Photo: WeaponizingArchitecture · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime in New Haven sits close to the middle of U.S. towns
New Haven grades B− for safety overall (#50 of 91 graded towns in Indiana): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Police counts work out at 2.1 violent crimes and 10.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Indiana they are 4.3 and 19.2.
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 New Haven
New Haven reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 Indiana towns on New Haven’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Fort Wayne (C−). Adams Township, St. Joseph Township and Jefferson 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 New Haven’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds New Haven’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | New Haven | Rest of Indiana | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.0 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
New Haven’s police reported 103 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.
Crime in New Haven 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | New Haven property | Rest of Indiana property | New Haven violent | Rest of Indiana violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11.8 | 23.2 | 2.0 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 11.4 | 22.2 | 2.1 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 10.9 | 20.3 | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 10.4 | 15.0 | 2.2 | 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.
206 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.
36 violent and 170 property, as reported to the FBI by New Haven’s police.
Eight people died in crashes on New Haven’s roads in 2019–2023
New Haven had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is about what is typical for Indiana towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (8.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of New Haven’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so New Haven’s own rate (10.2) 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.
New Haven and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Haven | B− | 2.1 | 10.9 |
| Fort Wayne | C− | 2.8 | 21.4 |
| Adams Township | — | — | — |
| St. Joseph Township | — | — | — |
| Jefferson Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Adams Township, St. Joseph Township and Jefferson Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Indiana towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Haven | B− | 2.1 | 10.9 |
| Dyer | A+ | 0.2 | 2.6 |
| Griffith | B | 1.3 | 9.0 |
| Crawfordsville | B | 1.8 | 8.5 |
| Vincennes | C | 1.1 | 24.6 |
| Warsaw | C− | 4.1 | 16.7 |
The five graded Indiana towns closest to New Haven’s population (16,337), 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 New Haven. 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 New Haven’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (16,344 in 2025); our figure for New Haven is 16,337 (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 New Haven
Is New Haven, IN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, New Haven reports more crime per resident than 52% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #50 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 New Haven?
2.1 violent and 10.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Indiana reports 4.3 and 19.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is New Haven safer than Fort Wayne?
Fort Wayne reports more crime per resident than New Haven: Fort Wayne grades C− for safety and New Haven B−. Fort Wayne’s police reported 2.8 violent and 21.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices New Haven?
New Haven’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “New Haven”. 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.