Photo: JoeyBLS · Public domainThe crimes the grade counts fell 33% per resident in Schererville from 2023 to 2025
All 3 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Schererville’s letter overall is B (#43 of 91 graded towns in Indiana): close to the middle of U.S. towns, from crimes its police reported through 2023 to 2025. Year on year, 0.9 violent crime and 12.2 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 4.3 and 19.2 in the rest of Indiana.
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 Schererville
3 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 5 Indiana towns on Schererville’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: St. John (A+), Dyer (A+), Griffith (B). St. John Township and Calumet Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
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 Schererville’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Schererville’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (12.2) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Schererville property | Rest of Indiana property | Schererville violent | Rest of Indiana violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 14.5 | 22.3 | 0.7 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 12.6 | 20.3 | 1.2 | 4.6 |
| 2025 | 9.4 | 15.0 | 0.7 | 3.5 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Indiana.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Schererville | Rest of Indiana | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 4.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Schererville’s police reported 79 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 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 Schererville 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.
302 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.
22 violent and 280 property, as reported to the FBI by Schererville’s police.
Seven people died in crashes on Schererville’s roads in 2019–2023
Schererville had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 4 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is about what is typical for Indiana towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (8.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Schererville’s size would see about 12 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Schererville’s own rate (4.7) 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.
Schererville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schererville | B | 0.9 | 12.2 |
| Dyer | A+ | 0.2 | 2.6 |
| Griffith | B | 1.3 | 9.0 |
| St. John | A+ | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| St. John Township | — | — | — |
| Calumet Township | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. St. John Township and Calumet Township have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
Indiana towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schererville | B | 0.9 | 12.2 |
| Zionsville | A+ | 0.3 | 2.7 |
| Franklin | B | 0.9 | 10.1 |
| Marion | C+ | 1.5 | 15.8 |
| Hobart | C | 1.3 | 21.9 |
| Michigan City | C | 3.0 | 19.9 |
The five graded Indiana towns closest to Schererville’s population (29,825), 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 Schererville. 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 Schererville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (29,809 in 2025); our figure for Schererville is 29,825 (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 Schererville
Is Schererville, IN safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Schererville reports less crime per resident than 57% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #43 of 91 in Indiana. Its police reported 0.9 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 Schererville?
0.9 violent and 12.2 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.
How many homicides were there in Schererville in 2025?
Schererville’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Schererville safer than Dyer?
Dyer reports less crime per resident than Schererville: Dyer grades A+ for safety and Schererville B. Dyer’s police reported 0.2 violent and 2.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Schererville?
Schererville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Schererville”. 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.