Lake Dalecarlia has no Safety Grade
Lake Dalecarlia has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Lake County. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Lake Dalecarlia alone, and no Safety Grade. A 10-mile radius takes in 4 places that are graded. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Lowell (A+), 3 miles away.
What stands out about safety in Lake Dalecarlia
Policed by the county
Lake Dalecarlia is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Lake County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Lake County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Lake Dalecarlia. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Indiana towns with their own police figures are Lowell (A+, 3 mi), Cedar Lake (A, 3 mi), Crown Point (A−, 6 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Lake Dalecarlia. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Lake County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Lake County without police of their own, which include Lake Dalecarlia.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Indiana towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell | A+ | 3 mi | 0.2 | 1.6 |
| Cedar Lake | A | 3 mi | 0.7 | 2.6 |
| Crown Point | A− | 6 mi | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| St. John | A+ | 8 mi | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| Schererville | B | 11 mi | 0.9 | 12.2 |
| Dyer | A+ | 13 mi | 0.2 | 2.6 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Lake Dalecarlia. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Lake Dalecarlia.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
One person died in crashes on Lake Dalecarlia’s roads in 2019–2023
Lake Dalecarlia had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is about what is typical for Indiana towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (13.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Lake Dalecarlia’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lake Dalecarlia’s own rate (17.1) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Lake Dalecarlia and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Lake | A | 0.7 | 2.6 |
| Cedar Creek Township | — | — | — |
| Center Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Cedar Creek Township and Center 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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Lake Dalecarlia
Is Lake Dalecarlia, IN safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Lake Dalecarlia. The nearest Indiana towns with a grade are Lowell (A+, 3 mi), Cedar Lake (A, 3 mi), Crown Point (A−, 6 mi).
Who polices Lake Dalecarlia?
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office. Lake Dalecarlia is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Lake County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Lake Dalecarlia.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.