Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0For violent crime, North Vernon trails 68% of U.S. towns per resident
Overall, North Vernon grades C+ for safety (#61 of 91 graded towns in Indiana): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. Even so, its police logs show 2.6 violent crimes and 11.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of Indiana the numbers are 4.3 and 19.1.
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 North Vernon
A job center
North Vernon has 5,218 jobs based in town for 6,559 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind North Vernon’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. Its violent rate (2.6) 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. Its property rate (11.6) 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 | North Vernon | Rest of Indiana | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.4 | 4.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
North Vernon’s police reported 52 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.6 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 North Vernon 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 3 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 | North Vernon property | Rest of Indiana property | North Vernon violent | Rest of Indiana violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 22.5 | 23.2 | 1.4 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 14.4 | 22.2 | 2.9 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 11.1 | 20.2 | 2.3 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 9.3 | 15.0 | 2.7 | 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.
79 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.
18 violent and 61 property, as reported to the FBI by North Vernon’s police.
Four people died in crashes on North Vernon’s roads in 2019–2023
North Vernon had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died.
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 North Vernon’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so North Vernon’s own rate (11.3) 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.
North Vernon and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Vernon | C+ | 2.6 | 11.6 |
| Center Township | — | — | — |
| Vernon Township | — | — | — |
| Country Squire Lakes | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Center Township and Vernon Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Country Squire Lakes is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Indiana towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Vernon | C+ | 2.6 | 11.6 |
| Gas City | A− | 0.3 | 6.7 |
| Whiteland | A− | 0.7 | 7.4 |
| Nappanee | B+ | 1.6 | 6.2 |
| Huntingburg | B+ | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| Mount Vernon | B− | 2.7 | 9.6 |
The five graded Indiana towns closest to North Vernon’s population (6,559), 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 North Vernon. 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 North Vernon’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (6,556 in 2025); our figure for North Vernon is 6,559 (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 North Vernon
Is North Vernon, IN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, North Vernon reports more crime per resident than 59% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #61 of 91 in Indiana. Its police reported 2.6 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 North Vernon?
2.6 violent and 11.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Indiana reports 4.3 and 19.1; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices North Vernon?
North Vernon’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “North Vernon”. 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.