Photo: Steinmek · CC BY-SA 4.0Greenwood sees more property crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns
Violence and property crime split as 1.2 violent crimes and 17.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 4.4 and 19.2 in the rest of Indiana. Across all the graded crimes, Greenwood lands on C+ (#58 of 91 graded towns in Indiana): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Among its 3 neighbors with figures, 2 record less crime per resident.
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 Greenwood
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Indiana towns on Greenwood’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Bargersville (A), Whiteland (A−), Indianapolis (D). Perry Township, Pleasant Township, Franklin Township, Clark Township and White River Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Greenwood’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Greenwood’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (17.0) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Greenwood | Rest of Indiana | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.2 | 5.0 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.1 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Greenwood’s police reported 250 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.4 in the rest of Indiana and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Greenwood 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Greenwood property | Rest of Indiana property | Greenwood violent | Rest of Indiana violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.0 | 23.3 | 0.7 | 4.9 |
| 2023 | 18.9 | 22.3 | 1.2 | 5.0 |
| 2024 | 15.3 | 20.3 | 1.1 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 16.9 | 15.0 | 1.4 | 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.
1,271 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.
98 violent and 1,173 property, as reported to the FBI by Greenwood’s police.
17 people died in crashes on Greenwood’s roads in 2019–2023
Greenwood had 17 fatal crashes in five years, in which 17 people died; 4 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is 5.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below 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.
Greenwood and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood | C+ | 1.2 | 17.0 |
| Indianapolis | D | 8.3 | 30.0 |
| Perry Township | — | — | — |
| Whiteland | A− | 0.7 | 7.4 |
| Pleasant Township | — | — | — |
| Bargersville | A | 0.7 | 3.9 |
| Franklin Township | — | — | — |
| Clark Township | — | — | — |
| White River Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Perry Township, Pleasant Township, Franklin Township, Clark Township and White River Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Indiana towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood | C+ | 1.2 | 17.0 |
| Westfield | A− | 0.6 | 6.3 |
| Lafayette | C− | 5.0 | 19.4 |
| Muncie | D | 5.1 | 21.8 |
| Hammond | D | 6.6 | 29.8 |
| Gary | D− | 12.1 | 30.5 |
The five graded Indiana towns closest to Greenwood’s population (69,349), 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 Greenwood. 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 Greenwood’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (69,268 in 2025); our figure for Greenwood is 69,349 (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 Greenwood
Is Greenwood, IN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Greenwood reports more crime per resident than 58% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #58 of 91 in Indiana. Its police reported 1.2 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 Greenwood?
1.2 violent and 17.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Indiana reports 4.4 and 19.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Greenwood in 2025?
Greenwood’s police reported 5 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 7.2 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Greenwood safer than Indianapolis?
Indianapolis reports more crime per resident than Greenwood: Indianapolis grades D for safety and Greenwood C+. Indianapolis’s police reported 8.3 violent and 30.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Greenwood?
Greenwood’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Greenwood”. 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.