | 8.7 | 18.6 |
The five graded Indiana towns closest to Evansville’s population (116,176), by grade.
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 Evansville. 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 Evansville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (114,905 in 2025); our figure for Evansville is 116,176 (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 Evansville
Is Evansville, IN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Evansville reports more crime per resident than 98% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade. Its police reported 11.5 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.1 in the rest of Indiana and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Evansville?
11.5 violent and 34.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Indiana reports 4.1 and 18.7; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Evansville?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Evansville in 2025?
Evansville’s police reported 7 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 6.1 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Evansville?
Evansville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Evansville”. 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.